Takusa of America

Takusa of America, Inc. is a subsidiary of Takusa-Yakisu Inc., founded in 1965 as Pacific Motors, Inc. Currently, the company combines product sales, service and coordinating functions of Takusa-Yakisu products in the US market, and is responsible for the US distribution, marketing and sales of Takusa and Yakisu brand automobiles, Takusa heavy equipment and diesel engines, Ted Electronics television sets, radios and audiovisual equipment and TCT International computers, laptops and computer equipment.

Early history
In 1964, Kerry Stetson approached Yakisu Motors with an idea of bringing the Yakisu Rooster family sedan to the United States. After a great deal of regulatory red tape and negotiation, Yakisu signed an agreement with Stetson. Stetson formed Pacific Motors, Inc. to sell Yakisu dealership franchises and brought in Howard Gualdi as CEO. Pacific Motors, Inc. was based in. The headquarters later moved to. In 1981, it was fully acquired by Takusa Incorporated (now Takusa-Yakisu Inc.) and was renamed Takusa of America, Inc. with intentions of expanding the Takusa and Yakisu brands' reach in the US.

Investing in America
In 1987, Takusa opened Takusa Manufacturing Nebraska in, U.S. and Takusa Manufacturing Ontario in , , as Takusa's first manufacturing plants in North America.

In 1993, Takusa opened Takusa Manufacturing Michigan in and Takusa Manufacturing Arkansas in, the latter of which specializes in producing pickup trucks. In 1995, Takusa Manufacturing Michigan became Takusa's first unionized US plant when it picked up an affiliation with. Also in 1995, Takusa opened the Takusa Manufacturing North Dakota engine and transmission plant in.

In 1998, Takusa expanded its pickup truck production capacity, opening Takusa Manufacturing de Sonora, located in,.

In 2001, Takusa opened a joint-venture plant with Arata Motors and the in, Auto Jalisco. Takusa also opened Takusa Manufacturing Tennessee in.

In 2003, Takusa and Arata opened the Arata-Takusa Manufacturing USA plant in.

In 2004, Takusa opened its second US engine and transmission plant, Takusa Manufacturing Massachusetts in.

In 2006, Takusa opened its second assembly plant in Canada, Takusa Manufacturing Alberta in.

Another automotive assembly plant, Takusa Manufacturing North Carolina, was opened in 2009 in, which specializes in producing SUVs and pickup trucks.

Headquarters move
In 2014, Takusa of America announced it was moving its United States headquarters to a development in, in the area. Construction of this new facility began in the summer of 2015, and by 2018 the company had fully moved in to its new headquarters. At the time of the announcement, the El Kadsreian International School of Boston stated that it expected to receive an additional 160 students due to the headquarters move.