kk traded as tyo 7242 industry automotive founded november 19 1919 ; 96 years ago 1919 11 19 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 footnotes references 1 kayaba industry co. ltd. kayaba kogyo kabushiki gaisha known also by its popular name kyb corporation is a japanese tokyo based automotive company . 2 the company s main products include shock absorbers air suspensions power steering systems hydraulic pumps motors cylinders and valves . 3 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 . 4 the company has 34 manufacturing plants and 62 offices in 21 countries . 5 contents 1 business segments and products 1.1 automotive and motorcycle products 1.1.1 automotive components 1.1.2 motorcycle components 1.2 hydraulic components 1.2.1 testers 1.3 aeronautical special purpose vehicles and marine products 1.4 environment welfare and disaster prevention products 2 aircraft manufacturing 2.1 aircraft manufacturing during and after world war ii 3 references 4 external links business segments and products edit automotive and motorcycle products edit automotive components edit 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 edit suspensions shock absorbers for atvs shock absorbers for snowmobiles hydraulic components edit used in construction machinery industrial vehicles agricultural machinery railroad equipment industrial machinery building equipment civil engineering equipment and stage equipment testers edit 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 edit aircraft components special purpose vehicles marine components environment welfare and disaster prevention products edit 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 edit aircraft manufacturing during and after world war ii edit the company between 1939 and 1941 developed several gliders autogyros and research aircraft for the imperial japanese army . these are kayaba ku 1 kayaba ku 2 kayaba ku 3 kayaba ku 4 kayaba ka go kayaba ka 1 kayaba ka 2 kimura hk 1 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 . 6 references edit corporate information . kyb corporation . retrieved february 5 2015 . 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 . 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 edit official global website english japan portal engineering portal companies portal v t e automotive industry in japan automotive industry economy of japan transport in japan companies vehicle producers asl daihatsu duesen bayern fuji heavy industries blitzen subaru honda acura isuzu kawasaki kawasaki motorcycle & engine mazda amati autozam fini eunos m2 xedos mitsubishi fuso mitsubishi group mitsubishi heavy industries mitsubishi motors mitsuoka nissan datsun infiniti prince tama nissan shatai otomo suzuki hope toyota scion lexus hino ud trucks will yamaha active factories toyota factories defunct factories components aisin seiki bridgestone calsonic kansei clarion denso fujitsu ten gs yuasa hitachi hks ihi corporation jatco jecs jtekt kawasaki kayaba industry 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