Yaskawa America, Inc.

Yaskawa America’s Drives & Motion Division manufactures industrial automation equipment, including low and medium voltage variable frequency drives, intelligent pump drives, servo systems and motion controllers, low-voltage industrial controls and spindle drives and motors. The company’s Motoman Robotics Division makes industrial robots that can weld, assemble, cut and handle goods for manufacturers.

Yaskawa products are used in a wide variety of industries, including packaging, automotive, building automation, pharmaceutical, machine tool, material handling, metal forming, solar, pumping, water/wastewater treatment, agricultural water, plastics, rubber, and textile. Yaskawa America, Inc. employs more than 1,000 people in its headquarters in Waukegan, IL, its manufacturing facilities in Buffalo Grove, IL and Oak Creek, WI, and in offices across the United States.