Akebono Brake Industry
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Native name | 曙ブレーキ工業 |
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Type | Public KK |
TYO: 7238 | |
ISIN | JP3108400007 |
Industry | Automotive |
Founded | (27 January 1929 | )
Founder | Sanji Osame |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Hisataka Nobumoto (Chairman, President and CEO) |
Products | Brakes for vehicles, motorcycles, trains, industrial machinery |
Revenue | JPY 281.3 billion (FY 2015) (US$ 2.44 billion) (FY 2015) |
Number of employees | 9,238 (consolidated, as of March 2016) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [1][2] |
Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. (曙ブレーキ工業, Akebono burēki kōgyō) is a Japanese manufacturer of components for automobiles, motorbikes, trains, and industrial machinery.
The company was founded by Sanji Osame in 1929 as Akebono Sekimen Kogyosho. Osame founded the company as response to the demand by the Japan Army Authority for ground transport and its first products were brake linings used by the government entity.[3] Today it is now a large company with a significant overseas presence and wide range of brake products for many applications.
Business locations[]
In addition to its headquarters in Hanyu, Saitama and Nihonbashi, it also has facilities in other locations in Japan, such as Fukushima. In the United States, it has facilities in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Columbia, South Carolina, Glasgow, Kentucky, and Clarksville, Tennessee. In China, it has plants in Guangzhou and Suzhou. In Indonesia and Vietnam, it has a partnership with Astra. In Europe, it has facilities in Arras and Gonesse in France, and also has a UK presence for its work with the McLaren Formula 1 team. Its main European facility is located in Central Europe - Slovak Republic, Trenčín which is focused on production of high performance aluminium brake calipers
Auto brakes[]
Akebondo offer products mainly on an OEM (for automobile manufacturing plants) basis for the automobile manufacturer. Main OEM customers include all Japanese manufacturers including Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Isuzu. Company also supply to a wide range of global manufacturers, including Porsche, GM, Ford, and Mercedes Benz.
Motorsport[]
Beginning with the 2007 Formula One season Akebono has been a technology partner to the McLaren F1 team.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Corporate Profile". Akebono Brake Industry. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ Kenichi Miyamoto; Kenji Morinaga; Mori Hiroyuki (15 March 2011). Asbestos Disaster: Lessons from Japan's Experience. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 49. ISBN 978-4-431-53915-5.
- ^ "Akebono Brake Company increases technical integration with McLaren Mercedes". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
External links[]
- Official website (in English)
- Manufacturing companies of Japan
- Automotive companies of Japan
- Companies based in Saitama Prefecture
- Manufacturing companies based in Tokyo
- Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Manufacturing companies established in 1929
- Japanese brands
- Japanese companies established in 1929