Kubota
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| Kubota Corporation | |
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| Image:Kubota Logo.svg | |
| Type | Public TYO: 6326, (NASDAQ: KUB) |
| Founded | Osaka, Japan (February, 1890) |
| Headquarters | Osaka, Japan |
| Key people | Daisuke Hatakake, President; Moriya Hayashi, Vice President |
| Industry | Machinery |
| Products | Agricultural and Heavy Equipment |
| Revenue | Image:Green up.png ¥1.127 trillion (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2007) |
| Employees | 23,727 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2007) |
| Slogan | For Water, Soil, Air, and People's Lives |
| Website | Kubota Corporation |
Kubota Corporation (株式会社クボタ Kabushiki-gaisha Kubota?) (TYO: 6326, NYSE: KUB), is a tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan. The company was established in 1890.
The company produces many products including:
- Tractors and Agricultural Equipment
- Engines
- Construction Equipment
- Vending machines
- Pipe
- Valves
- Cast Metal
- Pumps
- Equipment for Water and Sewage Treatment
- Air Conditioning Equipment
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[edit] Kubota Tractor Corporation
In 1969, Kubota began exporting its 21 horsepower L200 compact tractors to the United States. Because of the initial success in the American marketplace, the Kubota Tractor Corporation was formed in Torrance, California in 1972. Kubota also owns other similar tractor companies in many countries including Australia[1], Canada[2], France[3], Germany[4], Spain[5], and the United Kingdom[6].
[edit] Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation
In 1988, Kubota opened its first manufacturing facility, Kubota Manufacturing of America[7], in the United States for the production of front loader attachments for Kubota tractors. Later, other products were added including an array of lawn and garden tractors and utility vehicles.
[edit] Kubota Pacific
See also: Ardent Computer Corporation
In the mid 1980s Kubota, looking for new opportunities, provided funding for Ardent Computer Corporation, an American company that produced graphics minicomputers based on the MIPS architecture. After a merger and series of flops, control of the company was ceded to Kubota and was renamed Kubota Pacific and later Kubota Graphics Company. The company still wasn't very successful however, and was finally shut down in 1994.
[edit] External links
- Kubota Corporation
- Kubota Tractor Corporation
- Kubota Credit Corporation U.S.A.
- Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation
- Kubota (U.K) Limited
- List of Kubota Tractors
- Kubota's (U.K) newest tractor and mower distributor
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Categories: Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange | Companies listed on NASDAQ | Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange | Engineering companies of Japan | Manufacturing companies of Japan | Construction equipment manufacturers | Companies headquartered in Osaka | Companies established in 1890 | Tractor manufacturers | Agricultural machinery | Lawn and garden tractors
