subsidiary traded as tyo 6747 industry components founded 1915 headquarters totsuka ku yokohama japan products railway equipment aircraft passenger seats lighting equipment traffic systems environmental control systems sanitary equipment number of employees 2 087 consolidated as of march 2011 1 website koito ind.co.jp english ki holdings headquarters ki holdings co. ltd. ki ki holdings kabushikigaisha formerly known as koito industries ltd. koito k gy kabushikigaisha until the renaming in 2011 is a manufacturer of mechanical components such as railway equipment headlamps and airline seats . it is a subsidiary of koito manufacturing . the company has its headquarters in totsuka ku yokohama kanagawa japan . 1 2009 2010 issues with airline seats edit in february 2010 koito industries faced a controversy with the ministry of land infrastructure and transport of japan regarding its airline seats . the company was allegedly involved in a seat test falsification claiming that they omitted part of a test process to test airline seats and used figures from past tests . koito claimed that they did this because of heavy number of orders coming and tight scheduling . the problem affected 150 000 seats among over 1 000 airbus and boeing planes owned by 32 airlines in 24 countries causing delays to some aircraft deliveries such as all nippon airways new inspiration of japan seats particularly the premium economy seats . 2 3 airbus since september 2009 before the scandal had banned koito from delivering seats manufactured for airbus aircraft because of safety violations . 4 as of july 2010 boeing no longer allows airlines to fit koito seats in new build aircraft . 5 6 7 references edit a b ki holdings profile . retrieved 14 january 2013 . airliner seat maker koito hit for fabricating fire resistance data . japan times . 10 february 2010 . retrieved 10 february 2010 . japanese plane seat maker admits falsifying safety data . agence france presse . 8 february 2010 . retrieved 10 february 2010 . airbus banned from using koito plane seats after safety alert . bloomberg l.p. businessweek . 10 february 2010 . boeing stops offering koito seats to new customers . flightglobal . 2010 . retrieved 2 july 2010 . safety issues with 150 000 koito airline seats raise serious questions . seattle post intelligencer . 9 july 2010 . http www.flightglobal.com articles 2010 07 07 344121 koitos airline customers urged to donate seats for.html anonymous 2 march 1998 . roads agency section chief held over bribes newspaper article . japan times . retrieved 10 february 2010 . anonymous 20 february 2002 . koito buys u.s. plane seat servicer newspaper article . japan times . retrieved 10 february 2010 . anonymous 1 september 2004 . firms raided in bid rigging probe newspaper article . japan times . retrieved 10 february 2010 . bloomberg l.p. 7 march 2009 . toyota suppliers taking hit auto parts makers fear bankruptcy unless they can claim public aid newspaper article . japan times . retrieved 10 february 2010 . external links edit japan portal companies portal aviation portal official website english this article about a japanese corporation or company related topic is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ki holdings & oldid 723725680 categories manufacturing companies based in yokohamacompanies listed on the tokyo stock exchangeaircraft component manufacturersmanufacturing companies of japan1915 establishments in japanjapanese company stubshidden categories articles containing japanese language textuse dmy dates from october 2010all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 4 june 2016 at 20 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view