Yaskawa

Brand description

YASKAWA Electric Corporation is a highly respected and recognized Japanese manufacturer of top-class automation and robotics equipment. The company was founded in 1915 and began its operations by producing three-phase induction motors. Over 100 years of development have transformed Yaskawa from a motor manufacturer into a company specializing in providing and producing solutions for robotics and mechatronics. The company's headquarters are located in Kitakyushu, Japan, while Yaskawa is present worldwide through 76 subsidiaries and 26 affiliated companies. Yaskawa focuses on providing solutions in motion control (including servo motors and AC drives, vision systems, converters), robotics (including welding robots, painting robots, press handling robots, transfer robots for semiconductor and LCD panel production), and electrical systems and energy management equipment (including electrical systems for steel mills, power plants, waterworks and wastewater treatment plants, wind and solar power plants). In addition to providing state-of-the-art solutions for industry, the company actively works to protect the environment and reduce carbon dioxide emissions through the creation of the so-called Robot Village, promoting and implementing the latest ecological initiatives.