| 1890 |
Established as a foundry. Started production of castings for weighting equipment and daily commodities. |
| 1893 |
Began production of cast iron pipes for water supply. |
| 1897 |
Changed the corporate name from Oide Chuzo-jo (Oide Foundry) to Kubota Tekko-jo (Kubota Iron Works). |
| 1917 |
Opened the Amagasaki Plant. |
| 1922 |
Started production of oil-based engines for agro-industrial purposes, settanki (fuel economizer: energy-saving equipment utilizing waste gas), and heat-resistant cast iron. |
| 1930 |
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry selected the Kubota Oil Engine as an "Excellent Domestic Product". |
| 1939 |
Initial public offering. A technical vocational institute was set up in each plant. |
| 1947 |
Developed the cultivator and initiated production and sales. |
| 1953 |
Changed corporate name from K.K. Kubota Tekko-jo to Kubota Tekko K.K. Established Kubota Kenki K.K. and entered the construction equipment industry. Began production of power shovels and other construction equipment as well as marine deck machineries. |
| 1955 |
Created a corporate slogan, "From country building to rice making". |
| 1960 |
Developed and commercialized tractors for field crops. |
| 1960 |
Received and completed an order for an overseas water supply project (Phnom Penh) for the first time in Japan. |
| 1962 |
Full-scale entry into the environmental improvement business. |
| 1962 |
Started production of paddy field tractors. |
| 1963 |
Began production of vending machines. |
| 1964 |
Initiated production of municipal incineration plants. |
| 1969 |
Launched a new corporate slogan, "Create an environment affluent to human beings". |
| 1969 |
Started production of combines. |
| 1969 |
Completed an integrated system for agricultural mechanization. |
| 1972 |
Full-scale entry into the field of incinerators. Established Kubota Tractor Corporation in the US to fully enter the US tractor market. |
| 1980 |
Received an order for an irrigation system from the state of Sharkia, Egypt, and worked on desert greening. |
| 1980 |
Launched a new slogan, "Pursuing a promised future with our technological strength". |
| 1984 |
Received an environmental award from the Environmental Agency for our night soil treatment system, "U-tube nitro system". |
| 1986 |
Started production of electronic circuit boards, hard discs, and radio-controlled lawnmowers. |
| 1989 |
Participated in desert greening projects, the Sahil Greenbelt Plan and the Green Earth Plan. |
| 1990 |
Celebrated our 100th year in business. Altered the corporate name to Kubota Corporation. Introduced the new corporate symbol and visual identity system. |
| 1990 |
Co-presented a fountain and water-splitting equipment ALEPH at the International Garden and Greenery Exposition. |
| 1992 |
Launched a new slogan, "Let's make our habitat more beautiful". |
| 1992 |
Initiated the research and development of incineration plants with high-efficiency waste-generated power facility. International Environmental Planning Center was established in the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, supported by a donation from Kubota Corporation. |
| 1993 |
Announced business guidelines "Vision for Our Second Century of Business" toward the 21st Century. |
| 1993 |
Kankyo Chosa Center and the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun awarded the Director General's Prize and Excellent Prize of the Environment Agency to our domestic wastewater treatment system with immersion-type organic flat membrane. |
| 1995 |
Started the Environmental Audit System for environmental protection in accordance with standards stricter than existing laws and regulations and towards continuous environmental improvement. |
| 2001 |
All of our domestic establishments acquired ISO 14001 certificates. |
| 2002 |
Total production exceeded 20 million units for our industrial engine. |
| 2005 |
Our Teshima Illegal Waste Dump Raw Material Recovery System won the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize at the Excellent Environmental Equipment Awards. |
| 2005 |
Total production exceeded 3 million units for our tractors. |
| 2006 |
Formulated 'Corporate Mission Statement', 'Management Principles', 'Charter for Action', and 'Code of Conduct' of Kubota Group. |
| 2006 |
Created new corporate slogans: 'Building foundations (main slogan)', 'For Water, Soil, Air, and People's lives. (sub slogan)', and 'Let's make our habitat more beautiful (sub slogan)'. |
| 2006 |
Our 'Sewage sludge concentrator (belt type)' won the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Prize at the Excellent Environmental Equipment Awards. |
| 2006 |
Completed a new factory for implements in the United States. |
| 2008 |
Started the 'Kubota E-Project' social contribution activites. |
| 2009 |
Completed the first tractor production plant for a Japanese company in Thailand. |
| 2009 |
Completed a ductile iron pipe plant in India. |
| 2010 |
Certified as an 'Eco-First Company' by Japan's Ministry of the Environment. |
| 2010 |
Started production of combine harvesters in Thailand (SIAM KUBOTA Corporation). |
| 2010 |
Established a pump production and sales company in China (Anhui Kubota Sanlian Pump). |
| 2011 |
Kubota combine harvester 'PRO688Q' for Chinese market won the Nikkei Business Daily Awards for Superiority at the 2010 Nikkei Superior Products and Services Awards. |
| 2011 |
Established Regional Headquarters in China. |
| 2011 |
Started operation of the Eco-Products Certification System. |
| 2011 |
Completed a cast steel product plant in Saudi Arabia (Kubota Saudi Arabia Company). |
| 2011 |
Completed a construction machinery plant in China (Kubota Construction Machinery (Wuxi)). |
| 2011 |
Established a company specialized in the import, milling, and sale of Japanese rice in Hong Kong (Kubota Rice Industry(H.K.)CO., Ltd.) |
| 2012 |
Acquired and transformed Kverneland AS, into a subsidiary. |
| 2012 |
Established an engine production plant in China(Kubota Engine (WUXI) Co.,Ltd.) |
| 2012 |
Established 'Kubota Identity,' a global corporate principles, and adopted a new brand statement logo. |
| 2012 |
Acquired water treatment engineering company and established KUBOTA KASUI Corporation. |
| 2014 |
Established an upland farming tractor manufacturing company in France (Kubota Farm Machinery Europe S.A.S.) |
| 2015 |
Launched high traction multi-purpose tractors on the Indian market. |
| 2016 |
Established new R&D center dedicated to Agricultural Machinery in Thailand. |
| 2017 |
Established the European Regional Headquarters in the Netherlands (Kubota Holdings Europe B.V.). |
| 2019 |
Established a joint venture with an Indian tractor manufacturer (Escorts Kubota India Private Limited). |
| 2020 |
Established a new plant for compact construction machinery in the U.S. |
| 2021 |
Established a new R&D center in Europe (Kubota Research and Development Europe S.A.S.). |
| 2022 |
Established a new R&D center in the U.S. (Kubota Research & Development North America Corporation). |
| 2022 |
Acquired and transformed Indian tractor manufacturer (Escorts Limited), into a subsidiary (Escorts Kubota Limited). |
| 2022 |
Acquired Italian mower manufacturers (Officine BIEFFEBI S.p.a. and Gianni Ferrari s.r.l.) as group companies. |
| 2022 |
Kubota Global Institute of Technology was opened as a new research and development base in Sakai City, Osaka, Japan. |
| 2023 |
KUBOTA AGRI FRONT, an agricultural learning facility, was opened in the HOKKAIDO BALLPARK F VILLAGE. |
| 2023 |
Launched the world's first autonomous combine harvester capable of unmanned operation. |
| 2023 |
Kubota Establishes a Japanese-Rice Importing, Milling, and Sales Company in Hawaii |
| 2025 |
Sponserd Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan – Future Life Expo: Future City. |
| 2025 |
Sharing a vision of planetary-conscious food and agriculture that is friendly to the Earth and to people. |
| 2025 |
Unveiling Concept Model of Autonomous Fuel Cell Tractor for the First Time at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai |
| 2026 |
Relocated the head office to Grand Green Osaka in Kita-ku, Osaka. |
