Takeuchi Manufacturing

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Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd
株式会社竹内製作所

Type	Public (JASDAQ: 6432)
Industry	Heavy machinery
Founded	August 21, 1963
Headquarters	Nagano, Japan
Key people	Akio Takeuchi, President and Representative Director
Products	Construction equipment Compact Excavator
Employees	436
Website	http://www.takeuchi-mfg.co.jp

A Takeuchi TB-070 mini-excavator in Vancouver, Washington. A now discontinued but supported series.

Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd. (株式会社竹内製作所 Kabushiki-gaisha Takeuchi Seisakusyo) (JASDAQ: 6432) was established in 1963 as an environmental equipment manufacturer. In 1971 Takeuchi introduced the first compact excavator. The company has wholly owned subsidiary facilities in the United States (1979), United Kingdom (1996), France (2000) and China (2006). Takeuchi is a publicly traded company on the JASDAQ market.

Founded in 1963, Takeuchi was the first company to introduce the compact excavator to North America, setting the stage for one of the highest growth product segments ever introduced in the compact equipment market. The compact excavator market has become a main line product for both rental and construction/utility companies.

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