Explore jobs
Find specific jobs
Explore careers
Explore professions
Best companies
Explore companies
FANUC America history
FANUC America company history timeline
1984 – His Majesty the Emperor visited the FANUC Fuji Complex on July 11
1984 - Upon completion of the new Head Office, the CNC Factory, the Injection Molding Machine Factory and the Basic Research Laboratory at the foot of Mt.
1985 - With an increase in NC equipped machine tools, the demand for low cost CNCs expanded.
In 1986, GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc. was established through a joint partnership between FANUC and General Electric.
The Asian company was established in 1987.
In 1987, it tightened its grip on the United States market by entering into a joint venture with another pillar of United States industry, General Electric (GE). The two companies formed GE Fanuc Automation to manufacture computerized numerical control (CNC) devices.
1988 – The Laboratory for Product Development was established in the Headquarters area and moved from Hino, Tokyo.
In 1988 Fanuc once again joined forces with General Motors, this time to form GMFanuc Robotics Europa, to market robots in Europe.
1989 – The Tsukuba Factory got constructed
1990 – His Majesty the Emperor presented Doctor S. Inaba with a Blue Ribbon Medal
1991 – A memorial was built to commemorate Emperor Showa’s visit to FANUC (it was called Akebono-Kan for its saya-do or “building to enclose it”).
1992 – Doctor S. Inaba was appointed as an international member of the National Academy of Engineering of the United States.
1992 - FANUC Robot School was established.
1993 – On 20 April, FANUC was visited by His Royal Highness Crown Prince of Luxembourg
To maintain Fanuc's dominant position in automation technology in the face of the industry slump, Inaba determined to further bolster Fanuc's R&D. In 1994 the Fanuc Berkeley Laboratory was established in Union City, California.
1995 - An intelligent mini-robot assembly was automated by a production prototype.
1996 – The Honorable Dato’s Seri Doctor Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s prime minister, visited headquarters at FANUC on 16 May.
1999 – Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress of Japan visited FANUC with the Grand Duke and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, their Royal Highness on April 8.
2000 – Sheet Metal Factory and Nature Hall was created.
2001 – The new Roboshot Factory and the Cooking Centre got completed.
Forbes magazine select FANUC Corporation for the top 100 World's Most Innovative Companies list Thompson Reuters names FANUC Corporation a 2001 Top 100 Global Innovator
2008 – FANUC SWITZERLAND SERVICE GmbH, FANUC Rome bath, and CNC Factory was completed
2009 – The partnership was settled with General Electric Company was solved, and the FA activities of the joint venture in the Americas were moved to FANUC America.
2009 - Production of Genkotsu Robots, which are parallel linked, started.
2016- ROBOSHOT volume reached 50,000 units, CNC volume reached 3,600,000 units, and the Mibu Factory was constructed.
© 2021 UK Independent FANUC Parts Online.
Rate FANUC America's efforts to communicate its history to employees.
FANUC America jobs
Do you work at FANUC America?
Is FANUC America's vision a big part of strategic planning?
FANUC America competitors
| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualis | 1993 | $37.5M | 350 | 33 |
| iRobot | 1990 | $681.8M | 920 | - |
| UUNET Technologies | 1987 | $480.0M | 2,001 | - |
| Unitrends | 1989 | $27.0M | 250 | - |
| NSTAR Global Services | 2001 | $96.0M | 350 | - |
| Ultratech | 1979 | $6.0B | 1 | - |
| Nova Engineering Inc | - | - | - | 32 |
| Akrion | 1999 | $660,000 | 45 | - |
| CDI | 1950 | $864.4M | 900 | 40 |
| Premier System Integrators | 1991 | $45.3M | 100 | 10 |
FANUC America history FAQs
Zippia gives an in-depth look into the details of FANUC America, including salaries, political affiliations, employee data, and more, in order to inform job seekers about FANUC America. The employee data is based on information from people who have self-reported their past or current employments at FANUC America. The data on this page is also based on data sources collected from public and open data sources on the Internet and other locations, as well as proprietary data we licensed from other companies. Sources of data may include, but are not limited to, the BLS, company filings, estimates based on those filings, H1B filings, and other public and private datasets. While we have made attempts to ensure that the information displayed are correct, Zippia is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of this information. None of the information on this page has been provided or approved by FANUC America. The data presented on this page does not represent the view of FANUC America and its employees or that of Zippia.
FANUC America may also be known as or be related to FANUC, FANUC America, FANUC America Corp., FANUC America Corporation, FANUC Corporation and Fanuc America Corporation.