KUBOTA CORPORATION (Kubota) is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture farm equipment, and producer of pipes, principally ductile iron pipes, and related equipment for water supply and other utilities. In addition, the Company manufactures and sells other items, such as engines, construction machinery, industrial castings, industrial machinery, environmental control plants. The Company’s production network primarily comprises 20 plants in Japan and 10 plants in overseas countries. It has four business divisions: Internal Combustion Engine and Machinery, which includes farm equipment, engines and construction machinery; Pipes, Valves, and Industrial Castings, which includes pipes, valves, and industrial castings; Environmental Engineering, which includes environmental engineering and pumps, and Other. The Company’s products include tractors ranging from 10.5 to 135 horsepower, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, power tillers and reaper binders.