FANUC is a Japanese industrial automation manufacturer headquartered in Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, near Mount Fuji. It does not sell consumer products. Instead it builds the CNC controls, servo systems, robots, and compact machines that other manufacturers use to cut metal, mold plastic, weld car bodies, and move parts. Its bright yellow robots and controllers are found in automotive, electronics, aerospace, medical-device, and logistics plants worldwide. The company is headquartered in Oshino, Japan. The incredibly secretive Japanese robotics giant was spun out of Fujitsu in 1972, completely dominating the global manufacturing industry by supplying the massive, bright-yellow industrial robots that physically build the world's cars and iPhones.
FANUC makes money by selling factory automation hardware and then supporting it for decades. Revenue comes from three product groups plus service: FA (CNC controls, servo motors, amplifiers, and lasers sold mainly to machine-tool builders), Robot (industrial robots and CRX collaborative robots sold to automakers, electronics makers, logistics firms, and integrators), and Robomachine (ROBODRILL machining centers, ROBOSHOT electric injection molding machines, and ROBOCUT wire EDM). FANUC designs and builds most core components in-house, including motors, drives, and controllers, and produces them in highly automated Japanese plants. A lifetime maintenance commitment, spare parts, training, and software such as ROBOGUIDE simulation keep customers on the platform long after the initial sale.