An exciting dining and recreational space has opened on the site of the Yanmar Offices in Tokyo. With the Yanmar offices that previously occupied the central Tokyo location leveled and slated for reconstruction, THE FARM TOKYO which features a beer garden and bakery café is scheduled to run on the site from April 5th, 2019 to October 31st adding a splash of greenery to the prime location.
Following successful test operations of Yanmar’s MakinaGetir construction equipment sharing platform in Turkey’s Izmir region in 2018, the company will expand service delivery towards full-scale deployment of an integrated platform throughout Turkey in FY2019.
The Eschenfelder KKU Group has joined the Yanmar Group effective 1st April 2019. KKU specializes in the design, engineering, distribution and installation of resource-saving refrigeration, cooling and heating solutions for trade and industry. The new organization will strengthen Yanmar's capabilities to offer total HVAC solutions and further expand its activities in the European market.
16 youths will graduate from Yamaoka Hanasaka Academy with 4 signed as professional football players, including two who will join Cerezo Osaka Football Club, a team in the J-League, Japan’s top football league. Established by Yanmar, Bangkok Glass Group, BG Pathum United and Cerezo Osaka, the academy helps disadvantaged Thai students by providing both academic and sporting opportunities.
Since its inception in 1912, YANMAR has been a leader in diesel engine technology, earning an enviable reputation as one of the world’s foremost manufacturers of industrial equipment. With the launch of its latest and most stylish product, the X39 Express Cruiser, YANMAR reveals a stunning new face to the world.
Yanmar has undertaken development of underlying technologies for robotic boats and auto-docking, technologies that are expected to see service in operations in dangerous waters, maritime surveys, or smart fisheries.
Yanmar has developed gas-powered industrial engines that utilize LPG (liquid petroleum gas) and meet both U.S. EPA※1 Tier2, CARB※2 Tier4 and EU Stage V emissions regulations. Adding the two clean burning and quiet industrial engine models, 4TN88G: maximum output 45.0kW※3 and 4TN98G: maximum output 63.0kW※3 to its lineup, Yanmar is ready to better meet the diverse needs of its customers.
Yanmar will exhibit its all-new gas-powered and diesel-powered industrial engines at BAUMA 2019, over April 8th to 14th. Yanmar will for the first time show its 4TN88G and 4TN98G gas-powered engines, and will be showing its latest entries into the high-power diesel range, up to 155 kW, with the 4TN101 and 4TN107. The workhorse L series of industrial diesel engines will also be shown.
Yanmar has announced plans to establish a manufacturing plant in Chennai, India to produce industrial diesel engines. Yanmar Engine Manufacturing India Pvt. Ltd. will operate the plant from its expected commencement in 2020.
Yanmar has developed a diesel-powered high seedling density rice transplanter that utilizes the Group’s proprietary autonomous driving technology for straight-line planting and autonomous operation. The technology is expected to simplify rice seedling planting operations and reduce operator fatigue. The YR8D, A, auto-rice transplanter will go on sale from February 1st, 2019 in Japan.
Yanmar Co., Ltd. has released a list of diesel engines manufactured by the company that are certified for compliance with the European Stage V (EU Stage V) off-road emission standards set to come into effect from 2019.
HIPOWER SYSTEMS a group company of YANMAR subsidiary, HIMOINSA, has opened a new manufacturing center in North America. Production has now begun at its new factory in Olathe, Kansas, a 515,000 square feet facility featuring the most advanced technology for the manufacturing of generator sets for the North American market.
Yanmar Co., Ltd. subsidiary Yanmar Agri Innovation will exhibit a new rice-based ingredient, Rice gelée, at SIAL Paris 2018, the world's largest food trade fair. Rice gelée is a new food made from rice and water and is superb for improving the texture of foods, emulsification, as a thickener, stabilizer and gelling agent in breads and confectionery, hamburgers and noodles or for soups and sauces.
Yanmar has obtained an order for two 6EY26DF dual fuel engines as the main propulsion engines for a bunker tanker being built by Keppel Offshore & Marine. The vesssel will be Singapore’s first dual-fuel powered bunker tanker running on LNG and marine gas oil. The engines, as well as the liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel supply system, will be delivered for installation in January 2019.
Yanmar has delivered two 6EY26DF dual-fuel commercial marine engines with the ability to use both heavy fuel oil (HFO) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel for tugboat. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) will take delivery of the vessels once construction is completed in February 2019 with the tugboat expected to commence operation in April 2019.
YANMAR Europe (YEU) headquartered in The Netherlands, will show its complete range of agriculture equipment for landscaping, farming and municipality at GaLaBau 2018 in Nuremberg, Germany. In Hall 7, stand 402, YANMAR will present the full line-up of its top-notch SA and YT Series tractors.
Yanmar has been selected as Official Marine Supplier to The America’s Cup World Series presented by Prada. Yanmar’s marine diesel engines will be used on the America’s Cup Race Management boats, essential for their role in the successful delivery of the America’s Cup on the water. Racing is set to commence in August 2019, with the finals held in Auckland, New Zealand in March of 2021.
Yanmar is set to embark on an ambitious 2-year, 4 million Euro project in cooperation with 10 technology partners to develop a modular robotic system to monitor, analyze and manage agricultural crops. The Smart Machine for Agricultural Solutions Hightech (SMASH) project is co-financed under the Tuscany region of Italy and scheduled to run to 2020.
Yanmar has released two autonomous tractors utilizing Yanmar's innovative information communications technology that incorporates precision location technology and advanced robotics. The 2-Series tractors go on sale on October 1, 2018 in Japan.
In Japan, YANMAR Co., Ltd. has participated in a test of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered boat, under the auspices of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). The aim of the research project is to draft guidelines for safety of hydrogen fuel cell-powered boats.
