Overview
More than 100 years committed to technical progress has made us the leading manufacturer in the fields of variable AC drives, servo drives, control technology and robotics.
We are a company of people pursuing their passion – driven by the vision of a smarter future with advanced technologies that save precious time and energy. For us, any given day is a new chance to make progress.
Our goal is to contribute to the evolution of society by improving the nature of its business, increasing the performance and productivity of our industry, and therefore our everyday lives. Naturally we promote renewable resources to ensure a healthy environment – for a sustainable planet for all of us.
Based in Eschborn, Germany, Yaskawa Europe offers mechatronics and robotics solutions for companies throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the CIS states. With subsidiaries in these regions and European production sites, we are where our customers need us.
AC Drives, Servo Drives, Machine Controllers, PLCs and HMIs as well as customer-specific drive and control systems from Yaskawa have proven their value in the market for years. Our experience with flexible automation solutions and expertise in numerous industries and applications makes us a qualified partner for developing system solutions. Our wide-ranging product portfolio enables our customers to obtain everything from simple controller products to powerful systems from one single source.
We are one of the largest manufacturers of industrial robots, with 400,000 robots installed worldwide. We offer application-based variants such as welding, palletizing, painting and handling robots. Our broad range of robots also includes robots designed for laboratory and clean room applications as well as top quality, turnkey automated welding systems.
The Environmental Energy Division is responsible for our business activities in Wind Energy, Solar Energy and Marine. Wind and solar include our contributions to the use of renewable energies, our marine products ensure that the environmental and energy balance of ships is significantly improved. Permanent Magnet Motors and Converters range from 500 kW to 8.0 MW. Our portfolio for large power applications like wind turbines creates a firm foundation and a power boost to move forward on our fast-track path of advancing the world with electrical drive trains.
1,900
Employees in Europe
>100
Channel Partners
8
Manufacturing Locations
23
Business Entities
President and CEO
Yaskawa Europe
Corporate Officer
Regional Head Yaskawa Europe
President
Environmental Energy Division (The Switch)
President
Robotics Division
Daigorou Yasukawa has set up the office in Kurosaki, Kitakyushu city with the cooperation of his elder brothers. Yaskawa Electric was established there in April 1915.
The company’s first order product “three-phase induction motor 20HP” was delivered in 1917. It has received orders of induction motors for skewer hoisting machines from coal mining companies
Conveyor system adapted for small electronics and switches
Introduced VS motor
DC motor technology announced
Invention of the Minertia motor
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. founded in Chicago
"Mechatronics" - a term actually coined by a Yaskawa engineer
Yasnac CNC system using micropocessors
Yaskawa’s legendary robot MOTOMAN-L10 with first full electric system in Japan which becomes the basis of the current industrial robot was completed in 1977.
Deming Application Prize received
Sigma-series AC servo drives
IACET accreditation for training programs (first accredited robot manufacturer)
MotoSim, Industry's first PC-based robot simulation and offline programming software
Patent for multiple robot control
Autosorter, robotic test tube handling solution for clinical laboratories
Application-specific robot models for arc and spot welding
13-axis dual-arm and 7-axis actuator-driven robots
Next-generation picking, packing and palletizing robot product lines
VIPA and profichip become part of Yaskawa Europe GmbH
Strategic partnership with ReWalk Robotics announced
100 years of Yaskawa
The Switch acquires Wärtsilä's marine power drives, Norway
Grand opening of the new offices in Sweden
Daigorou Yasukawa has set up the office in Kurosaki, Kitakyushu city with the cooperation of his elder brothers. Yaskawa Electric was established there in April 1915.
The company’s first order product “three-phase induction motor 20HP” was delivered in 1917. It has received orders of induction motors for skewer hoisting machines from coal mining companies
Conveyor system adapted for small electronics and switches
Introduced VS motor
DC motor technology announced
Invention of the Minertia motor
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. founded in Chicago
"Mechatronics" - a term actually coined by a Yaskawa engineer
Yasnac CNC system using micropocessors
Yaskawa’s legendary robot MOTOMAN-L10 with first full electric system in Japan which becomes the basis of the current industrial robot was completed in 1977.
Deming Application Prize received
Sigma-series AC servo drives
IACET accreditation for training programs (first accredited robot manufacturer)
MotoSim, Industry's first PC-based robot simulation and offline programming software
Patent for multiple robot control
Autosorter, robotic test tube handling solution for clinical laboratories
Application-specific robot models for arc and spot welding
13-axis dual-arm and 7-axis actuator-driven robots
Next-generation picking, packing and palletizing robot product lines
VIPA and profichip become part of Yaskawa Europe GmbH
Strategic partnership with ReWalk Robotics announced
100 years of Yaskawa
The Switch acquires Wärtsilä's marine power drives, Norway
Grand opening of the new offices in Sweden