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Yanmar was founded in March 1912 in Osaka, Japan, [2] by Magokichi Yamaoka. [3] [4] When the company began in 1912, it manufactured gasoline-powered engines. [5] In 1920 the company began production of a small kerosene engine. [6] In 1933, it launched the world's first practical small diesel engine, the HB model. [5] [7] [8]
The company also produced Yanmar tractors and STIHL power tools. [6] Some of the engines are made by a joint venture company, Perkins Shibaura Engines, founded in October 1994 and opened in 1996. [7] In April 2005, the company won The Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade (Export) (2005). [2]
Consolidation of the automobile industry is an ongoing occurrence. Behind each automobile brand lies larger parent corporations.Auto mobile corporations, external corporations and private shareholders commonly own varying amounts of multiple auto mobile corporations, thus resulting analysis of relationships between auto mobile corporations becomes increasingly complicated.
1905 Studebaker advertisement claiming (at the bottom) Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers membership. The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM), began as the Manufacturer's Mutual Association (MMA), an organization originally formed to challenge the litigation of the fledgling automobile industry by George B. Selden and the Electric Vehicle Company.
About 25% of the company is owned by Toyota. [5] Despite being a part of the Toyota Group of companies, as of the year ending March 2016, sales to the Toyota Group accounted for less than 50% of total revenue (44% of revenue originated from other car manufacturers in Japan, Germany, the U.S. and China). [ 6 ]
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Clymer repair manuals are repair manuals that often focus on power sport vehicles such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, personal water craft, and snowmobiles.Clymer also has several books dedicated to small engines and "outdoor power equipment" such as leaf blowers, chainsaws and other lawn and garden power equipment.
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