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Mazda

Mazda Motor Corporation
マツダ株式会社
Native name
マツダ株式会社
Romanized name
Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha
Public (K.K.)
Traded as :
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Industry Automotive
Founded 1920
Founder Jujiro Matsuda
Headquarters 3-1 Shinchi, Fuchū, Aki, Hiroshima, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Seita Kanai
(Chairman)
Masamichi Kogai
(President and CEO)
Products 1,189,283 units (2012)
Automobiles
Light Trucks
Engines
Revenue Increase¥2.3 trillion / USD 23.42 Billion (FY 2011)
Increase¥23.8 billion (FY 2011)
Decrease¥-60 billion (FY 2011)
Owner Japan Trustee Services Bank (6.0%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan (5.4%)
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (2.2%)
Number of employees
37,745 (2013)
Website mazda.com

Coordinates: 34°22′37″N 132°30′03″E / 34.3770577°N 132.5008222°E / 34.3770577; 132.5008222

Mazda Motor Corporation (マツダ株式会社 Matsuda Kabushiki-gaisha?), commonly referred to just as Mazda, is a Japanese multinational automaker based in Fuchū, Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

In 2007, Mazda produced almost 1.3 million vehicles for global sales, the majority of which (nearly 1 million) were produced in the company's Japanese plants, with the remainder coming from a variety of other plants worldwide. In 2011, Mazda was the fifteenth biggest automaker by production worldwide.

Mazda's company website states that its name is derived from Ahura Mazda, with Mazda meaning wisdom. Ahura Mazda (Persian: اهورا مزدا-Sanskrit: असुर मेधा [Asura-Medhā]) the god of light, intelligence, and wisdom from the first civilization in West Asia, is also the name of God to Zoroastrians. The company website also notes that the name also derives from the name of the company's founder, Jujiro Matsuda.


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