# Who does FANUC pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/fanuc · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-07-12T08:24:05.504633+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: FANUC's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Nabtesco, Harmonic Drive plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 4 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### Nabtesco (high)  → /nabtesco.md
- note: Adopts Nabtesco RV reducers at scale in articulated-robot joints — the volume of robot leader FANUC is the apex of reducer demand, so robot ramp-up is reducer demand.
- [mentions] E-Today (KO, news, published 2026-03-30) https://v.daum.net/v/20260330050113287: "Nabtesco holds roughly a 60% share in precision reducers for industrial robot joints."
- [confirms] Intel Market Research (EN, research, published 2026-01-01) https://www.intelmarketresearch.com/industrial-robot-reducer-market: "Adopts Nabtesco RV reducers at scale in articulated robots."
- [confirms] FANUC/TSE (JA, filing, published 2025-04-28) https://www.fanuc.co.jp/en/ir/: "Adopts Nabtesco RV reducers at scale in articulated robots."
- [confirms] Bloomberg (Japan gov sponsored) (EN, news, published 2021-03-28) https://sponsored.bloomberg.com/article/japangov/japan-innovating-the-future-industrial-robots: "Almost all of Japan's robot makers including Fanuc rely on Nabtesco precision reduction gears, which hold 60% of the global market for medium/large robot joints."

### Harmonic Drive (mid)  → /harmonic-drive.md
- note: Adopts Harmonic Drive reducers in cobots and small robots — with Nabtesco (RV), one of the two sourcing pillars for robot-joint reducers.
- [confirms] Intel Market Research (EN, research, published 2026-01-01) https://www.intelmarketresearch.com/industrial-robot-reducer-market: "Adopts harmonic reducers in cobots and small robots."

### 부품·모터·제조 (비공개) (low)
- note: Servo motors, parts and manufacturing.
- [confirms] FANUC/TSE (JA, filing, published 2025-04-28) https://www.fanuc.co.jp/en/ir/: "Servo motors, parts and manufacturing."

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