Yaskawa Electric is one of the world’s leading manufacturers in the fields of drive technology, industrial automation and robotics.

Founded in 1915 and based in Kitakyushu, Japan, Yaskawa see themselves as a pioneer in these sectors, always striving to optimize the productivity and efficiency of machines and industrial systems with our innovations.

For over 100 years now, our products and solutions have been supporting automation in a wide variety of industrial processes including mining, mechanical engineering and toolmaking, as well as automotive, packaging, wood processing, lift, textile and semiconductor industries.

The activities of Yaskawa Electric are divided into 4 main areas:
Motion Control (AC drives, servo drives, servomotors, machine controllers), Robotics (industrial robots, service robots, robot systems), System Engineering (generators and converters) and Information Technology (software, information processing).

• 15,000 Employees worldwide
• 32 Million AC Drives installed
• 25 Million Servo Drives installed
• 540,000 Robots installed
• 60 Offices worldwide
• 1.9 Million AC Drives annually
• 3.6 Million Servo Drives annually
• 43,000 Robots annually