Iseki

Iseki & Co., Ltd. (井関農機株式会社, Iseki Nōki Kabushiki-Gaisha), based in Matsuyama and Tokyo, Japan, is the third largest Japanese agricultural machinery manufacturing company.^[3] Its products include tractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, riding mowers, zero-turn mowers, tillers, components, and diesel engines.

Iseki & Co., Ltd.

Iseki's Tokyo headquarters
Native name	井関農機株式会社
Company type	Public (K.K)
Traded as	TYO: 6310
ISIN	JP3139600005
Industry	Agricultural machinery
Founded	August 1926; 98 years ago (1926-08)
Headquarters	Matsuyama, Ehime, 799-2692 Arakawa, Tokyo (Tokyo headquarters), Japan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Eiichiro Kinoshita (President)
Products	Tractors Combine harvesters Rice transplanters Riding mowers Zero-turn mowers Tillers Diesel engines
Revenue	JPY 158.3 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 1.4 billion) (FY 2016)
Net income	JPY 2.8 billion (FY 2016) (US$ 25 million) (FY 2016)
Number of employees	5,853 (consolidated, as of December 31, 2016)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [1][2]

It was founded in 1926 as Iseki Farm Implement Trading Co. (井関農具商会, Iseki Nōgu Shōkai) in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.^[4] It was incorporated in 1936 as Iseki & Co.

Iseki TX 1500 compact tractor from 1978

Iseki began building tractors in 1961. Early models of the Iseki tractor were built under Porsche-Diesel's technology and design transfer contract.^[5] Its tractors have been and are sold worldwide under various brands: AGCO,^[6] Bolens, Challenger, Massey Ferguson and White. Some models sold in Japan have been built by Landini of Italy and by Massey Ferguson in France.

Early TYM tractors were based on Iseki's designs and used Iseki's expertise.^[7]

Iseki also has joint ventures with other companies, among them Dongfeng Motor.^[8]

Iseki self-service automated rice mill in Nagasu, Kumamoto

Iseki have changed the way grass clippings are collected on their garden tractors. Unlike most machines where the grass is forced up over the transmission and other elements, the Iseki tractor has a system where the transmission is passed to the wheels by a series of chains, much like a rice paddy tractor.

External links

• Engineering portal
• Agriculture portal
• Companies portal

• Iseki global website (in English)

References

1. "Company Outline". Iseki & Co. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
2. "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
3. "Weidemann kooperiert mit Iseki in Japan" [Weidemann cooperates with Iseki in Japan]. Profi-Magazin für Agrartechnik (in German). Landwirtschaftsverlag Münster. August 10, 2017. Archived from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
4. World Eye Reports (December 9, 2016). "World Eye Reports - Belgium" (PDF). The Japan Times. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
5. "DIE GESCHICHTE VON PORSCHE-DIESEL UND ISEKI". www.iseki-fan.de (in German). Retrieved August 16, 2021.
6. "Iseki to expand Indonesian tractor plant to lift supply to US". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. August 18, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
7. Asian Company Handbook. Toyo Keizai. 1992. p. 650.
8. "Sino-Japanese venture to start up new farming machinery brand". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. April 18, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2018.