Fanuc Ltd engages in the development, manufacture, sale, and maintenance of robots and factory automation products primarily in Japan, America, Europe, and Asia. Its products include programmable logic controllers, CNC systems, industrial lasers, robots and robot machines, servo motors, carbon dioxide laser oscillators, wire-cut electric discharge machines, nano machines, precision molding machines, and machines for milling, boring, drilling, and tapping. The company also offers Proficy, a series of factory monitoring and controlling software packages, including CIMPLICITY and embedded systems. Fanuc Ltd was founded in 1956 and is headquartered in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.