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KYB Corporation
Company type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 7242
Industry	Automotive
Founded	(November 19, 1919; 104 years ago)
Founder	Shiro Kayaba
Headquarters	World Trade Center Building, 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6111, Japan
Key people	Tadahiko Ozawa; (Chairman); Masao Usui; (President and CEO)
Products	Automotive components; Hydraulic components; Aircraft components; Welfare and environmental products;
Revenue	US$ 3.42 billion (FY 2013) (JPY 352.71 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	US$ 123.89 million (FY 2013) (JPY 12.76 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	13,033 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014)
Website	Official website
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KYB Corporation (カヤバ工業株式会社, Kayaba Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese, Tokyo-based automotive company.^[3]

The company's main products include shock absorbers, air suspensions, power steering systems, hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves.^[4] It is one of the world's largest shock absorber manufacturer and it also has the largest market share of concrete mixer trucks in Japan with 85% of the market.^[5]

The company has 34 manufacturing plants and 62 offices in 21 countries.^[6]

The American division of KYB corporation is headquartered in Addison, IL. It was established in 1974 ^[7], and now distributes aftermarket automotive shocks and struts. At the moment, the North American division of KYB employs around 100 full-time employees. Overall, in the United States there are 3 divisions of KYB. Two of them are in Chicago, IL and one is in California. Since shocks and struts for vehicles are the most popular KYB products in the North America, that’s what is mainly distributed by KYB in the United States.

Business segments and products

Automotive and motorcycle products

Automotive components

Shock absorbers
Semi-active air suspensions
Adjustable shock absorbers
Power steering systems
Electric power steering units (EPS)
Four wheel steering (4WS) electric actuator
Solenoid
Sensors
Noise resistant pressure sensors

Motorcycle components

Suspensions
Shock absorbers for ATVs
Shock absorbers for snowmobiles

Hydraulic components

used in construction machinery, industrial vehicles, agricultural machinery, railroad equipment, industrial machinery, building equipment, civil engineering equipment and stage equipment

Testers

High precision leak tester
Portable fatigue testers
Gate type fatigue testers
Torsional fatigue testers
Internal pressure fatigue testers
Shock absorbers testers
Noise check systems
Road simulators for automobiles
Road simulators for motorcycles
Simulators for research and training

Aeronautical, special-purpose vehicles and marine products

Aircraft components
Special-purpose vehicles
Marine components

Environment, welfare and disaster prevention products

Self-propelled waste checker conveyors
Earthquake simulator trucks
Biomixers
Chipping pehicle for pruned branches
Vehicle for shredding sensitive documents
Shock absorbers for chair skis
Solar projectors
Mobile keeper (remote monitor camera with server function)

Source

Aircraft manufacturing

Aircraft manufacturing during and after World War II

The company between 1939 and 1941 developed several gliders, autogyros and research aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army. These are:

After the war, in 1954, the company built a gyrodyne, named Kayaba Heliplane. The development of this aircraft started in 1952 when Shiro Kayaba, the founder of the company, obtained the fuselage of a Cessna 170B and, during the following two years, turned it into a convertiplane.^[8]

References

^ "Corporate Information". KYB Corporation. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
^ "Company Profile". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ Vishal Dutta (February 19, 2013). "Japanese MNC KYB Corporation acquires 50% stake in Conmat Systems". The Economic Times. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ "Modernized manufacturing unit of Japanese firm KYB to be opened in November". Vadodara: DeshGujarat. October 7, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
^ "KYB Corporate Information". CARiD.com. July 2016.
^ "RE-RISING SUN — The Japanese Aircraft Industry Ten Years After VJ-Day". Flight International. London: Reed Business Information. April 1, 1955. p. 411. ISSN 0015-3710.

External links

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[1] "Corporate Information". KYB Corporation. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[Nikkei-2] "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2018.

[3] "Company Profile". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[4] "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[5] Vishal Dutta (February 19, 2013). "Japanese MNC KYB Corporation acquires 50% stake in Conmat Systems". The Economic Times. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[6] "Modernized manufacturing unit of Japanese firm KYB to be opened in November". Vadodara: DeshGujarat. October 7, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[7] "KYB Corporate Information". CARiD.com. July 2016.

[8] "RE-RISING SUN — The Japanese Aircraft Industry Ten Years After VJ-Day". Flight International. London: Reed Business Information. April 1, 1955. p. 411. ISSN 0015-3710.

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 The company's main products include [[shock absorber]]s, [[air suspension]]s, [[power steering|power steering systems]], [[hydraulic pump]]s, motors, cylinders, and valves.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=7242:JP |title=Company Snapshot |publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |accessdate=February 5, 2015}}</ref> It is one of the world's largest shock absorber manufacturer and it also has the largest market share of [[Concrete mixer|concrete mixer trucks]] in Japan with 85% of the market.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-02-19/news/37179628_1_market-share-global-export-hub-hub-for-construction-equipment |title=Japanese MNC KYB Corporation acquires 50% stake in Conmat Systems |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |author=Vishal Dutta |date=February 19, 2013 |accessdate=February 5, 2015}}</ref>
 The company has 34 manufacturing plants and 62 offices in 21 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deshgujarat.com/2014/10/07/modernized-manufacturing-unit-of-japanese-firm-kyb-to-be-opened-in-november/ |title=Modernized manufacturing unit of Japanese firm KYB to be opened in November |publisher=DeshGujarat |location=[[Vadodara]] |date=October 7, 2014 |accessdate=February 5, 2015}}</ref>
+The American division of KYB corporation is headquartered in Addison, IL. It was established in 1974 <ref>{{cite web|title=KYB Corporate Information |url=https://www.carid.com/kyb/info/about.html |date= July 2016 |publisher=CARiD.com}}</ref>, and now distributes aftermarket automotive shocks and struts. At the moment, the North American division of KYB employs around 100 full-time employees. Overall, in the United States there are 3 divisions of KYB. Two of them are in Chicago, IL and one is in California. Since shocks and struts for vehicles are the most popular KYB products in the North America, that’s what is mainly distributed by KYB in the United States.
 ==Business segments and products==