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Kubota Corp.

KUB is in the Manufacturing Industry

Market Cap:$11.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$11.3B
  • Public
  • JP
Dow Jones Description

Cleaning up is no pipe dream! Founded in 1890, Kubota Corporation (NYSE: KUB (ADR); Tokyo: 6326) is a manufacturer of machinery, and industrial and consumer products, such as farm equipment, engines, pipe and fluid systems engineering, and housing materials. It also makes iron ductile pipe, industrial castings, PVC pipe, building materials, waste-recycling plants, and agricultural and industrial engines. The company has revenue of AŃ983 billion, is based in Naniwa-Ku, Osaka, Japan, and employs about 23,000 people. It also builds water- and sewage-treatment plants, and makes cigarette and beverage vending machines.

Number of Employees 23,049
Contact Information

1-2-47 Shikitsu-Higashi

Naniwa-Ku

Osaka 556 8601

www.kubota.co.j...

(81) 666482111

NAICS Code Iron Foundries: 331511

Recent Events

  • Revised profit forecast boosts Kubota shares

    11/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Japan Hot Stocks-Hitachi Construction, Sumitomo Corp, Haseko

    9/11/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Whew! Treatment Plant filters are deemed OK

    8/29/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

kubota corp. - All News and Analysis

  • Kubota Encourages National Safety Month Call to Action for Safe Tractor Operation and Roll-Over Protection

    - 2008-05-30

    TORRANCE, Calif. -- While focusing on tractor and equipment safety is a year-round priority, Kubota Tractor Corporation is tapping into the National Safety Council's NSC annual celebration of National Safety Month in June to bring added attention to tractor and equipment safety. This year marks the 12th anniversary of National...

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  • Shigeko Kubota at Maya Stendhal

    - 2008-05-01

    Shigeko Kubota's most notorious work was a Fluxus performance in 1965, a year after she arrived in New York from Japan. For Vagina Painting she attached a paintbrush to her underpants, hiked up her dress and repeatedly squatted over an expanse of paper, leaving a network of bloodlike trails behind...

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  • Yasushi Kubota Named New President and CEO of TELEHOUSE America

    - 2008-04-15

    TELEHOUSE International Corporation of America, the leading provider of dedicated data centers, colocation facilities, international Internet exchanges, and managed IT services, today announced the appointment of its new President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yasushi Kubota. In a dual appointment, Mr. Kubota was also named the President and CEO at...

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  • New Kubota M59 Power Utility Tractor

    - 2008-04-08

    M59 Tractor Loader Backhoe Features Superior Strength and Deluxe Operator Comfort TORRANCE, Calif. -- Kubota introduces its high-performance M59 power utility, 59-horsepower tractor loader backhoe TLB designed to tackle any task. Designed with strength and supreme versatility in mind, the M59 features an integral mainframe to absorb the loads...

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  • Kubota G-Series

    - 2008-03-01

    [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kubota's G-Series garden tractors combine power, performance and maneuverability in a compact size. Outfitted with 21-hp., 3-cylinder E-TVCS Kubota fuel-efficient diesel engines or 24-hp., 3-cylinder gasoline engines, the G-Series can handle any task while providing operational comfort and ease with electronic power steering and the deluxe high-back...

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Daisuke Hatakake President
Akio Nishino Executive Vice President
Moriya Hayashi Executive Vice President
Eisaku Shinohara Managing Director
Kazunobu Ueta Managing Director
Nobuo Izawa Managing Director
Toshihiro Fukuda Executive Managing Director
Yasuo Masumoto Executive Managing Director
Yoshiharu Nishiguchi Managing Director
Yoshihiko Tabata Managing Director
Yoshihiro Fujio Executive Managing Director
Nobuyuki Toshikuni General Manager, Tractor
Junichi Maeda Corporate Auditor
Masanobu Wakabayashi Corporate Auditor
Yoshio Suekawa Corporate Auditor
Yuzuru Mizuno Corporate Auditor
Hiroshi Matsuki Director
Katsuyuki Iwana Director
Kunio Suwa Director
Masakazu Tanaka Director
Shinji Sasaki Director
Taichi Itoh Director
Yuichi Kitao Director
Yujiro Kimura Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Hideki Iwabu Board of Directors
Hirokazu Nara Board of Directors
Kenshiro Ogawa Director, Member of the Board
Kohkichi Uji Director, Member of the Board
Masatoshi Kimata Board of Directors
Masayoshi Kitaoka Board of Directors
Mike Tomita Board of Directors
Morimitsu Katayama Board of Directors
Nobuyo Shioji Board of Directors
Satoru Sakamoto Board of Directors
Satoshi Iida Director, Member of the Board
Shigeru Kimura Director, Member of the Board
Takashi Shoji Board of Directors
Takashi Yoshii Director, Member of the Board
Takeshi Torigoe Board of Directors
Tetsu Fukui Director, Member of the Board
Tetsuji Tomila Board of Directors
Tetsuji Tomita Board of Directors
Tokuji Ohgi Board of Directors
Toshihiro Kubo Director, Member of the Board

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Kubota Corporation President Current
Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Kubota Corporation Executive Vice President Current
Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Kubota Corporation Executive Vice President Current
Kubota Tractor Corporation Managing Director Former
Kubota Corporation Executive Managing Director Former
Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Former

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Kubota Corporation Executive Managing Director Current
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Kubota Corporation Executive Managing Director Current
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Kubota Corporation Managing Director Current
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Kubota Corporation Managing Director Current
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Kubota Corporation Executive Managing Director Current
Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Kubota Corporation General Manager, Tractor Current
Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Kubota Corporation Corporate Auditor Current

Corporate Auditor of Kubota Corporation June 2007: Corporate Auditor of Kubota Corporation (to present) Mar 2004: Chairman of Osaka Prefectural Labour Relations Commission April 1993: Vice President of Osaka Bar Association April 1979: Established Masanobu Wakabayashi Law Office (to present) April 1970: Registered as an attorney with Osaka Bar Association

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Kubota Corporation Corporate Auditor Current

Corporate Auditor of Kubota Corporation June 2004: Corporate Auditor of Kubota Corporation (to present) April 2004: Appointed as a special visiting professor, the Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University July 2002: Established Suekawa CPA Office (to present) June 2002: Retired from Representative Partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Osaka May 1989: Assumed Representative Partner of Deloitte Touche, Tohmatsu, Osaka July 1984: Joined Sanwa Tokyo Marunouchi (currently, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) October 1963: Registered as a CPA with the Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants October 1959: Joined Lowe Bingham and Luckie (currently, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Osaka)

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Kubota Corporation Corporate Auditor Current

Director of Kubota Corporation, Executive Vice President of Matsushita Real Estate Co., Ltd. June 2009: Director of Kubota Corporation (to present) July 2008: Executive Vice President of Matsushita Real Estate Co., Ltd. (to present) July 2005: Executive Senior Councilor of Corporate Accounting & Finance of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. June 2005: Corporate Auditor of Kubota Corporation (to present) July 2004: Executive Director of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., In charge of Corporate Finance & Investor Relations February 2004: Director (non full-time) of Nippon Otis Elevator Company October 2000: President (non full-time) of Panasonic Finance (Japan) Co., Ltd. October 2000: General Manager of Corporate Finance Dept. of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. June 1998: Managing Director of Matsushita Industrial Corporation Sdn. Bhd. December 1995: General Manager of Accounting Dept. in Compressor Division of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. April 1970: Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

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General Manager of Steel Pipe Division

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Kubota Corporation Director Current

General Manager of Related Products Division

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Kubota Corporation Director Current

General Manager of Tsukuba Plant, General Manager of Production Engineering Center of Emission in Manufacturing Headquarters in Farm & Industrial Machinery Consolidated Division

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Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

General Manager of Pipe Systems Division, General Manager of Ductile Iron Pipe Business Unit

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Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

General Manager of CSR Planning & Coordination Headquarters.

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General Manager of Farm Machinery Division

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Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Kubota Tractor Corporation President Current
Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

In charge of Corporate Planning & Control Dept. (Assistant), General Manager of Finance & Accounting Dept.

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Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

General Manager of Engine Division

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Kubota Corporation Director Current

General Manager of Health & Safety Planning & Promotion Dept.

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Kubota Corporation Director Current

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Nippon Paint Company Ltd. Executive Director Current
Nippon Paint Company Ltd. Executive Director Current
Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

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Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

General Manager of Environmental Equipment R&D Center, General Manager of Environmental Consolidated Technology Dept. in Environmental Equipment R&D Center

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Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

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Kubota Corporation Board of Directors Current

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Deputy General Manager of Water & Environment Systems Consolidated Division, General Manager of Water & Environment Systems, Social Infrastructure Business Promotion Headquarter,General Manager of Production Control Dept. in Water & Environment Systems, Social Infrastructure Business Promotion Headquarter

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Kubota Corporation Director, Member of the Board Current

General Manager of Tractor Division

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Kubota Corporation Director Current

General Manager of Electronic Equipped Machinery Division

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Kubota Corporation Director Current
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KUB $43.20 -0.55 (-1.26% )
Volume 31,350
Shares Outstanding 257.1M
Market Cap 11.1B
Year High 46.25
Year Low 22.51
Earnings Per Share 1.41
P/E Ratio 30.6383
Dividend 0.70
Yield 1.6225
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