Stock Report: Kubota Corp. ADS (KUB) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

Kubota Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells machinery, and other industrial and consumer products. The company’s Farm & Industrial Machinery segment offers farm equipment, including tractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, power tillers, reaper binders, and small engines for agricultural use; and construction machinery, such as mini-excavators and wheel loaders, as well as engines for various industrial uses. Its Water & Environment Systems segment provides pipe-related products consisting of ductile iron pipes, plastic pipes and fittings, and various valves to local and national governments, and public utilities for use in water supply and sewage systems, and industrial water supply, as well as gas supply, telecommunication, and irrigation systems. This segment also offers environment-related products comprising water and sewage treatment plants, submerged membrane systems, and biogas production systems for water treatment; pulverizing facilities for solid waste treatment; and various pumps for waterworks, sewage facilities, irrigation system, rainwater drainage, and power supplies. The company’s Social Infrastructure segment provides industrial castings, spiral welded steel pipes, vending machines, electronic-equipped machinery, and air-conditioning equipment. Its Other segment offers construction and other services. The company is also involved in the provision of retail finance and finance leases, which primarily finance sales of equipment by dealers. Kubota Corporation sells its products directly, as well as through wholesale and retail dealers, agricultural cooperative associations, trading companies, and local distributors. The company sells its products primarily in Japan, North America, Europe, and Asia. Kubota Corporation was founded in 1890 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.