Tadano
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Native name
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株式会社タダノ |
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Machinery |
| Founded | Takamatsu, Kagawa (August 24, 1948) |
| Founder | Masuo Tadano |
| Headquarters | Takamatsu, Kagawa, 761-0185, Japan |
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Key people
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Koichi Tadano (President and CEO) |
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| Revenue | (US$ 1.7 billion) (FY 2013) |
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Number of employees
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3,227 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014) |
| Website | Official website |
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Footnotes / references |
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JPY 14.4 billion (FY 2013)
Tadano Ltd. (株式会社タダノ? Kabushiki-gaisha Tadano) (commonly known as Tadano) is the largest Japan-based manufacturer of cranes and aerial work platforms. The company is the seventh largest crane manufacturer in the world.
Masuo Tadano, the founder of the company, started as a steel fabricator in 1919 at Fujitsuka-cho, Takamatsu, Japan. In 1948, he founded TADANO Ltd. and set up the first manufacturing plant of cargo handling equipment, in the following years the company expanded manufacturing to include various industrial equipment. In 1955, TADANO introduced the first hydraulic truck crane with the capacity of 2 tonnage for the Japanese market. In 1960, TADANO successfully manufactured an export model of hydraulic truck crane and exported it to Indonesia.
From then, they have expanded into the worldwide market and established a solid international position in the field of hydraulic mobile cranes. From mid-term plan 2008, they are aiming to become the No.1 manufacturer of LE domain (LE means Lifting Equipment, machinery and equipment reflecting the concept of mobile, gravity-defying equipment for aerial work). In 1972, TADANO listed company's shares on the first section of the .
They are also known by the project to restore the Ahu Tongariki Moai Statues on Easter island from 1991 to 1993.
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