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Aichi Steel Corporation
Native name
愛知製鋼株式会社
Company typePublic (K.K)
TYO: 5482
NAG: 5482
ISINJP3160700005
IndustrySteel
FoundedMarch 8, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-03-08)
Headquarters,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Takahiro Fujioka
(President)
Products
  • Steel
  • Forged steel products
  • Titanium products
  • Electro-magnetic products
[1]
RevenueIncrease JPY 236 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 2.1 billion) (FY 2017)
Decrease JPY 8.1 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 74 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees
4,773 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2017)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[2][3]

Aichi Steel (愛知製鋼, Aichi Seikō); is a Japanese steel manufacturer. It is a member of the Toyota Group. It supplies 40% of the steel, springs and forged products for automotive use to members of the Toyota Group.[4]

The company was established in 1934 as Aichi Seiko, the steel manufacturing department of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, the predecessor of Toyota Industries.[5] It became an independent company in 1940 and changed its name to its present one in 1945.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Aichi Steel Corporation (Public, TYO:5482)". Google, Inc. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  2. ^ "Corporate Profile". Aichi Steel. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Stuart D. B. Picken (2009). The A to Z of Japanese Business. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8108-6872-4.
  5. ^ Karan, Pradyumna P. (January 13, 2015). Japan in the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8131-5933-1.