page_title: Yanmar
section_title: Timeline
hierarchical_section_title: Yanmar / Timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: Yanmar 2GM20
context_page_description: Yanmar Co., Ltd. is a Japanese diesel engine manufacturer founded in Osaka, Japan in 1912. Yanmar manufactures and sells engines used in a wide range of applications, including seagoing vessels, pleasure boats, construction equipment, agricultural equipment and generator sets. It also manufactures and sells agricultural equipment, construction equipment, climate control systems, aquafarming systems, in addition to providing a range of remote monitoring services.
context_section_description: 1912 - Yamaoka Magokichi sets up business under the name  Yamaoka Hatsudoki Seisakusho (Yamaoka Engine Workshop).
  1933 - Production of world's first practical small diesel.
  1992 - The company produces its 10 millionth diesel engine.
  2015 - Yanmar acquired 70% of Spanish generator-set manufacturer HIMOINSA 
  2016 - Yanmar increased its stake in the Indian company International Tractors, the maker of Sonalika branded tractors, to 30%. The company also bought German compact equipment maker Schaeff and forged a partnership with Toyota to develop “next generation hulls” for boats.
caption: A Yanmar 2GM20 marine diesel engine, installed in a sailboat.
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