As the twenty-first century approaches, Kubota is squarely facing the world's environmental problems, the biggest threat to the future of mankind. To ensure the peaceful coexistence of man with nature and protect the earth's environment while also achieving economic growth, the company is working to help create a truly affluent society.
Kubota zealously pursues these goals throughout the whole range of its business activities. Here at Kubota, where we strive to make a positive contribution to the lives of individual people, society and the world's environment by being a company full of vitality, we look forward to receiving your continued guidance and support.
Kubota Corporation prides itself on being flexible and adjusting as necessary to compete under changing economic conditions. Kubota, originally a small manufacturer of iron castings, took advantage of the emphasis on industrialization that Japan's aggressive foreign policies required. The company came up with novel techniques to produce cast-iron pipes at the turn of the century to serve developing municipal water systems. When the market for piping peaked, around , Kubota began to manufacture machine tools in time to take advantage of the demand for heavy industry that World War I prompted.
Depression between the wars led to more innovative production techniques and more diversification. Overcoming the devastation of World War II, the company took advantage of major trends, rapid reindustrialization, and the partnership between government and business in the same way: by innovating and diversifying. Today Kubota Corporation has operations that fall within three product groups: internal combustion engines and machinery, which includes farm equipment and engines as well as construction machinery; industrial products and engineering, which includes pipe and fluid systems engineering, environmental control plants, industrial machinery, and industrial castings; and building materials and housing, which includes cement roofing materials and other housing equipment as well as prefabricated houses.
Kubota is determined to stay on top of its markets through its established methods and has committed more resources to research and development so it can continue its role as an innovator in heavy industry.
Gonshiro Oode was the fourth and last child of a very poor Inno Island farmer who supplemented his family's income by working as a coppersmith. In , when he was only 14 years old, Oode left home to try to get a job in Osaka.
This was a difficult task because the boy had no relatives or friends in the city to help him during an era when one's contacts determined where one worked and lived. Eventually, however, Oode was accepted as an apprentice at the Kuro Casting Shop. His apprenticeship was indeed the bottom of the ladder; it initially consisted of babysitting and running errands.
But Oode was diligent, and he was soon promoted to a position in which he could learn metal-casting processes. Three years later, Oode joined Shiomi Casting, which produced metal domestic items.
The job change enabled him to learn more about metal-casting techniques. With the capital he had saved, Oode founded his own company, Oode Casting, in His timing was propitious.
In the restored Meiji Emperor had abandoned Japanese isolation and opened contact with the outside world. That was the beginning of the industrialization of Japan's economy which spurred the development of the iron and steel industries.
By metal for manufacturing was in great demand, and Oode Casting was successful from the beginning. Oode moved his business to larger quarters three times in the company's first five years. Although the company has never been a "war plant," except during World War II, part of Oode Casting's success was due to Japan's aggressive foreign policies. The Japanese army needed modern equipment, and Oode Casting could provide it.
Oode expanded by hiring more than ten employees, and he changed the company's name to Oode Casting Iron Works. He increased his product line, adding castings for domestic items and for cutting machines.
In a customer, Toshiro Kubota, took a typically Japanese step to promote Oode's success. Kubota asked if he could adopt Oode as his son. The move meant that he would officially sponsor the younger man and that Oode would be able to inherit from him. Both his natural parents were dead by then, and Oode agreed to the plan. He took the Kubota family name and changed his company's name to Kubota Iron Works to reflect his new relationship.
Moreover, Kubota is highly committed to the protection of the environment and helping to address global water and food scarcity issues. Its engines, lawn mowers and compact construction equipment, precision equipment and materials contribute to urban maintenance. About Kubota Corporation Kubota Corporation has been a leading manufacturer of agricultural, turf and construction equipment and Industrial Engines since That mission is realized each time a Kubota tractor harvests the land to produce life sustaining food or our construction equipment excavates to transport water resources or provide shelter.
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