Takeuchi Manufacturing

Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd. (株式会社竹内製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Takeuchi Seisakujo) is a Japanese heavy construction machinery company that produces both wheeled and crawler excavators, track loaders, crawler dumpers and wheel loaders. 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 Mfg. Co., Ltd.

The head office of Takeuchi in Sakaki, Nagano, Japan
Native name	株式会社竹内製作所
Type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 6432
Industry	Construction Machinery
Founded	Sakaki (August 21, 1963 (1963-08-21))
Headquarters	Sakaki, Hanishina district, Nagano Prefecture 389-0605, Japan
Key people	Akio Takeuchi (Founder) Toshiya Takeuchi (President)
Products	Compact excavators Track loaders
Revenue	JP¥ 94.3 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 846 million) (FY 2017)
Net income	JP¥ 9.5 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 85 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees	691 (as of February 28, 2018)
Website	Official website
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Takeuchi was founded in 1963 as an construction equipment manufacturer. They were 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 construction equipment market. The compact excavator market has become a popular product among rental and construction/utility companies.