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Suzuki

Suzuki Motor Corporation
Native name
スズキ株式会社
Romanized name
Suzuki Kabushiki-Kaisha
Public (K.K.)
Traded as :
Industry Automotive
Founded 1909; 108 years ago (1909) (as Suzuki Loom Works)
Founder Michio Suzuki
Headquarters Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Osamu Suzuki
(Chairman)
Yasuhito Harayama
(Vice Chairman)
Toshihiro Suzuk
(President and CEO)
Products Automobiles, engines, motorcycles, ATVs, outboard motors
Production output
Increase 2,878,000 automobiles (FY2012)
Decrease 2,269,000 Motorcycles and ATVs (FY2012)
Revenue Increase¥2,578.3 billion (FY2012)
(US$26.27 billion)
Profit Increase¥80.4 billion (FY2012)
(US$819 million)
Total assets Increase¥2,487.6 billion (FY2012)
(US$25.34 billion)
Subsidiaries
Website www.globalsuzuki.com

Suzuki Motor Corporation (Japanese: スズキ株式会社 Hepburn: Suzuki Kabushiki-Kaisha?) is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan, which specializes in manufacturing automobiles, four-wheel drive vehicles, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard marine engines, wheelchairs and a variety of other small internal combustion engines. In 2014, Suzuki was thought to be the ninth biggest automaker by production worldwide. Suzuki has over 45,000 employees worldwide and has about 35 main production facilities in 23 countries and 133 distributors in 192 countries.The worldwide sales volume of automobile isthe world's tenth, domestic sales volume isIt is the third largest in the country. In addition, motorcycle is the third largest in the domestic sales volume, outboard motor, the unit salesIt is the third largest in the world.

In 1909, Michio Suzuki (1887–1982) founded the Suzuki Loom Works in the small seacoast village of Hamamatsu, Japan. Business boomed as Suzuki built weaving looms for Japan's giant silk industry. In 1929, Michio Suzuki invented a new type of weaving machine, which was exported overseas. The company's first 30 years focused on the development and production of these machines.


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