Robot maker Yaskawa targets US as rival gains in China

Robot maker Yaskawa targets US as rival gains in China Robot maker Yaskawa targets US as rival gains in China

TOKYO — Japanese industrial robot maker Yaskawa Electric is seeking to pave a path to growth in the U.S. as the rise of a Chinese peer squeezes its earnings in the key market of China. 

At the company’s most recent quarterly earnings presentation, Yaskawa President Masahiro Ogawa issued a grim assessment of China’s business environment.