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1915 ~ Startup Period

• 1915

Joint venture company Yaskawa Electric established

• 1917

Productization of 'Three-Phase Induction Motor'

• 1919

The joint-stock company Yaskawa Electric was established

• 1927

Productization of 'Super-Synchronous Motors'

• 1928

Productization of Three-Phase Induction Motors with Ball Bearings

• 1936

Research institute established

• 1937

The「安川モートル」trademark has been successfully registered

• 1946

Absorption merger of Yaskawa Electric Corporation's Aircraft Motor Factory (Yukuhashi City, Fukuoka Prefecture)

• 1949

Listed on the Tokyo and Osaka stock exchanges

1950 ~ Motors and Related Applications

• 1953

Productization of VS Motor No. 1

• 1954

Engage in technical cooperation on DC machines with Switzerland's BBC Company (Brown, Boveri & Co., Ltd)

• 1957

Yukuhashi factory established

• 1958

Invention of DC servo motor (Minertia motor) 

1960 ~ Industrial Electrical Equipment

• 1961

Kokura City factory established

Cooperate with SEA Company (France) on printing motor-related technology

• 1964

Tokyo factory established

• 1967

Yaskawa Electric Corporation of America was established

• 1968

Develop hardwired NC

• 1969

Intermediate factory established

Developed the rotary arc method for SF6 gas switchgear devices

Apply to register the 'Mechatronics' trademark

1970 ~ Industrial Automation

• 1974

Floppy disk drives are locally produced in Japan

Developed a microcomputer with a built-in micro CNC 'YASNAC'

Yaskawa Electric Brazil was established

• 1977

Japan's first fully electric industrial robot 'MOTOMAN-L10' hits the market

• 1978

Vector control frequency converter Productization

• 1979

Formulate company regulations

1980 ~ FA • Mechatronics

• 1980

Europe Yaskawa Electric Co., Ltd. was established

• 1983

Participate in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's large-scale project 'Development of Extreme Operation Robots'

Productization of AC Servo Drive Series

• 1984

MOTOMAN ROBOTICS EUROPE AB (Sweden) established

Awarded the Deming Prize

• 1987

Develop vacuum robots

• 1988

MOTOMAN has shipped a total of 10,000 units

• 1989

Completion of the inverter factory renovation

Distribution equipment factory established

North American Robotics Sales Company Established

1990 ~ FA • Mechatronics

• 1990

MOTOMAN (Robot) Center Established

Develop energized operation robots

• 1991

Yaskawa Electric Co., Ltd. UK was established

Yaskawa Electric Singapore Pte Ltd was established

The company name has been changed to [Yaskawa Electric Corporation]

Development of AC servo drive 'Σ series'

• 1992

Participate in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry's large-scale project 'Research and Development of Micromachines'

• 1993

AC servo motors have reached a total shipment of 1 million units

• 1994

Shanghai Office and Beijing Service Center Established

Korea Yaskawa Electric Corporation was established

• 1995

Beijing Office Established

Shanghai Yaskawa Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. was established

Develop parallel processing computer PIM

Vector Control General-Purpose Inverter 'VS-616G5' Released

• 1996

Joint Venture for Industrial Robots Established (Beijing)

Joint venture for general-purpose variable frequency drives established (Shanghai・Malaysia)

YASKAWA ESHED TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Israel) Established

YASKAWA MOTOMAN CANADA LTD. was established

YASKAWA MOTOMAN MEXICO S.A.DE C.V was established

• 1997

Super energy-saving variable speed drive VS-686SS5 productization

The VS-686SS5 was awarded the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Award as an 'Excellent Energy-Saving Device'

Productization of the high-cleanliness facility robot 'MOTOMAN-CR Series'

• 1998

The Tokyo factory has obtained ISO 14001 certification

MOTOMAN has shipped a total of 50,000 units

The cumulative shipment of AC servo motors has reached 2 million units

• 1999

The Yukuhashi Factory has obtained ISO 14001 certification.

Yaskawa Electric (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established

Started a joint venture with Germany's Siemens in the field of industrial drive systems

2000 ~ Motion Controller • Robotic Automation

• 2001

All five production bases in Japan have obtained ISO14001 certification.

Taiwan Yaskawa Development Technology Co., Ltd. was established

• 2002

Solution Center Established

AC servo motors have reached a total shipment of 3 million units

• 2003

Hachiman East Office Established

• 2005

MOTOMAN has shipped a total of 100,000 units of the new generation industrial robots

(Dual-arm Robot · 7-Axis Robot) productization

• 2006

Robot workstation established

Cooperate with Brooks Automation in the United States in the field of semiconductor handling robots

AC servo motors have reached a total shipment of 5 million units

MOTOMAN has shipped a total of 150,000 units

Small General-Purpose Inverter 'V1000' Released

• 2007

The Drive Center was established

The frequency converter has shipped a total of 10 million units

• 2008

MOTOMAN has shipped a total of 200,000 units

Yaskawa Electric (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. was established

• 2009

Development of the Hybrid Electric Vehicle Motor Drive System 'QMET DRIVE'

• 2010

The 'Enewin' series of system motors for large wind power generation is now on sale

Power Regulator for Solar Power Generation 'PV1000' Released

YASKAWA ELECTRIC INDIA PVT. LTD (India) was established

• 2011

Developed a high-efficiency motor drive for electric vehicles using SiC* 'SiC-QMET' (*SiC: silicon carbide)

Kanto Robot Center Established

• 2012

Introduce an executive director system

The cumulative shipments of AC servo motors have reached 10 million units

Development of the world's first power regulator equipped with GaN

• 2013

Yaskawa (China) Robotics Co., Ltd. achieves local production

AC Servo Drive 'Σ-7 Series' Released

The frequency converter has shipped a total of 20 million units

• 2015

100th Anniversary Celebration

Restructuring of the Japanese headquarters office, the 'Robot Village,' and the construction of a new factory

• 2016

High-performance multifunctional industrial inverter GA700 released

• 2017

The concept of achieving a new industrial automation revolution: 'i³-Mechatronics (i-Cubed Mechatronics)'

The new small robot MotoMINI is launched

• 2018

The new generation production plant has officially started operations.

Start offering software tools that integrate data collection, visualization, accumulation, and analysis [YASKAWA Cockpit]

Establishing the new-generation factory [Yaskawa Solutions Factory]

• 2019

YASKAWA Europe Robotics d.o.o. has officially started producing industrial robots in Slovenia

Developed a food-grade collaborative robot MOTOMAN-HC10DTF

• 2020

The cumulative shipments of AC servo motors have reached 20 million units

• 2021

The total shipments of inverters have reached 30 million units

AC servo drive Σ-X series now on sale

The cumulative shipments of MOTOMAN industrial robots have reached 500,000 units

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