Yanmar was originally founded as "Yamaoka Hatsudoki Kosakusho" (Translated as the "Yamaoka Engine Company").

Yamaoka Hatsudoki Kosakusho was founded in Osaka, Japan in 1912.

The company began to operate under the trademark of "Yanmar" in 1921. The name 'Yanmar' is a combination of the Yanma Dragonfly and “Yama” from the name of the company founder Magokichi Yamaoka. The company officially became "Yanmar Co., Ltd." in 2002.

Founder Magokichi Yamaoka is credited as having developed the world's first small diesel engine.

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The company has it's own football team. It was originally called "Yanmar Diesel" and started as the company's team in 1957. The team is now named "Cerezo Osaka" and play in the J League in Japan.

Yanmar also bought the naming rights for Nagai Stadium and so it is now called Yanmar Stadium. This is where Cerezo Osaka play their home games.

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In July 2013, the company introduced the new “Flying Y” logo "as a symbol of its new identity, the Yanmar Group aims to become a front-running global brand in food production and harnessing power, soaring to heights that no one has yet seen."

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The company have their very own museum in Japan, which opened in 2013 shortly after the company's centenary year. The museum is located in Nagahama, near the farming village where founder, Magokichi Yamaoka, was born.

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