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A Takeuchi compact excavator in Angoulême, France
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A tree spade on an older model Takeuchi track loader.
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A Takeuchi track loader at the Building Fair in Brno, Czech Republic
Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd. (株式会社竹内製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Takeuchi Seisakujo) is a Japanese heavy construction machinery company that manufactures excavators, track loaders, crawler dumpers and wheel loaders.
Takeuchi was founded in 1963 by Akio Takeuchi as a construction equipment manufacturer. Takeuchi developed the world's first compact excavator in 1971 and in 1986 he introduced the compact track loader, another world first.[citation needed]
The company has wholly owned subsidiary facilities in the United States (1979), United Kingdom (1996), France (2000) and China (2006).[citation needed]