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Kubota
Kubota Corporation
Type Public TYO: 6326, (NYSE: KUB)
Industry Machinery
Founded Osaka, Japan (February, 1890)
Headquarters Osaka, Japan
Key people Yasuo Masumoto, President-CEO; Daisuke
Hatakake, Chairman
Products Agricultural - Heavy Equipment - Engines
Revenue USD 12.6 Billion (Fiscal year ended
March 31, 2008)
Kubota RTV900
Employees 24,464 (Consolidated, as of March 31, 2008)
Website Kubota Corporation
Kubota Corporation (株式会社クボタ, Kabushiki-kaisha
Kubota) (TYO: 6326, NYSE: KUB), is a tractor and heavy
equipment manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan. One of
its notable contributions was to the construction of the
Solar Ark. The company was established in 1890.
The company produces many products including:
• Tractors and Agricultural Equipment
• Engines
• Construction Equipment
• Vending machines
• Pipe
• Valves
• Cast metal A 1990 Kubota G5200H diesel garden tractor with front mount-
• Pumps ed bucket attachment
• Equipment for Water and Sewage Treatment
• Air Conditioning Equipment
Kubota Tractor Corporation
(KTC)
In 1969, Kubota began exporting its 21 horsepower
(16 kW) L200 compact tractors to the United States. Be-
cause of the initial success in the American marketplace,
the Kubota Tractor Corporation was formed in Torrance,
California in 1972. Kubota also owns other similar tractor
companies in many countries including Australia[1],
Canada[2], France[3], Germany[4], Poland[5], Spain[6],
and the United Kingdom[7]
A piece of light construction equipment built by Kubota
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were added including an array of lawn and garden trac-
tors and utility vehicles.
Kubota Industrial Equipment
(KIE)
In 2006, the aforementioned front end loader and back-
hoe production was transferred from KMA to a new man-
ufacturing facility, Kubota Industrial Equipment, near
Jefferson, GA (USA). This facility also prepares/config-
ures the larger (B, L & M-series) tractors from Japan for
delivery to KTC’s central, northern and southeast divi-
The D600 14 HP 3 cylinder diesel engine from a Kubota G5200H sion (region) dealerships.
series garden tractor
Kubota Engine America (KEA)
Due to an increased demand for its compact industrial
engines, Kubota Engine America was formed in 1999 in
Lincolnshire, IL (Chicago) as a subsidiary company of
Kubota Corporation - Osaka.
The current KEA was a division of Kubota Tractor
Corp. from 1982 to 1999 prior to becoming a subsidiary of
Kubota Corp. KEA sells its Emission Certified Diesel and
Spark ignited engines from 6 to 100 hp in the US and Cen-
tral/South America. KEA also sells a line of Diesel gener-
ators from 7 to 35 KW.
The shaft driven mower deck on a Kubota G5200H garden trac- Kubota Pacific
tor
See also: Ardent Computer Corporation
In the mid-1980s Kubota, looking for new opportunities,
provided funding for Ardent Computer Corporation, an
American company that produced graphics minicomput-
ers based on the MIPS architecture. After a merger and
series of flops, control of the company was ceded to Kub-
ota and was renamed Kubota Pacific and later Kubota
Company.
Graphics Company However, the company still wasn’t
very successful and was finally shut down in 1994.
Sports teams
• Kubota Spears - rugby
External links
Kubota wheel loader
• Kubota Corporation
• Kubota Tractor Corporation
Kubota Manufacturing of • Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation
• Kubota Engine America Corporation
America (KMA) • Kubota Canada Ltd.
In 1988, Kubota opened its first manufacturing facility, • Kubota (U.K) Limited
Kubota Manufacturing of America [8], in Gainesville, GA • Polish sales center Kubota
(USA) for the production of front end loader and backhoe • Kubota Polish headquarters
implements for Kubota tractors. Later, other products
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Categories:
• Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
• Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange
• Engineering companies of Japan
• Manufacturing companies of Japan
• Construction equipment manufacturers
• Companies based in Osaka Prefecture
• Companies established in 1890
• Tractor manufacturers of Japan
• Lawn and garden tractors
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