Takeuchi Manufacturing
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| 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 |
Number of 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.