YASKAWA Electric Corporation

Keiichiro Yasukawa invested his own money to open Meiji Technical School (now Kyushu Institute of Technology).

Yasukawa Dairō studied technology in the United States and, with financial support from his brother Keiichiro, founded the joint-stock company Yasukawa Electric Manufacturing in 1915.

Establishment of joint venture YASKAWA Electric Manufacturing Co.

A photo exists of the founding employees surrounding representative employee Yasukawa Dairō.

Commercialized the three-phase induction motor

A photograph of the exterior of the Yasukawa Electric Manufacturing plant remains.

Establishment of YASKAWA Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

The first unit of the Super Synchro Motor was manufactured in 1927.

Commercialized the super-synchronous motor

Commercialized the three-phase induction motor with ball bearings

Focusing production on electric motors and their control devices turned the company profitable.

Establishment of research institute

Registered the trademark "Yaskawa Motor"

Yasukawa Dairō became the first chairman of the Electrical Machinery Control Association in 1942.

Yasukawa Dairō was appointed Director of the Coal Ministry in 1946.

Absorbed and merged with Yaskawa Aerospace Electronics Co., Ltd., making the Yamaguchi plant (Yamaguchi City, Fukuoka Prefecture) its location

Listing on Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Stock Exchange

Entered a technology partnership with Brown Boveri (Switzerland) on DC equipment

Opening of Nagashima factory

Invented the DC servo motor (Minersha motor)

Yasukawa Dairō served as chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee from 1963 to 1965.

Opening of Tokyo factory

Establishment of YASKAWA Electric Corporation (USA)

Opened an intermediate plant, developed a rotor-based system for SF6 gas switching devices, and filed a trademark application for "Mechatronics" (registered in 1972)

Trademarked "Mechatronics"

Commercialized the vector control inverter

Adoption of corporate charter

Established MOTOMAN ROBOTICS EUROPE AB (Sweden) and received the Deming Award

MOTOMAN cumulative shipments reach 10,000 units

Completed a new inverter plant, opened a power distribution equipment plant, and established a robot sales company in North America

Established Yaskawa Electric UK Ltd., Yaskawa Electric Singapore Ltd., changed the company name to "Yaskawa Electric Co., Ltd.", and developed the AC servo drive "Σ series"

Achieved cumulative shipments of 1 million AC servo motors

Shanghai office, Beijing service center opening, Yaskawa Electric Korea Co., Ltd. established

Beijing office opening, Shanghai Yaskawa Electric Motor Co., Ltd. established, parallel processing computer PIM developed, vector control universal inverter "VS-616G5" released

Industrial robot merger company established (Beijing), universal inverter merger company established (Shanghai & Malaysia), YASKAWA ESHED TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Israel) established, YASKAWA MOTOMAN CANADA LTD. (Canada) established, YASKAWA MOTOMAN MEXICO S.A.DE C.V (Mexico) established

Super energy-saving variable speed drive VS-686SS5 productized, awarded Minister of Trade and Industry "Excellent Energy Equipment" award, high-cleanliness compatible robot "MOTOMAN-CR series" productized

Tokyo plant obtained ISO14001 certification, MOTOMAN cumulative shipments reached 500,000 units, AC servo motor cumulative shipments reached 2,000,000 units

Gyobashi plant obtained ISO14001 certification, Yaskawa Electric (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established, joint venture with Siemens (Germany) in industrial drive systems started

ISO14001 certification obtained at five domestic production sites, Taiwan Yaskawa Development Technology Co., Ltd. established

Solution center opened, AC servo motor cumulative shipments reached 3,000,000 units

Opening of Yawata East plant and MOTOMAN cumulative shipments reach 100,000 units

AC servo motor cumulative shipments reached 4,000,000 units

New generation robot (dual-arm robot, 7-axis robot) productized

MOTOMAN station opened, partnership with Brooks Automation (USA) in semiconductor transport robot related business, AC servo motor cumulative shipments reached 5,000,000 units, MOTOMAN cumulative shipments reached 150,000 units, "V1000" released

Drive center opened, inverter cumulative shipments reached 10,000,000 units

MOTOMAN cumulative shipments reach 200,000 units, establishment of Yaskawa Electric (Shenyang) Co., Ltd.

Hybrid electric vehicle motor drive system "QMET DRIVE" developed

Large wind power generation system electrical components "Enewin" series sales started, solar power generation power conditioner "PV1000" released, YASKAWA ELECTRIC INDIA PVT.LTD (India) established

High-efficiency motor drive for electric vehicles using SiC "SiC-QMET" developed, Kanto Robot Center opened

Local production of robots started at Yaskawa (China) Robotics Co., Ltd., AC servo drive "Σ-7 series" released, inverter cumulative shipments reached 20,000,000 units, biomedical field robot "MOTOMAN-BMDA3" released, investment in Hangzhou Kaeld Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., strategic capital and business alliance with ReWalk Robotics Ltd.

Lower limb rehabilitation device LR-2 released, inverter cumulative shipments reached 20,000,000 units, matrix converter U1000 released, The Switch Engineering Oy subsidiary, Solectria Renewables, LLC subsidiary

Chubu Robot Center opened, walking assist device "ReWalk" released, headquarters reorganized as part of 100th anniversary business and "Robot Village" opened, partnership with Meitic Group, next-generation matrix converter development, next-generation industrial inverter GA700 released, capital participation in Robotic Biobiology Institute, development of servo motor with GaN power semiconductor

Acquisition of shares in Doolim Robotics Co., Ltd.

Establishment of Qirui Yasukawa Electric Drive Systems Co., Ltd.

Establishment of YASKAWA Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poland).

Acquisition of the shipboard drive product development and manufacturing division of Finland's Baltira Group.

Acquisition of Doolim Robotics Co., Ltd. shares, establishment of Qirui Yaskawa Electric Drive System Co., Ltd., YASKAWA Polska Sp. z o.o. established, acquisition of shipboard drive product development and manufacturing division of Finland's Baltira Group

China Shenzhen (Shenzhen) City Mayor Ying (Chang In) Precision Technology Co., Ltd. partnership

Release of collaborative robot MOTOMAN-HC10

Release of industry’s smallest and lightest new robot MotoMINI

Release of upper limb rehabilitation device CoCoroe AR:2

Launch of new solution concept "i³-Mechatronics"

Capital partnership with AI venture company Cross Compass Co., Ltd.

Partnership with Shenzhen Changying Precision Technology Co., Ltd. in China, collaborative robot MOTOMAN-HC10 released, industry’s smallest and lightest new robot MotoMINI released, upper limb rehabilitation device CoCoroe AR-2 released, "i³-Mechatronics" launched, capital partnership with AI company Cross Compass

Release of ankle assist device CoCoroe AAD

Launch of software tool "YASKAWA Cockpit" that collects, visualizes, stores, and analyzes data

Establishment of vegetable production system equipment manufacturing and sales company "FAMS Co., Ltd."

Establishment of next‑generation production plant "Yaskawa Solution Factory"

Launch of the Ankle Assist Device CoCoroe AAD, start of YASKAWA Cockpit software provision, establishment of a device for vegetable production systems, establishment of the "Yaskawa Solution Factory"

Start of industrial robot production at YASKAWA Europe Robotics d.o.o. (Slovenia)

Release of forearm pronation/supination rehabilitation device CoCoroe PR:2

Release of food‑grade collaborative robot MOTONAN-HC10DTF

Start of robot production by YASKAWA Europe Robotics, launch of the forearm pronation/supination rehabilitation device CoCoroe PR-2, launch of the food-specification collaborative robot MOTOMAN-HC10DTF

Establishment of "Aikyu Digital Co., Ltd." providing IoT solutions for manufacturing and logistics

Cumulative shipment of 20 million AC servo motors achieved

Establishment of "AICUBE Digital Co., Ltd." providing IoT solutions, achievement of 20 million units shipped for AC servomotors

Cumulative shipment of 30 million inverters achieved

Release of AC servo drive Σ-X series

Cumulative shipment of 500,000 industrial robots MOTOMAN achieved

Full operation of research and development center "Yaskawa Technology Center" started

Opening of Beppu branch

Achievement of 30 million units shipped for inverters, launch of the AC servo drive Σ-X series, achievement of 500,000 units shipped for industrial robot MOTOMAN, full operation of the Yaskawa Technology Center, opening of a branch office in Beppu

Yaskawa (Changzhou) Integrated Mechatronics Co., Ltd. new factory begins production

Opened a robotics technology center in Turkey

Start of operation of the new factory of Yaskawa (Changzhou) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Systems Co., Ltd., opening of a robot technology center in Turkey

Opened a new European headquarters in Germany

Released the MOTOMAN NEXT series

Capital business partnership with Oishii Farm Corporation (USA)

Opening of the new European headquarters of Yaskawa in Germany, launch of the MOTOMAN NEXT series, capital and business alliance with Oishii Farm Corporation in the United States

Released the YRM controller "YRM1010"

Released the new machine controller "MPX1000 series"

Launch of the YRM controller "YRM1010", launch of the new machine controller "MPX1000 series"