Yanmar

Yanmar Co., Ltd.. is an international engineering company from Japan with manufacturing and distribution facilities in Europe, North and South America and Asia. Yanmar mainly produces motors for boats and ships, as well as construction equipment and small tractors.

History

Creation time

The company was founded in 1912 as Yamaoka Hatsudoki Kosakusho. Since 1921, the brand name is used Yanmar. In 1933, the claims to " first practical small diesel engine " developed and in 1942 the first work " Nagahama " opened. Since 1947, small diesel engines manufactured primarily for use in construction machinery, generators and boats and sold. In 1952 the company's current name Yanmar Diesel Engine Co., Ltd..

New Markets

1961 an offshoot of the Group was founded, which is engaged in the field of agricultural machinery, Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd. .. The following year, the Group opened its first branch outside Japan in Singapore as a service station. In the same year the founder Magokichi Yamaoka died. Was succeeded by Yasuhito Yamaoka, who died after only one year in 1963 and was replaced by Tadao Yamaoka, the active chairman today. In 1966, the second service station outside Japan was opened in Thailand. As part of the expansion includes construction machinery manufactured and sold. In 1967, a branch office added in Malaysia. Since 1972, the group is also found in Indonesia; In the same year the Yanmar Shipbuilding & Engineering Co., Ltd. were. and Yanmar Sangyo Co., Ltd.. were founded. In Europe, the company has been present since 1976 with a service station in the Netherlands. In the Americas, the first location was established in 1981 in the U.S..

1982 Yanmar began with the production of gas turbines, began in 1984 with the production of outboards. Yanmar was thus the only series manufacturer of diesel outboard motors. In 1989 saw the establishment of the joint venture Ammann- Yanmar France, based in Saint- Dizier for the production of mini and midi excavators, wheel and track loaders. 1996, a new factory in Biwa (Japan) was opened, are produced in the industry today nearly 400,000 diesel engines per year.

Boat engines were also produced in the Netherlands since 1999. Their range has been extended upwards, the program supplemented by diesel engines for fishing vessels, ferries, tugs, etc.. In 2012, a revised faster 12-cylinder Schifffsdiesel 1340 kW at 1940 rev / min. presented.

Since 2005, Yanmar holds a 12 % stake in International Tractors Limited.