Kubota Corporation manufactures and markets machinery and related solutions in the food, water, and environment markets in Japan, North America, Europe, the rest of Asia, and internationally. Its Farm & Industrial Machinery segment offers tractors, power tillers, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, turf equipment, utility vehicles, other agricultural machinery, implements, attachments, post-harvest machinery, vegetable production equipment, and other agricultural equipment; cooperative drying, rice seedling, and gardening facilities; and rice mill plants. This segment also offers farming, construction, industrial machinery, and generator engines; mini excavators, wheel loaders, compact track and skid steer loaders, and other construction machinery related products; and scales, weighing and measuring control systems, and air purifiers. The company's Water & Environment segment provides ductile iron and plastic pipes, valves, and single stack drain fittings, as well as design and construction services; wastewater treatment equipment and plants, pumps and plants, water purification plants, membrane solutions, night-soil treatment plants, waste incinerating and melting plants, waste shredding and sorting plants, flue gas desulfurization apparatus, membrane methane fermentation plants, and bathtubs; and reformer and cracking tubes, hearth rolls, rolls for steel mills, ceramics, TXAX friction materials, and spiral welded steel pipes, as well as air-conditioning equipment. Its Other segment offers logistics and financing services, as well as roofing and siding materials. The company also engages in non-life insurance underwriting, finance leasing, building maintenance, security guarding, transportation, storage, and cargo handling businesses; and export and import of repair parts related to farm equipment, engines, and construction machinery. It serves customers through a network of dealers. The company was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
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