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{{Short description|Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka}}
{{original research|date=December 2016}}
{{other uses}}
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{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Kubota Corporation
| name = Kubota Corporation
| type = [[Public Company|Public]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha|K.K]])
| type = [[Public Company|Public]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha|K.K]])
| traded_as = {{TYO|6326}}<br>{{OTC Pink|KUBTY}}<br>[[TOPIX|TOPIX 100 Component]]<br>[[Nikkei 225|Nikkei 225 Component]]
| traded_as = {{TYO|6326}}<br>[[TOPIX|TOPIX 100 Component]]<br>[[Nikkei 225|Nikkei 225 Component]]
| image = Headquater of Kubota.JPG
| image = Headquater of Kubota.JPG
| image_size = 250px
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Kubota headquarters in [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]], [[Japan]]
| image_caption = Kubota headquarters in [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka]], Japan
| logo = Kubota Logo.svg
| logo = Kubota Logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
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| foundation = [[Osaka]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]<br />{{start date and age|1890|02}}
| foundation = [[Osaka]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]<br />{{start date and age|1890|02}}
| location = 2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome, [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka|Naniwa-ku]], Osaka 556-8601 Japan
| location = 2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome, [[Naniwa-ku, Osaka|Naniwa-ku]], Osaka 556-8601 Japan
| key_people = Masatoshi Kimata ([[CEO]] and [[President (corporate title)|President]])
| key_people = Yuichi Kitao<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kubota.com/corporate/board/index.html | title=Directors and Senior Management &#124; Corporate Information &#124; Kubota Global Site }}</ref> ([[CEO]] and [[President (corporate title)|President]])
| num_employees = 38,291 (consolidated as of March 31, 2017)
| num_employees = 38,291 (consolidated as of March 31, 2017)
| revenue = {{profit}} [[US dollar|$]] 14.7 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2014)
| revenue = {{profit}} [[US dollar|$]] 14.7 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2014)
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| net_income = {{profit}} $ 1.28 billion (FY 2014)
| net_income = {{profit}} $ 1.28 billion (FY 2014)
(¥ 131.66 billion) (FY 2014)
(¥ 131.66 billion) (FY 2014)
| industry = [[Agricultural machinery]]<br>[[Heavy equipment]]<br>[[Machine industry]]
| industry = [[Machinery]]
| products = {{unbulleted list|[[Agricultural machinery]]|[[Heavy equipment (construction)|Heavy equipment]]|[[Lawn mower|Turf care equipment]]|[[Engine]]s|Water treatment systems}}
| products = {{unbulleted list|[[Tractor]]s|[[Combine harvester]]s|[[Rice transplanter]]s|[[Lawn mower|Turf care equipment]]|[[Heavy equipment (construction)|Construction equipment]]|[[Engine]]s|[[Vending machine]]s|[[Gearboxes]] and [[Axle]]s|Water treatment systems}}
| homepage = {{Official website|http://www.kubota.com/}}
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.kubota.com/}}
| footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kubota-global.net/c-data/data.html |title=Corporate Data |access-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kubota-global.net/csr/report/pdf/2013/13alldata.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063112/http://www.kubota-global.net/csr/report/pdf/2013/13alldata.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |title=Annual Report 2013 |access-date=August 4, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Company/001JJB-E |title=Company Profile |work=[[Nikkei Asian Review]] |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
| footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kubota-global.net/c-data/data.html |title=Corporate Data |access-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kubota-global.net/csr/report/pdf/2013/13alldata.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063112/http://www.kubota-global.net/csr/report/pdf/2013/13alldata.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |title=Annual Report 2013 |access-date=August 4, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Company/001JJB-E |title=Company Profile |work=[[Nikkei Asian Review]] |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=January 31, 2018}}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kubota Corporation'''|株式会社クボタ|Kabushiki-kaisha Kubota}} is a Japanese [[multinational corporation]] based in [[Osaka]]. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including [[tractor]]s and other [[agricultural machinery]], [[Heavy equipment|construction equipment]], [[engine]]s, [[vending machine]]s, [[Pipe (material)|pipe]], [[valve]]s, [[Casting (metalworking)|cast metal]], [[pump]]s, and equipment for [[water purification]], [[sewage treatment]] and [[air conditioning]].


[[Kubota engines]] are in both [[Diesel fuel|diesel]] and [[gasoline]] or spark ignition forms, ranging from the tiny 0.276-liter engine to 6.1-liter engine, in both air-cooled and-liquid cooled designs, naturally-aspirated and forced induction. Cylinder configurations are from single cylinder to inline six cylinders, with single cylinder to four-cylinder being the most common. Those engines are widely used in agricultural equipment, construction equipment, tractors, and marine propulsion.
{{Nihongo|'''Kubota Corporation'''|株式会社クボタ|Kabushiki-kaisha Kubota}} is a [[tractor]] and heavy equipment manufacturer based in [[Osaka|Osaka, Japan]]. One of its notable contributions was to the construction of the [[Solar Ark]].<ref name="Peddie2013">{{cite book |first=Jon |last=Peddie |title=The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR |url=https://archive.org/details/historyvisualmag00pedd |url-access=limited |date=June 13, 2013 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] |isbn=978-1-4471-4932-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyvisualmag00pedd/page/n203 163]}}</ref> The company was established in 1890.


The corporation is listed on the first section of [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[Topix|TOPIX 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tse.or.jp/english/market/topix/data/b7gje60000003v9e-att/Large70-201310-e.pdf |title=TOPIX Large70 Components |publisher=[[Japan Exchange Group]] |access-date=August 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013065445/http://www.tse.or.jp/english/market/topix/data/b7gje60000003v9e-att/Large70-201310-e.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2013 }}</ref> and [[Nikkei 225]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#21 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref>
The company produces many products including [[tractor]]s and agricultural equipment, [[engine]]s, [[Engineering vehicle|construction equipment]], [[vending machine]]s, [[Pipe (material)|pipe]], [[valve]]s, [[Casting (metalworking)|cast metal]], [[pump]]s and equipment for [[water purification]], [[sewage treatment]] and [[air conditioning]].


One of its notable contributions was to the construction of the [[Solar Ark]].<ref name="Peddie2013">{{cite book|last=Peddie|first=Jon|url=https://archive.org/details/historyvisualmag00pedd|title=The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR|date=June 13, 2013|publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]]|isbn=978-1-4471-4932-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyvisualmag00pedd/page/n203 163]|url-access=limited}}</ref> Kubota is also known for designing 3D graphics chips in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-13|title=HuC6273 (Aurora)|url=https://cdromrom.wordpress.com/pc-fxga-wip/huc6273-aurora/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Super CD·Rom² à GoGo|language=en}}</ref>
[[Kubota engines]] are in both [[Diesel fuel|diesel]] and [[gasoline]] or spark ignition forms, ranging from the tiny 0.276 liter engine to 6.1 liter engine, in both air-cooled and-liquid cooled designs, naturally-aspirated and forced induction. Cylinder configurations are from single cylinder to inline six cylinders, with single cylinder to four-cylinder are the most common. Those engines are widely used in agricultural equipment, construction equipment, tractors, and marine propulsion.


'''Kubota Tractor Corporation''' is the American corporation for marketing and distributing Kubota engineered products in the United States, headquartered in Grapevine, TX. This includes products manufactured in the United States by '''Kubota's American Manufacturing Corporation''', called Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation Headquartered in Gainesville, GA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kubota {{!}} USA Facilities - Manufacturing & Engineering|url=https://www.kubotausa.com/about/us-facilities|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.kubotausa.com}}</ref>
The company is listed on the first section of [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] and is a constituent of the [[Topix|TOPIX 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tse.or.jp/english/market/topix/data/b7gje60000003v9e-att/Large70-201310-e.pdf |title=TOPIX Large70 Components |publisher=[[Japan Exchange Group]] |access-date=August 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013065445/http://www.tse.or.jp/english/market/topix/data/b7gje60000003v9e-att/Large70-201310-e.pdf |archive-date=October 13, 2013 }}</ref> and [[Nikkei 225]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#21 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=August 2, 2014}}</ref>


== Gallery ==
The company is also known for designing 3D graphics chips in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-13|title=HuC6273 (Aurora)|url=https://cdromrom.wordpress.com/pc-fxga-wip/huc6273-aurora/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Super CD·Rom² à GoGo|language=en}}</ref>


<gallery>
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File:Kubota RA400 07.jpg|Kubota wheel loader

File:Kubota KX 057-4.jpg|Kubota mini excavator
== History ==
File:Kubota LXe electric tractor 20220929.jpg|Kubota LXe [[electric tractor]]

File:Motor Kubota WG2503.jpg|Close up of a Kubota engine
=== Detailed chronology ===
File:Kubota M7-173 Premium KVT 5D410071 2023 09 06 JM.jpg|Kubota M7-173 Premium KVT with sower

File:Kubota MR100A, Agritechnica 2023, Hanover (P1160222).jpg|MR100A automated tractor
==== 1890 ====
File:Kubota skid steer.webp|Kubota [[Skid-steer loader|skid steer]]

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* Established as a foundry.
* Started production of castings for weighting equipment and daily commodities.

==== 1893 ====

* Began production of cast iron pipes for water supply.
* Opened the Amagasaki Plant.

==== 1897 ====

* Changed the corporate name from Oide Chuzo-jo (Oide Foundry) to Kubota Tekko-jo (Kubota Iron Works).
* Initiated production of waterworks equipment such as fire hydrants and gate valves.

==== 1917 ====

* Opened the Amagasaki Plant and relocated manufacturing.

==== 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".

==== 1957 ====

* Advanced into the arena of housing-related materials.
* Started production of "Colorbest" housing material.

==== 1960 ====

* Developed and commercialized first Japanese farm tractor.
* 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.
* 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 and environment affluent to human beings".
* Started production of combines.
* 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.
* Launched a new slogan, "Pursuing a promised future with our technological strength".

==== 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 ====

* Altered the corporate name to Kubota Corporation.
* Introduced new corporate symbol and visual identity system.
* 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".
* 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 ====

* Kankyo Chosa Center and the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun awarded the Director General's Prize and Excellent Prize of the Environmental Agency to Kubota's domestic wastewater treatment system with immersion-type organic flat membrane.

==== 2002 ====

* Total production exceeded 20 million units for Kubota's industrial engine.

==== 2006 ====

* Completed a new factory for implements in the United States. (Kubota Industrial Equipment Corporation (KIE))

==== 2009 ====

* Completed the first tractor production plant for a Japanese company in Thailand.\
* (Siam Kubota Tractor Co.,Ltd.)
* Completed a ductile iron pipe plant in India.
* (Tata Metaliks Kubota Pipes Limited (TMKPL))

==== 2010 ====

* Started production of combine harvesters in Thailand (SIAM KUBOTA Corporation).
* Established a pump production and sales company in China (Anhui Kubota Sanlian Pump).

==== 2011 ====

* Established Regional Headquarters in China.
* Completed a cast steel product plant in Saudi Arabia (Kubota Saudi Arabia Company).
* Completed a construction machinery plant in China (Kubota Construction Machinery (Wuxi)).
* 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.
* Established an engine production plant in China (Kubota Engine (WUXI) Co.,Ltd.)
* Established "Kubota Identity," a global corporate principles, and adopted a new brand statement logo.
* Acquired water treatment engineering company and established KUBOTA KASUI Corporation.

==== 2013 ====

* Established a parts<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aga-parts.com/kubota/|title=Kubota equipment parts catalog|publisher=AGA Parts|access-date=2020-10-25}}</ref> procurement company in Thailand
* Established a production plant for compact tractors in the U.S.
* Established a company specialized in the import, milling, and sale of Japanese rice in Singapore (Kubota Rice Industry (Singapore) PTE Ltd.)

==== 2014 ====
: Established an upland farming tractor manufacturing company in France (Kubota Farm Machinery Europe S.A.S.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kubota.com/company/c-data/history/|title=Corporate History {{!}} Corporate Information {{!}} Kubota Global Site|website=www.kubota.com|access-date=2019-05-31}}</ref>

2020
: Kubota announce a cooperation with the Indian Company Escorts and invest into ~10% of shares.


== See also ==
{{Portal|Japan|Engineering|Companies}}
* [[Kubota Spears]] - a [[Rugby union|rugby]] team that plays in the [[Top League]]

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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.kubota.com}}


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Latest revision as of 10:32, 24 March 2024

For other uses, see Kubota (disambiguation).
Kubota Corporation
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 6326
TOPIX 100 Component
Nikkei 225 Component
IndustryAgricultural machinery
Heavy equipment
Machine industry
FoundedOsaka, Japan
February 1890; 134 years ago (1890-02)
FounderGonshiro Kubota
Headquarters2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601 Japan
Key people
Yuichi Kitao[1] (CEO and President)
Products
RevenueIncrease $ 14.7 billion (FY 2014) (¥ 1,508 billion) (FY 2014)
Increase $ 1.28 billion (FY 2014) (¥ 131.66 billion) (FY 2014)
Number of employees
38,291 (consolidated as of March 31, 2017)
Websitewww.kubota.com
Footnotes / references
[2][3][4]

Kubota Corporation (株式会社クボタ, Kabushiki-kaisha Kubota) is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, pipe, valves, cast metal, pumps, and equipment for water purification, sewage treatment and air conditioning.

Kubota engines are in both diesel and gasoline or spark ignition forms, ranging from the tiny 0.276-liter engine to 6.1-liter engine, in both air-cooled and-liquid cooled designs, naturally-aspirated and forced induction. Cylinder configurations are from single cylinder to inline six cylinders, with single cylinder to four-cylinder being the most common. Those engines are widely used in agricultural equipment, construction equipment, tractors, and marine propulsion.

The corporation is listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX 100[5] and Nikkei 225.[6]

One of its notable contributions was to the construction of the Solar Ark.[7] Kubota is also known for designing 3D graphics chips in the 1990s.[8]

Kubota Tractor Corporation is the American corporation for marketing and distributing Kubota engineered products in the United States, headquartered in Grapevine, TX. This includes products manufactured in the United States by Kubota's American Manufacturing Corporation, called Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation Headquartered in Gainesville, GA.[9]

Gallery[edit]

  • Kubota wheel loader
    Kubota wheel loader
  • Kubota mini excavator
    Kubota mini excavator
  • Kubota LXe electric tractor
    Kubota LXe electric tractor
  • Close up of a Kubota engine
    Close up of a Kubota engine
  • Kubota M7-173 Premium KVT with sower
    Kubota M7-173 Premium KVT with sower
  • MR100A automated tractor
    MR100A automated tractor
  • Kubota skid steer
    Kubota skid steer

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Directors and Senior Management | Corporate Information | Kubota Global Site".
  2. ^ "Corporate Data". Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  4. ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  5. ^ "TOPIX Large70 Components" (PDF). Japan Exchange Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  7. ^ Peddie, Jon (June 13, 2013). The History of Visual Magic in Computers: How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-4471-4932-3.
  8. ^ "HuC6273 (Aurora)". Super CD·Rom² à GoGo. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  9. ^ "Kubota | USA Facilities - Manufacturing & Engineering". www.kubotausa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-21.

External links[edit]

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