YANMAR AGRIBUSINESS CO., LTD. - Company Overview
History
1914
Takeshita Tekkosho established.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manually-powered thresher completed.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manually-powered thresher completed.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1920
Fujii Tekkosho established.[Fujii Mfg.]
1931
Joint capital company Tosa Agricultural Machinery Trading established.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
Manufacture of rice hullers, threshers, and rice sorters begins.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
Manufacture of rice hullers, threshers, and rice sorters begins.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
Japan's first rotary-type cultivator completed.[Fujii Mfg.]
1936
Power tiller completed.
1938
Reorganized into Kyowa Agricultural Machinery Co., Ltd.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
1947
Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd. established.[Kanzaki]
1949
Reorganized into Fujii Mfg. Co., Ltd.[Fujii Mfg.]
1950
Cultivator for both wet and dry use completed.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1951
Reorganized into Takeshita Tekko.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1952
Manufacture of cultivators and automatic threshers begins.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
Cultivators with rubber tires for wheels developed.[Fujii Mfg.]
Cultivators with rubber tires for wheels developed.[Fujii Mfg.]
1957
Manufacture of VKA cultivators begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1958
Cultivator with revolutionary mechanism for free adjustment of wheelbase developed.[Fujii Mfg.]
1959
Operation begins at Tokyo Plant.[Kanzaki]
1961
Yanmar Diesel and Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. agree to business tie-up.
Operation begins at Okayama Plant.[Fujii Mfg.]
Listed on second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.[Fujii Mfg.]
Listed on second section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.[Fujii Mfg.]
1963
Manufacture of passenger seat tractors and direct-current-motor combine harvesters begins.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
1966
Manufacture of tractors begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manufacture of construction equipment (hand dozers) begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manufacture of construction equipment (hand dozers) begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1968
Manufacture of binders begins.[Fujii Mfg.]
1969
Manufacture of head-feeding combine harvesters begins.[Kyowa Agricultural Machinery]
Power tiller development completed. Operation begins at Chikugo Plant.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manufacture of construction equipment (shovel loaders) begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manufacture of construction equipment (shovel loaders) begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1970
Ibuki Plant of Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd. established.[Fujii Mfg.]
Construction division established following certification as a construction company.[Fujii Mfg.]
Construction division established following certification as a construction company.[Fujii Mfg.]
1971
Operation begins at Yamada Plant.
Manufacture of wheel-type self-propelled head-feeding combine harvesters begins.
Manufacture of wheel-type self-propelled head-feeding combine harvesters begins.
Manufacture of construction equipment (backhoes) begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1972
Manufacture of construction equipment (caterpillar tractors) begins.[Fujii Mfg.]
1973
Manufacture of construction equipment (caterpillar tractors) begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1975
Trade name changed to Seirei Industry Co., Ltd.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manufacture of combine harvesters begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
Manufacture of combine harvesters begins.[Takeshita Tekkosho]
1977
Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd. Celebrates 30 years.[Kanzaki]
Fuji Mfg. Co. Ltd., Kyowa Agricultural Machinery, and Takeshita Tekkosho merged to become Seirei Industry Co., Ltd.[Seirei]
(names changed to Head Office Plant, Kouchi Plant, and Okayama Plant, respectively).
Fuji Mfg. Co. Ltd., Kyowa Agricultural Machinery, and Takeshita Tekkosho merged to become Seirei Industry Co., Ltd.[Seirei]
(names changed to Head Office Plant, Kouchi Plant, and Okayama Plant, respectively).
1978
Osaka Office (Head Office) established.[Seirei]
1986
Combine harvester production reaches 370,000 mark. (Kouchi Plant: 220,000; Head Office Plant: 150,000)[Seirei]
1988
Yanmar Diesel and Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. share the Quality Award and President's Award.[Seirei]
1989
Seirei Total Service Co., Ltd. established.[Seirei]
1991
Full-feeding combine production reaches 1,000 mark.
Cumulative production of construction equipment surpasses the 100,000 mark.[Seirei]
Cumulative production of construction equipment surpasses the 100,000 mark.[Seirei]
Industry No. 1 kick-off event held for rice transplanters.[Kanzaki]
1992
Production of gas carriers begins.[Seirei]
No. 1 Plant (fourth phase of construction) expanded. Cationic painting line built for tractor transmissions.[Kanzaki]
1993
Ke-Series small-tractor production reaches 30,000 mark.[Kanzaki]
Production of vegetable planting machinery begins.[Kanzaki]
Production of vegetable planting machinery begins.[Kanzaki]
1994
ISO 9001 certification granted.[Kanzaki] [Seirei]
1996
ISO 9001 certification granted.[Seirei]
1997
Merger with Shoun Machine Tool Co., Ltd.
Production of LV4100 tractors for John Deere begins.
Production of LV4100 tractors for John Deere begins.
1998
ISO 14001 certification granted.[Seirei]
1999
ISO 14001 certification granted.[Kanzaki]
Pe-1 rice transplanter production reaches 10,000 mark.[Kanzaki]
Pe-1 rice transplanter production reaches 10,000 mark.[Kanzaki]
2001
No. 3 Plant (first phase of construction) and boiler room constructed.[Kanzaki]
2002
Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. established under a merger of the Kinomoto Plant of Yanmar and the Ibuki Plant of Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co., Ltd.[Kanzaki]
President of the Dominican Republic visits the Ibuki Plant.
President of the Dominican Republic visits the Ibuki Plant.
2003
Manufacture of EF200 tractors begins on the medium-scale tractor assembly line.
2004
Company split under the Yanmar Evolution Plan, announced in January 2002 : former Fukuoka Plant established as Yanmar Construction Equipment.[Seirei]
Becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.[Seirei]
Manufacture of rice transplanters taken over from Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.[Seirei]
EF200 tractor production reaches 10,000 mark.[Seirei]
Manufacture of large crawler tractors begins on the large-scale tractor assembly line.[Seirei]
Becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.[Seirei]
Manufacture of rice transplanters taken over from Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.[Seirei]
EF200 tractor production reaches 10,000 mark.[Seirei]
Manufacture of large crawler tractors begins on the large-scale tractor assembly line.[Seirei]
2005
Development functions integrated into Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Painting plant (No. 3 Plant) built.
Manufacture of tractors begins for shipment to Yanmar S.P. Co., Ltd.
Manufacture of small tractors begins on small-scale assembly line.
Painting plant (No. 3 Plant) built.
Manufacture of tractors begins for shipment to Yanmar S.P. Co., Ltd.
Manufacture of small tractors begins on small-scale assembly line.
2006
Rotary transmission assembly begins.
2007
Control of Nankoku Plant transferred to SEG.
Manufacture of tractors begins for shipment to Yanmar America Corporation.
Manufacture of tractors begins for shipment to Yanmar America Corporation.
2008
SEG Corporation incorporated into the Group, integrating transmission assembly line functions.
2009
Reorganization of manufacturing begins (transferred control of equipment for product manufacture and machining).
2010
Ibuki Plant celebrates 40 years.
Integrated assembly lines for transmissions, rotary parts, and the JT transmission line.
Integrated assembly lines for transmissions, rotary parts, and the JT transmission line.
2012
Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. celebrates 10 years.
2013
Integration of Seirei Industry Co., Ltd. and Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
2016
Starts the production of YT2 and YT3 series tractor
YT3 series tractor received the 2016 Good Design Gold Award
2018
Production and development functions of Bunmei Noki Co., Ltd. transferred and Kagoshima Office established.
Complete auto and robot type YT tractor
2019
Koichi factory completed new office building.
Production of 7 types of carriers and loaders transferred
from Yanmar Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. to Kochi factory.
from Yanmar Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. to Kochi factory.
Ibuki Plant operations transferred to Yanmar Co., Ltd.
Assembly of transmission transferred from Ibuki factory of Yanmar Co., Ltd. to Okayama factory.
2020
100th anniversary of the founding of Okayama factory
Kochi Plant starts operation of powder coating line
2021
Integration of Yanmar Agribusiness Co., Ltd. and Yanmar Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd.