- Business
- Yokota Manufacturing Co., Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture and sale of fluid control solutions including pumps, valves, special alloys and related devices primarily for water and liquid handling applications. The company produces an extensive range of pumps such as self-priming centrifugal pumps, defoaming and degassing pumps, enhanced self-priming pumps, multistage self-priming pumps, turbine pumps, process pumps, centrifugal pumps, multistage centrifugal pumps, double suction volute pumps and mixed-flow volute pumps; valves encompassing non-water hammer check valves, wafer-type check valves, constant flow regulator valves, float-type regulator valves and pilot-type regulator valves including constant pressure, constant flow rate, liquid level, safety, pressure relief, pressure sustaining, differential pressure and emergency shutoff variants; and special components like seawater resistant stainless steel, corrosion and wear resistant stainless steel alloys, casting parts and non-external-flushing mechanical seals, all manufactured in-house from casting to final assembly. Yokota serves diverse sectors including ultra-pure water production, agricultural irrigation, civil engineering, construction, electric power generation, city water and sewage treatment, chemical processing, food and medicine production, aquariums, fisheries and hot springs, with customers comprising government offices, municipalities and industrial companies mainly in Japan and internationally. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Hiroshima, Japan, the company operates as a Japan Waterworks Association inspection plant holding over 200 patents, utility models, designs and trademarks domestically and abroad; it was formerly known as Yokota Pump Manufacturing Co., Ltd. prior to its 1959 name change and continues to emphasize installation and piping services alongside ongoing innovation in fluid management technologies.