Aichi Steel

Aichi Steel (愛知製鋼, Aichi Seikō); is a Japanese steel manufacturer. It is a member of the Toyota Group. It supplies 40% of the steel, springs and forged products for automotive use to members of the Toyota Group.[4]

Aichi Steel Corporation
Native name
愛知製鋼株式会社
TypePublic (K.K)
TYO: 5482
NAG: 5482
ISINJP3160700005
IndustrySteel
FoundedMarch 8, 1940 (1940-03-08)
Headquarters
Tōkai city, Aichi Prefecture 110-8408
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Takahiro Fujioka
(President)
Products
  • Steel
  • Forged steel products
  • Titanium products
  • Electro-magnetic products
[1]
Revenue JPY 236 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 2.1 billion) (FY 2017)
JPY 8.1 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 74 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees
4,773 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2017)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[2][3]

The company was established in 1934 as Aichi Seiko, the steel manufacturing department of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, the predecessor of Toyota Industries.[5] It became an independent company in 1940 and changed its name to its present one in 1945.[4]

References
  1. "Aichi Steel Corporation (Public, TYO:5482)". Google, Inc. Retrieved December 24, 2010.
  2. "Corporate Profile". Aichi Steel. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  3. "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved May 25, 2018.
  4. Stuart D. B. Picken (2009). The A to Z of Japanese Business. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8108-6872-4.
  5. Karan, Pradyumna P. (January 13, 2015). Japan in the Bluegrass. University Press of Kentucky. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-8131-5933-1.
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