From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yanmar
Yanmar
Yanmar Co., Ltd. Yanmar is the patron of the J. League Division 1 soc-
ヤンマー株式会社 cer team Cerezo Osaka and sponsor for AFC Champions
League, Yanmar Racing and several weather forecast pro-
grammes on Japanese television.
Timeline
Type Privately held
Industry Heavy Equipment Manufacturing
Founded Osaka, Japan 1912 (as Yamaoka Hatsudoki
Kosakusho)
Headquarters 1-32, Chayamachi, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
Key people Tadao Yamaoka, Chairman
Takehito Yamaoka, President
Products Diesel Engines
Heavy Equipment
Watercraft
Revenue 161.3 billion yen (2004)
Employees 3,308 (Consolidated base 14,955) as of 2010
Website www.yanmar.co.jp
Yanmar Co., Ltd. (ヤンマー株式会社, Yanmā Kabushiki-
A Yanmar 2GM20 marine diesel engine, installed in a sailboat.
Gaisha) is a Japanese diesel engine manufacturer with
more than 90 years of history. The engines are used in
• 1912 Yamaoka Magokichi sets up business under the
a wide range of applications, including seagoing vessels,
name Yamaoka Engine Workshop.
construction equipment, agricultural equipment and
• 1931 Inauguration of Yamaoka Engine Workshop
generator sets.
limited.
• 1936 Inauguration of Yamaoka Internal Combustion
Company description Machines limited.
• 1940 Yamaoka Internal Combustion Machines
Yanmar is for the most part a corporation specializing in
amalgamates with Yamaoka Engine Workshop.
diesel engines, and also makes light fishing boats, hulls
• 1952 Company name changes to Yanmar Diesel
for ships, tractors, combine harvesters, rice-planting ma-
limited.
chines, snow throwers, transporters, tillers, mini exca-
• 2002 Company name changes to Yanmar limited.
vators, portable diesel generators and Heavy Utility
Machinery. Yanmar is one of the most famous among the
top brands of agricultural, marine machinery in Japan Media programmes sponsored
and the world.
Yanmar was the first to put a diesel engine in a rice by Yanmar
planting machine with a passenger seat. Small, light, air- • Yanbo Marbo Weather Forecast (ヤン坊マー坊天気
cooled diesel engines are Yanmar’s speciality. Yanmar al- 予報, Yanbo-marbo tenki yoho)
so supplies engines to John Deere tractors and Thermo • Fishery News (漁業ニューズ) on Wakayama
King Corporation used in refrigerated trucks and trailers. Broadcasting System Co.
Yanmar’s headquarters are at 1-32, Chayamachi, Kita-
ku, Osaka, Japan.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Yanmar
Past Products
• FTV News sponsored by Yanmar (ヤンマー提供FTV
• Yanmar 2GM20
ニュース, Yanmar teikyo FTV nyusu) on Fukushima
TV.
• Yanmar Family Hour (ヤンマーファミリーアワー, References
Yanmar famiri awa) on Tokyo Broadcasting System
Television, including
• Fly Songoku! (飛べ!孫悟空, tobe songoku), a
External links
puppet show based on the classical Chinese novel • (English) Yanmar Global Site
Journey to the West.
• The Chance! (ザ・チャンス!, za chiansu), an
American Price is Right style game show.
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• Engineering companies of Japan
• Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
• Tractor manufacturers of Japan
• Companies of Japan
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