Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd. (株式会社竹内製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Takeuchi Seisakujo) is a Japanese heavy construction machinery company that manufactures excavators, track loaders, crawler dumpers and wheel loaders.
Native name | 株式会社竹内製作所 |
|---|---|
Company type | Public |
| TYO: 6432 | |
| Industry | Construction Machinery |
| Founded | Sakaki (August 21, 1963) |
| Headquarters | Sakaki, Hanishina district, Nagano Prefecture 389-0605, Japan |
Key people | Akio Takeuchi (Founder) Toshiya Takeuchi (President) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | |
Number of employees | 691 (as of February 28, 2018) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
History
editTakeuchi was founded in 1963 by Akio Takeuchi as a construction equipment manufacturer. Takeuchi developed the world's first compact excavator in 1971 and in 1986 he introduced the compact track loader, another world first.[citation needed]
The company has wholly owned subsidiary facilities in the United States (1979), United Kingdom (1996), France (2000) and China (2006).[citation needed]
Gallery
edit- A Takeuchi compact excavator in Angoulême, France
- A tree spade on an older model Takeuchi track loader.
- A Takeuchi track loader at the Building Fair in Brno, Czech Republic
References
edit- ↑ "Company Profile". Takeuchi. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
External links
edit- Takeuchi official website (in English)
- ↑ Takeuchi. "About Us – Takeuchi Global". Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ↑ "Get to know the history of the compact track loader". Total Landscape Care. September 25, 2018. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.