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.
Inaba shaped the technical and cultural foundation of FANUC by focusing the company on numerical control, servo systems, robotics, and factory automation.
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.
FANUC's roots go back to Fujitsu's 1955 numerical-control project led by Dr. Seiuemon Inaba. The company became Fujitsu FANUC in 1972 and later evolved into the independent FANUC Corporation.
The strategic question is whether FANUC can keep turning reliability and installed-base trust into pricing power while the global automation market becomes more price competitive and more China-centered.
This profile covers the founding story, business model, leadership, financials, major pivots, and current strategy.