Kubota

For other uses, see Kubota (disambiguation).

Kubota Corporation (株式会社クボタ, Kabushiki-kaisha Kubota) is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, pipe, valves, cast metal, pumps, and equipment for water purification, sewage treatment and air conditioning.

Kubota Corporation

Kubota headquarters in Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 6326 TOPIX 100 Component Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Agricultural machinery Heavy equipment Machine industry
Founded	February 1890; 135 years ago (1890-02), in Osaka, Empire of Japan
Founder	Gonshiro Kubota
Headquarters	2-47, Shikitsuhigashi 1-chome, Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601 Japan
Key people	Yuichi Kitao[1] (CEO and president)
Products	Tractors Combine harvesters Rice transplanters Turf care equipment Construction equipment Engines Vending machines Gearboxes and Axles Water treatment systems
Revenue	$ 14.7 billion (FY 2014) (¥ 1,508 billion) (FY 2014)
Net income	$ 1.28 billion (FY 2014) (¥ 131.66 billion) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	38,291 (consolidated as of March 31, 2017)
Website	www.kubota.com
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Kubota engines are in both diesel and gasoline or spark ignition forms, ranging from the tiny 0.276-liter engine to 6.1-liter engine, in both air-cooled and-liquid cooled designs, naturally-aspirated and forced induction. Cylinder configurations are from single cylinder to inline six cylinders, with single cylinder to four-cylinder being the most common. Those engines are widely used in agricultural equipment, construction equipment, tractors, and marine propulsion.

The corporation is listed on the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the TOPIX 100^[5] and Nikkei 225.^[6]

One of its notable contributions was to the construction of the Solar Ark.^[7] Kubota is also known for designing 3D graphics chips in the 1990s.^[8]

Kubota Tractor Corporation is the American corporation for marketing and distributing Kubota engineered products in the United States, headquartered in Grapevine, TX. This includes products manufactured in the United States by Kubota's American Manufacturing Corporation, called Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation Headquartered in Gainesville, GA.^[9]

Gallery

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  Kubota wheel loader
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  Kubota mini excavator
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  Kubota LXe electric tractor
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  Close up of a Kubota engine
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  Kubota M7-173 Premium KVT with sower
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  MR100A automated tractor
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  Kubota skid steer
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  All-terrain KATR, CES 2025