Kubota

A piece of light construction equipment built by Kubota

(TYO: [6326]  , NYSE: [KUB]), is a tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan. 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
Pumps
Equipment for Water and Sewage Treatment
Air Conditioning Equipment

Kubota Tractor Corporation

In 1969 Kubota began exporting its 21 horsepower L200 compact tractors to the United States. Because of the initial success in the American marketplace the Kubota Tractor Corporation was formed in Torrance, California in 1972. The name is synomonous with that product category, having been abandoned by the American tractor manufacturers. Kubota also owns other similar tractor companies in many countries including Australia[link], Canada[link], France[link], Germany[link], Spain[link], and the United Kingdom[link].

Kubota Pacific

See also: Ardent Computer Corporation

In the mid 1980's Kubota, looking for new opportunities, provided funding for Ardent Computer Corporation, an American company that produced graphics minicomputers based on the MIPS architecture. After a merger and series of flops, control of the company was ceded to Kubota and was renamed Kubota Pacific and later Kubota Graphics Company. The company still wasn't very successful however, and was finally shut down in 1994.

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