KYB Corporation

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KYB Corporation
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 7242
IndustryAutomotive
Founded(November 19, 1919; 104 years ago (1919-11-19))
FounderShiro Kayaba
HeadquartersWorld 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
RevenueIncrease US$ 3.42 billion (FY 2013) (JPY 352.71 billion) (FY 2013)
Increase US$ 123.89 million (FY 2013) (JPY 12.76 billion) (FY 2013)
Number of employees
14,754 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

KYB Corporation (KYB株式会社, KYB kabushiki gaisha, formerly Kayaba Kogyo kabushiki gaisha (カヤバ工業株式会社) until 1 October 2015) is a Japanese, Tokyo-based automotive company.[3]

Among KYB's main products company are shock absorbers, air suspensions, power steering systems, hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves.[4] It is one of the world's largest shock absorber manufacturers 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] KYB's American aftermarket distribution of automotive shocks and struts is headquartered in Greenwood, Indiana, with additional KYB manufacturing and distribution facilities in metro Chicago, Southern California, and metro Indianapolis.[7] KYB Americas employs more than 100 people in all facilities. Shocks and struts for vehicles are the most popular KYB products distributed in North America.

  1. ^ "Corporate Information". KYB Corporation. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
  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. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. 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 in North America". Retrieved November 18, 2020.