Okuma Corporation
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Native name
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オークマ株式会社 |
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Machinery |
| Founded | Nagoya (January 1898) |
| Founder | Eiichi Okuma |
| Headquarters | Ōguchi, Aichi 480-0193, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Yoshimaro Hanaki (President and CEO) |
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| Revenue | (JPY 134.35 billion) (FY 2013) |
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Number of employees
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3,303 (consolidated, as of June 2014) |
| Website | Official website |
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Footnotes / references |
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US$ 77.22 million (FY 2013)
Okuma Corporation (オークマ株式会社 Okuma Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a machine tool builder based in Oguchi-cho, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It has global market share in CNC machine tools such as CNC lathes, machining centers, and turn-mill machining centers. The company also offers FA (factory automation) products and servomotors.
It is listed on the and is a component of the Nikkei 225 .
The company was founded in 1898, as the Okuma Noodle Machine Co., to manufacture and sell noodle-making machines. Eiichi Okuma, the founder of the original company, was working on how to make udon more effectively. He was using lathe to make "sticks", that has an important role in cutting the udon noodle. But the lathes used in those days in Japan were of poor precision. This was one of big reasons which convinced Okuma to start making machine tools. In 1918 Eiichi established Okuma Machinery Works Ltd. and started selling the OS lathe.
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