Tokyo Gasu Denky
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | May 1, 1942 |
| Headquarters | Hino-shi, Tokyo, Japan |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Masakazu Ichikawa, Chairman Yasuhiko Ichihashi, President and CEO Hiroshi Kajikawa, Managing Director |
| Products | Trucks and buses |
| Revenue |
 ¥1,314,588 million (2012) |
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¥37,527 million (2012) |
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¥16,303 million (2012) |
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| Total assets |
¥845,008 million (2012) |
| Total equity |
¥234,931 million (2012) |
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Number of employees
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25,820 (2012) |
| Parent | Toyota (50.1%) |
| Website | www |
Coordinates: 35°40′28″N 139°22′43.5″E / 35.67444°N 139.378750°E
Hino Motors, Ltd. (日野自動車株式会社, Hino Jidōsha), commonly known as simply Hino, is a Japanese manufacturer of commercial vehicles and diesel engines (including for trucks, buses and other vehicles) headquartered in Hino-shi, Tokyo. The company is a leading producer of medium and heavy-duty diesel trucks in Asia.
Hino Motors is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 on the . It is a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation and one of 16 major companies of the Toyota Group.
The company traces its roots back to the founding of Tokyo Gas Industry Company in 1910. In 1910 Chiyoda Gas Co. was established and competed fiercely against incumbent Tokyo Gas Company fighting for gas lighting users. Tokyo Gas Industry was a parts supplier for Chiyoda Gas but it was defeated and merged into Tokyo Gas in 1912. Losing its largest client, Tokyo Gas Industry Co. broadened their product line including electronic parts, and renamed itself as Tokyo Gas and Electric Industry(東京瓦斯電気工業), TG&E and was often abbreviated as Gasuden. It produced its first motor vehicle in 1917, the Model TGE "A-Type" truck. In 1937, TG&E merged its automobile division with that of Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. and Kyodo Kokusan K.K., to form Tokyo Automobile Industry Co., Ltd., with TG&E as a shareholder. Four years later, the company changed its name to Diesel Motor Industry Co., Ltd., which would eventually become Isuzu Motors Limited.
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