Top page > Corporate Information > Corporate information Founded November 19, 1919, as Kayaba Research Center Established March 10, 1935, as Kayaba Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Incorporated November 25, 1948, as Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. November 1, 1985 Company name "Kayaba" in Japanese changed from kanji (Chinese characters) to katakana (Japanese characters). Stocks Traded on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Employees 10.977 (as of the end of March 2010, consolidated) 3,927 (as of the end of March, 2010, nonconsolidated) Head Office World Trade Center Bldg., 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6111, Japan Tel. +81-3-3435-3511 Fax. +81-3-3436-6759 Paid-in Capital 19,113,680,000 yen (as of March 31, 2010) Sales 252 billion yen (for FY 2009, consolidated) 159 billion yen (for FY 2009, nonconsolidated) Major Products Sold Shock absorbers (For automobiles) Shock absorbers, suspension systems and stay dampers   (For motorcycles) Front forks and oil cushion units   (Others) Oil dampers for railroads, shock absorbers for buildings and structural applications and free locks Hydraulic equipment (For industrial use) Pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves   (For automobiles) Power steering systems   (For aircraft) Equipment for landing gear, flight control systems, and pneumatic / hydraulic systems   (Others) Jacks and electronic control systems System products (Special purpose vehicles) Concrete mixer trucks, granule carriers, and pruned-branch shredder truck   (devices) Simulators, hydraulic systems, stages mechanisms, hydraulic systems for mines, tunnel boring machine and marine equipment Chairman & Representative Director Tadahiko Ozawa Director Morio Komiya President & Representative Director Masao Usui Director Eiji Hisada Executive Managing Director & Representative Director Kazuhisa Ikenoya Director Masaki Nishiwaki Executive Managing Director Akiyoshi Tanaka Director Michio Yoshino Executive Managing Director Yasusuke Nakajima Director Shigeru Ito Managing Director Ken Mizumukai Director Makoto Kimura Managing Director Keiichi Handa Director Shigeo Kidokoro Managing Director Takafumi Shoji Director Hiroaki Hirayama Managing Director Kazuhiro Ogata Standing Corporate Auditor Ichiro Akieda Managing Director Hidetsune Iseki Standing Corporate Auditor Haruki Ubukata Managing Director Shigeki Hirokado Standing Corporate Auditor Tatsuro Yoshida Director Hitoshi Nitta Standing Corporate Auditor Tadao Ogoshi
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