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The Yanmar diesel engine range has it,s headquarters at at 1-32 Chayamachi in the Kita ward of the Japanese city of Osaka.
Yanmar is the patron of the J. League soccer team Cerezo Osaka and for the Yanbo Marbo weather forecast programme on Japanese television.
Originally, the company planned to trade under the name "Tonbo", meaning "dragonfly", as dragonflies are a symbol of agriculture in Japan.
However, this trademark was already registered to a Shizuoka soy sauce maker.
Therefore, the name was changed to "Oniyanma" (Anotogaster sieboldii), the largest of all dragonflies in Japan.
It is said that in the end, the name was also selected because it sounded similar to the surname of the company's founder, Yamaoka Magokichi.
It is likely that the "oni" was dropped because it means "devil" or "demon" in Japanese.
Yanmar is for the most part a corporation specializing in the production of the Yanmar Diesel engine range, and also makes light fishing boats.
In recent years Yanmar has started sales of hulls for ships.
Manufacturing tractors, combine harvesters, rice-planting machines, and Heavy Utility Machinery.
Yanmar ranks along with Kubota and Iseki & Co. as one of the top brands of agricultural machinery in Japan.
Some History
- 1912 Yamaoka Magokichi, a student of Rudolf Diesel inventor of the diesel internal combustion engine, sets up business under the name Yamaoka Engine Workshop.
- 1921 The brand name Yanmar adopted.
- 1927 The company develops the first powered rice huller and began exporting kerosene engines.
The company was also the first to put, a Yanmar diesel engine in a rice planting machine with, a passenger seat.
- 1930, The first vertical 2-cycle 5 HP Yanmar diesel engine was produced (with an output of 5hp)and the first model to be purchased by the Ministry of Agriculture. The construction of a new plant on the current Amagasaki site came with increased investment.
- 1931 Inauguration of Yamaoka Engine Workshop limited.
- 1933 Production starts on the Yanmar diesel engine, and today over 15 million diesel engines ranging from 4.5 to 5,000 horsepower have been manufactured.
- 1936 Inauguration of Yamaoka Internal Combustion Machines limited.
- 1939 Nagahama Plant established. This is now the main Yanmar plant.
- 1940 Yamaoka Internal Combustion Machines amalgamates with Yamaoka Engine Workshop.
- 1947 Saw mass production of the small Yanmar diesel engine, after rebuilding its war-damaged plants, mainly to mobilise Japanese small fishing vessels.
The company quickly gained a reputation for exceptionally smooth, lightweight and quiet running Yanmar Diesel marine engines.
- 1952 Company name changes to Yanmar Diesel limited.
- 1955 The Inventors' Association of Germany awards President Magokichi Yamaoka the Gold Diesel Medal for his invention of the small Yanmar Diesel engine.
- 1966 Yanmar concluded sales and service agreement with Rolls Royce.
- 1968 Even back then, Yanmar set high production standards for which it was awarded the Demming Prize.
The goal of Top quality standards are still inforce today.
- 1978 the first factory in Japan to receive simultaneous certification from ABS, Lloyds and the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (NK).
the American Bureau of Shipping and Lloyd's Register awards Amagasaki Plant certification as an engine manufacturer.
- 1990s See,s new production facilities in Europe and America. Since then Yanmar has enjoyed constant product development and global expansion.
- 1997 Production of the Yanmar marine engine begins at Yanmar Europe-Netherlands. Yanmar announces cooperation with Mercruiser.
- 1992 Post-war production reaches 10,000,000 units as Yanmar celebrated its 80th anniversary.
Amagasaki & Nagahama plants received ISO 9001 certification.
- 2001 Joint venture company for production of parts launched in Indonesia
- 2002 Yanmar's 90th anniversary since foundation Company name changed to Yanmar Co., Ltd.
Yanmar Marine International BV, Yanmar Marine System Co., Ltd., Yanmar Logistics Service Co.,Ltd. established
- 2004 Yanmar Construction Equipment Co.,Ltd. established. Yanmar Construction Equipment Sales Co.,Ltd. established. Yanmar Agricultural Machinery(Thailand) Co.,Ltd. established.
- 2006 See,s Celebrations of the 5 Millionth Yanmar Diesel engine.
Yanmar develops woods based biomass power generation for Higashi-ohmi city.
- 2007 Restructuring of North America Companies New YA, YAMA and YMU. Production of compact utility tractors at YAMA starts.
Production at the Amagasaki plant is monitored by a strict set of Lloyds approved standards that maintain the quality of a range of engines up to 5000hp.
Yanmar Co.Ltd.is involved in the manufacture of John deere's small diesel engines for their Compact Utility Tractors and sales of engines, agricultural machinery and light ships.
 In recent years, Yanmar has also manufactured industrial power generators and small- to medium-sized snow removal machines.
In typical Yanmar fashion, some of the smaller snow removal machines feature a light range of the air-cooled Yanmar Diesel engine.
Yanmar Diesel engines are used by Thermo King Corporation in refrigerated trucks and trailers
Production at the Amagasaki plant is monitored by a strict set of Lloyds approved standards that maintain the quality of a range of engines up to 5000hp.
At Nagahama, production is carried out under control of the famous 'Kamban' system.
Derived by Yanmar in conjunction with a leading automaker, this modern showpiece production system precisely times deliveries to achieve a production rate of one product every 24 seconds, the highest rate in the diesel engine industry.
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