YASKAWA EUROPE | EN NEWS & EVENTS CONTACT CLOUD PRODUCTS SYSTEMS SERVICE & TRAINING APPLICATIONS ABOUT YASKAWA The History of Yaskawa Yaskawa Europe About Yaskawa Our Company History Origins Our story begins here, more than 100 years ago. It begins with a strong-willed founder full of passion and ideas. A restless search for innovation and a mission to change the world. That's the core of Yaskawa that has remained unchanged for more than a century. That's just who we are. Yaskawa Electric was founded by Daigorou Yasukawa in cooperation with his elder brothers in Kurosaki, Kitakyushu City 1915 Our first order product: the “three-phase induction motor 20HP”, at the time often used by coal mining companies 1917 Super synchronous motor with 4,000HP and 250rpm 1927 Conveyor system, adapted for small electronics and switches and ready for industrial production 1937 Revolutionary and user-friendly VS motor which has variable speed and remote control. The first one was used in a double-turn printing press. 1950 Our new Minertia motor, which boosted the speed of response by a hundred times. It is the prototypic figure of todays servomotors. 1958 The years go by... And with them come innovative ideas, game-changing technologies and our ever-increasing solutions for the world of automation. "Mechatronics" are born - the term was invented by our engineer Tetsuro Mori 1969 Our legendary robot MOTOMAN-L10 - the basis of current industrial robots - was released 1977 Our compact but powerful AC servo drive "Sigma" series released. It became the cornerstone of the current motion control business. 1992 We created MECHATROLINK - suitable for motion control and founded MECHATROLINK Members Club 2003 Our first 13-axis dual-arm and 7-axis actuator-driven robots 2005 Recently That's where we stand and this is from where we will take the leap in our future. Watch us go! VIPA and profichip become part of Yaskawa Europe GmbH 2012 We acquired The Switch, Finland, which would become our new Environmental Energy Division 2014 100 years of Yaskawa - a year to celebrate! 2015 Grand opening of the new offices in Sweden 2018 Grand opening of the European Robot Factory in Slovenia | Acquisition of the Factory automation business unit of ZF Italia s.r.l. | Grand opening of the new offices in France 2019 We sold our 30 millionth AC Drive 2020 20 Million Servodrives produced 2020 Groundbreaking for our new European headquarter in Hattersheim near Frankfurt 2021 Products & Services Products Training Support DMC Support Robotics Download Center Use Cases By Application By Industry About us Yaskawa Europe GmbH Contact Career Supplier Registration Follow us on... © 2021 Yaskawa Europe GmbH Home Terms & Conditions Imprint Privacy