- Mabuchi Motor
nihongo|Mabuchi Motor Company, Limited|マブチモーター株式会社|Mabuchi Mōtā Kabushiki Kaisha of
Chiba Prefecture , Japan tyo|6592 is the world's number one manufacturer of small electric motors.The company traces its roots to
1946 when Kenichi Mabuchi (now the company's honorary chairman) founded "Kansai Rika Kenkyusho," a scientific research institute. They created the world's first high performance horseshoe-shaped magnetic motor in1947 .On January 18,
1954 , Kansai Rika Kenkyusho established Tokyo Science Industrial Co., Ltd. for the production of small electric motors for toys and scientific apparatus. By August,1955 , an automatic armature winding apparatus was developed, thereby expanding production capacity. Export operations began in September,1957 with the creation of Mabuchi Shoji Co., Ltd.1963 saw the development of two of Mabuchi's most important motors. The first, released in April, was the FT, which became a popular choice for use inslot cars . The second major development, released in October, was the RS series. This motor put Mabuchi not only in the home appliance market but in theradio control market as well. RS motors like the RS 380 and RS 540 are still used today in car, boat and aircraft models.By the dawn of the 1970s, Mabuchi became one of the world's leading producers of original equipment motors for consumer electronics, toys and model aircraft. A second production facility in
Taiwan was built at that time while North American operations were added inNew York City which later moved toDetroit, Michigan . A third Taiwanese production facility was added in1979 .In the early 1980s Mabuchi entered both the
VCR and battery-operated power tool market. The development of a heavy-duty printer motor in1985 led to Mabuchi's entry into the office equipment market. The Mabuchi Technology Center was created in1992 for in-depth research and development of small electric motors. Operations inEurope andChina began in1993 .Today, Mabuchi employs more than 50,000 worldwide. Annual sales in
2006 totalled ¥100.5 billion, up 7% from2005 .External link and reference
* [http://www.mabuchi-motor.co.jp/ Mabuchi Motor home page with links to worldwide home pages]
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