UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 or 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March, 2011

Commission file number 0-12602

MAKITA CORPORATION

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

3-11-8, Sumiyoshi-cho, Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  x       Form 40-F  o

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 28, 2011

For immediate release

March 28, 2011

Company name:		Makita Corporation
Representative:		Masahiko Goto, President, Representative Director & CEO
Stock ticker code:		6586

Makita Opens a Branch in the Northern Part of Vietnam

     Makita Corporation (Head office: Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) announces that its Vietnamese sales subsidiary (Cong Ty TNHH Makita Vietnam; President: Shinichi Sakamoto; Head office: Binh Duong Province; Established November 2009; Capital: US$ 5 million) opened a branch in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, and the new branch will start operation in April 2011.

1. Reasons for the opening of a New Branch

     Cong Ty TNHH Makita Vietnam, located at Binh Durong Province (in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City) in the southern part of Vietnam, has dealt with all sales and after-sales services for the entire nation since April 2010. Because Vietnam stretches long from north to south, for further reinforcement of sales in the northern part of this country, and for quicker and more efficient distributions and after-sales services in the area, we will open a branch in Bac Ninh Province, near Hanoi City, in the northern part of Vietnam.

2. Outline of the Branch

1.		Branch name		Chi Nhanh Cong Ty TNHH Makita Vietnam Tai Mien Bac
				(Makita Vietnam Company Limited North Branch)
2.		Location		Lot KT 1-B-1, Que Vo Expanded Industrial Park, Phuong Lieu
				Commune, Que Vo District, Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam
3.		Branch manager		Shinichi Sakamoto
4.		Operating start		April 1, 2011
5.		Number of employees		15
6.		Description of business		Sales and after-sale service of electric power tools in the northern part of Vietnam.