Business Description
Farm & Industrial Machinery accounts for close to nine-tenths of revenue: tractors, rice transplanters and combine harvesters that dominate rice farming in Japan and across Asia, compact construction equipment — Kubota is a world leader in mini excavators — and small industrial diesel engines supplied to other machinery makers. The smaller Water & Environment segment, the company's original business, makes ductile iron pipes, valves, pumps and water-treatment and environmental plants.
Nearly four-fifths of sales come from outside Japan, and North America is the largest single market. There Kubota sells compact tractors and utility vehicles to hobby farmers, rural landowners and landscapers, alongside compact construction equipment tied to housing activity, so US housing starts, consumer confidence and interest rates matter as much as farm incomes; US tariffs and dealer inventory levels are recurring swing factors, together with Asian farm economics, the yen and steel costs. Gonshiro Kubota started the business in Osaka in 1890 as a metal foundry and soon turned to cast-iron water pipe as Japanese cities built waterworks to fight cholera, which is why water infrastructure is its root; the present legal entity dates from 1930 and the fiscal year ends in December.
Corporate Data
| Ticker | 6326 |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| Size Category | TOPIX Large70 |
| Market Segment | Prime Market |
| Sector | Machinery |
| Head Office | Grand Green Osaka Park Tower, 5-54 Ofukacho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0011, Japan |
| Founded | December 22, 1930 |
| Fiscal Year End | December 31 |
| Website | Official website |