Yuken Kogyo

Yuken Europe specialises in designing, building and distributing pumps, controls and valves using hydraulic technology. It produces its own line of products and also designs and builds new devices for customers on a bespoke basis. Its products are used by original equipment manufacturers working in a diverse range of sectors including shipping, ferries, construction and subsea. Its products can be found in machines which perform a variety of functions such as chocolate makers and contact lens manufacturing equipment.

Yuken Europe is based on Speke Hall Industrial Estate where it employs circa 20 staff. The plant in Liverpool is used for manufacturing, testing and development of new products. In 2013, Yuken invested a five-figure sum into a new laboratory at its base in Speke to test servo valves. This technology is used in extreme precision engineering to provide control for fast operating machines which carry out highly precise movements. The laboratory allows engineers to diagnose and repair faults with servo valves made by Yuken and other companies.

Yuken Europe has a relationship with Combilift, the Ireland-based manufacturer of industrial forklift truck vehicles.

It also has a subsidiary company, Yuken CZ Sro, based in Rakovník near Prague, which it opened in 2012 in order to expand into the Czech Republic.