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(Yaskawa Electric Corporation's) Power Electronics Business was spun off, establishing Yaskawa System Engineering Inc.
The industrial system group of Yaskawa Electric Corporation established Yaskawa System Engineering Corporation.
Formed a joint venture with a 50% investment from Siemens AG of Germany and renamed to Yaskawa Siemens Automation & Drives Corp. (a system engineering company specializing in industrial automation and drive technology).
Yaskawa Electric Corporation and Siemens AG together established Yaskawa Siemens Automation & Drives Corp. as an engineering company for industrial applications.
Dissolved the joint venture with Siemens Corp. and renamed to Yaskawa Automation & Drives Corp.
YASKAWA Siemens Automation & Drives Corp. changed its name to Yaskawa Automation & Drives Corp. and commenced operation as a 100% subsidiary of Yaskawa Electric Corporation.
Acquired the steel engineering business of Yaskawa Electric Corp. and the general industrial motor business of Yaskawa Motor Corp., and began production of general industrial and system motors.
YASKAWA Automation & Drives Corp. has succeeded to the steel plant business from Yaskawa Electric Corporation and the general-purpose motor business from Yaskawa Motor Corporation.
Acquired the system equipment development and production capabilities of Yaskawa Electric Corp., and began development and production of system equipment.
Acquired the design and production functions of the system business of Seta Kuki Co., Ltd. (Shinodawara plant), and began production of system control panels.
Acquired the social systems business of Yaskawa Electric Corp., becoming the core company of the Yaskawa Group that handles system business (system engineering, manufacturing, and services).
Yaskawa Automation & Drives Co., Ltd. announced that its Osaka Branch and Osaka Service Center would relocate effective July 14, 2026. The new address is 4F JRW Dojima Tower, 2-4-27 Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka; tel. 06-6346-7300; fax 06-6346-7310. The new location is scheduled to begin operations on Monday, April 14, 2025.
Yaskawa Automation & Drives Co., Ltd.’s Tohoku Sales Office has relocated to a new address: 20th Floor, AER, 1-3-1 Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi; tel. 022-281-8159. Operations at the new location began Monday, July 13, 2026.
Beginning this fiscal year, Yaskawa Automation & Drives Co., Ltd. will relocate and consolidate its head office and production sites for system products and industrial motors at the Minami-Yukuhashi site, starting a new operating structure. The head office and systems factory are scheduled to begin operations in August 2026, and the motor factory in May 2027. The company will continue working to provide system products and services that ensure safety and peace of mind.
Yaskawa Automation & Drive Corporation announced that its Osaka Branch and Osaka Service Center will relocate to a new address: 4F JRW Dojima Tower, 2-4-27 Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. The telephone number is 06-6346-7300. Operations at the new location will begin on Monday, April 14, 2025.
Yaskawa Automation & Drive Corporation has published a flyer for the FY Series medium-capacity, separately ventilated inverter motor for constant-torque applications. More details are available on the company’s official website.
Yaskawa Automation & Drive Corporation has published an introduction to its CP-ProFile product data filing system. The PDF is 154 KB; other catalogs and flyers are available on the catalog download page.
Fukuoka Automation & Drive Corporation announces that its Fukuoka Sales Office will relocate to Higashinaka, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City. The new address is inside the Suematsu Kyuki headquarters building, and the telephone number is 092-288-7180. Operations will begin on Monday, September 11, 2023.
“Cloud Service & Monitoring System Communal Cloud” has been added to the technology page.
Yaskawa Automation & Drive Corporation has formulated a general employer action plan under the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace. The plan aims to create an environment where employees can balance work and childcare and to support them in fully demonstrating their abilities.
A flyer introducing the GA700 inverter panel FSDrive-GA700 has been published. The PDF is 0.7 MB. Other catalogs and flyers are available on the catalog download page.