YASKAWA Electric Corporation (6506.T)

5,972.00 +7.00 (+0.12%) At close: 03:15PM JST

YASKAWA Electric Corporation

2-1 Kurosakishiroishi
Yahatanishi-ku
Kitakyushu 806-0004
Japan
81 93 645 8801
https://www.yaskawa.co.jp

Sector(s): Industrials
Industry: Electrical Equipment & Parts
Full-time employees: 13,010

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Masahiro Ogawa	President, GM of Corporate Technology Division & Representative Director	141M	N/A	1964
Mr. Shuji Murakami	Senior Managing Executive Officer & Representative Director	99M	N/A	1959
Ayumi Hayashida	Senior Executive Officer, Head of Corporate Branding Division & GM of Public Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Tatsuya Yamada	Senior Executive Officer & Compliance Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Michael Stephen Knapek	Senior Executive Officer & Head of Americas	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Yasuhiko Morikawa	Senior Executive Officer, GM of Tokyo Branch & Director	N/A	N/A	1962
Mr. Nobuaki Jinnouchi	Senior Executive Officer & Head of Asia	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kenji Ueyama	Senior Executive Officer & GM of Motion Control Division	N/A	N/A	N/A
Manabu Okahisa	Senior Executive Officer and Head of China Robot Business Division & Business Planning Department	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hiroshi Takata	Senior Executive Officer and GM of Sales Division & CRM Strategy Promotion Office	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2024, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in JPY.

Description

YASKAWA Electric Corporation engages in motion control, robotics, system engineering, and other businesses worldwide. It manufactures and sells various AC drives, including general purpose AC drives, specific purpose AC drives, AC Drive for systems, regenerative energy saving units, and PM motors for use in household appliances, such as air conditioners and refrigerators; social infrastructures comprising elevators, escalators, trains, cranes, fans, and pumps; and factories that manufacture printing machinery, textile machinery, rubber machinery, and other materials. The company also offers rotary servo motors, direct drive servo motors, linear motors/linear sliders, machine controllers, positioning sensor encoders, and servo amplifiers for use in industrial robots, semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, machine tools, flat panel display manufacturing equipment, and metal working machines; and arc and spot welding, handling/assembling, collaborative, biomedical, palletizing, press handling, sealing/cutting/laser machining, deburring, painting, glass substrates transfer, and semiconductor wafer transfer robots for use in semiconductor wafer conveyance, arc welding, spot welding, handling, assembly, and palletizing applications. In addition, it provides industrial system electrical products, such as medium-voltage AC drives, system use AC drives, and system controllers for use in iron and steel systems, water and wastewater treatment, crane, and paper-making/film/port cargo handling/fiber/printing applications. Further, the company offers equipment for energy saving and creation comprising PV inverters, systems for large wind turbines, control equipment for small-scale power generation, and motor drive systems for use in photovoltaic power generation, large-scale wind power generation, small-scale power generation, and electric vehicles. The company was founded in 1915 and is headquartered in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Corporate governance

YASKAWA Electric Corporation’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 July 2024 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 4; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.