Brian Blanton

Kubota Corporation

Kubota Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells a range of machinery, and other industrial and consumer products in Japan and other Asian countries, North America, Europe, and other countries. Its Farm & Industrial Machinery segment provides farm equipment; ancillary tools and implements for agriculture; outdoor power equipment; engines for farming, construction, industrial machinery, and generators; and construction machinery. Its Water & Environment segment offers ductile iron pipes, plastic pipes, pumps, valves, hydraulic power generating facilities, cast-iron drainage pipes, single stack drain fittings, waste water treatment equipment and plants, water purification facilities, sludge incineration and melting plants, membrane solutions, membrane methane fermentation units, flue gas desulfurization systems, waste shredding plants, sorting and recycling plants, night-soil treatment plants, septic tanks, and bathtubs. This segment is also involved in the provision of engineering works and architecture services; and reformer and cracking tubes, hearth rolls, rolls for steel mills, ceramics, TXAX friction materials, spiral welded steel pipes, vending machines, scales, weighing and measuring control systems, and air-conditioning equipment, as well as design and construction of water supply and sewerage systems. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.