FANUC Corporation
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Company History
Founded 1972 in Oshino, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
FANUC began inside Fujitsu's numerical-control work in the 1950s. Dr. Seiuemon Inaba pushed the company toward factory automation at a time when Japanese manufacturing was modernizing rapidly. The 1972 creation of Fujitsu FANUC gave the automation business its own identity, and the company later built a global position from CNC and servo technology.
FANUC possesses a fascinating, unusual founding story, rooted in the state-sponsored technological rebuilding of post-war Japan and the brilliant, eccentric vision of a single engineering genius. The company's foundational origins trace back to 1956 within Fujitsu, the Japanese telecommunications and computer conglomerate. Fujitsu recognized that the future of industrial manufacturing required automation. They assigned Dr. Seiuemon Inaba, a brilliant, disciplined engineer, to lead an experimental research team to develop numerical control (NC) systems to automate machine tools. Dr. Inaba was a visionary who operated with dictatorial authority. He developed the first commercial NC system in Japan in 1958. His foundational philosophy was 'reliability above all else.' He understood that a factory line stopping because a computer crashed was a financial catastrophe. He demanded uncompromising quality control. In 1972, the division had become so successful and specialized that it was spun off from Fujitsu as an independent company named FANUC (Fuji Automatic NUmerical Control). Dr. Inaba's leadership style was legendary and eccentric. He demanded that everything in the company—the factories, the robots, the employee uniforms, and even the fleet of company cars—be painted a specific, bright 'FANUC Yellow' to signify the company's pride and high visibility. He built the company's headquarters deep in an isolated forest at the base of Mount Fuji, sealing the company off from media scrutiny and corporate espionage. Dr. Inaba's obsessive focus on reliability and guarded proprietary technology transformed a small Fujitsu research lab into the indispensable nervous system of the entire global manufacturing sector.
A control project begins inside Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing, later Fujitsu, creating the roots of FANUC's NC and servo technology.
The team develops Japan's first commercial numerical control and servo systems as a private company project.
The automation business becomes a separate company focused on factory automation.
The company becomes FANUC Corporation, reinforcing its independent automation identity.
FANUC reports JPY 857.831 billion in FY2025 net sales and JPY 166.543 billion in profit attributable to owners of parent.
Since its establishment in 1972, FANUC Corporation expanded from an early-stage venture into a recognized leader in Industrial Automation, Robotics, and CNC Systems, overcoming key market challenges.
Over its history, FANUC Corporation executed decisive strategic pivots toward scalable monetization and digital distribution, securing its current market leadership.
By continually modernizing operations and embracing workflow automation, FANUC Corporation maintains resilience through changing technological and economic cycles.