Daifuku (company)
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Native name | 株式会社ダイフク |
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| Type | Public (K.K) |
| TYO: 6383 | |
| ISIN | JP3497400006 |
| Industry | Machinery |
| Founded | May 20, 1937 in Osaka, Japan |
| Headquarters | Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0012 , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tomoaki Terai (President and CEO)[1] |
| Products | |
| Revenue | ¥660.724 billion (2025)[2][3] |
| ¥78.096 billion (2025)[2][3] | |
Number of employees | 11,417 (consolidated, 31 December 2025)[1] |
| Subsidiaries | Jervis B. Webb Company (USA)[4]
Wynright (USA) BCS Group (New Zealand) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes [5][6] | |
Daifuku Co., Ltd. (株式会社ダイフク, Kabushiki-gaisha Daifuku) is a Japanese material-handling equipment company, founded in 1937, in Osaka.[7]
Name origin
It was founded as Sakaguchi Kikai Seisakusho Ltd., and renamed to Kanematsu Kiko in 1944 then Daifuku Machinery Works Co., Ltd. in 1947. Its modern name Daifuku Co., Ltd. has been used since 1984.
The company name consists of two parts: Dai is one of the names for the character 大, and refers to Osaka (大阪市); fuku refers to Fukuchiyama, Kyoto, which was its second production location at the time.
References
- 1 2 Daifuku Profile 2026 (PDF) (Report). Daifuku. March 2026. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- 1 2 Consolidated Financial Results for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 (PDF) (Report). Daifuku. February 12, 2026. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- 1 2 "Daifuku Co., Ltd. Reports Earnings Results for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2025". MarketScreener. S&P Capital IQ. February 12, 2026. Retrieved July 22, 2026.
- ↑ "Daifuku will buy Jervis B. Webb Co". Automotive News. November 26, 2007. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Corporate Profile". Daifuku. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ↑ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ↑ "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
External links
- Official site (in English)