Kayaba Industry

Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.

Type	Public KK
Traded as	:
Industry	Automotive
Founded	(November 19, 1919; 97 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
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US$ 3.42 billion (FY 2013)

US$ 123.89 million (FY 2013)

Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. (カヤバ工業株式会社, Kayaba Kogyo Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (known also by its popular name KYB Corporation) is a Japanese, Tokyo-based automotive company.

The company's main products include shock absorbers, air suspensions, power steering systems, hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves. 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.

The company has 34 manufacturing plants and 62 offices in 21 countries.

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

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