Takeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd. 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. The company has wholly owned subsidiary facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, France and China. Wikipedia