Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.taihonet.co.jp

■Address

3-65 Midorigaoka, Toyota, Aichi, 471-8502, Japan

Business Overview

-The Company is a major manufacturer and supplier of automotive bearings.

-The Company's businesses are classified in two categories; automotive component business and automotive manufacturing facility business.

-Main product lines include metal-bush and such other bearings; die-cast products, gaskets and system products.

ｰThe Company is focusing on selling engine bearings in the Chinese market. The Company has set a target to raise the 12% market share set in the fiscal year that ended in March 2019, to 25% in 2025.

Shareholders

-From April 2022, moved to the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and to the Premium Market of the Nagoya Stock Exchange.

(As of Mar. 31, 2023)

Name or Company Name	Investment Ratio (%)
Toyota Motor Corporation	33.64
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	7.75
Toyota Industries	4.96
NHK Spring	4.67
Toyota Tsusho Corp.	3.72
Taiho Kogyo Employee Stock Ownership Plan	2.18
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	1.90
Taiho Kogyo Business Association	1.21
Aisin Corp.	1.04
Toyota Shinkin Bank	1.02
Total	62.10

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Products

Bearings
-Lead-free engine bearings
-Lead-free bushes
-Special bearings

Shoes and swash plates for A/C compressors
Floating bushes and thrust washers for turbo chargers

-Transmission bearings
-Engine bearings

Aluminum die-casting products
-Differential carriers
-Cam housings
-Sleeves for oil control valves
-Brackets for oil filter
-Valve bodies
-AT Pistons
-Inlet Elbows for compressor

Functional products
-EGR valves
-Exhaust throttle valves
-Turbo bypass valves
-Vacuum pumps
-Electric vacuum pumps
-Transaxle lubrication/cooling system
-Heat management and NV reduction for PCU
-Battery pack cooling system
-Turbocharger parts:

Compressor inlet
Westgate actuators
Bearing housings
Compressor housings
Seal-plate assemblies
Thrust bearings
Thrust collars
Journal bearings
Rods, cranks for power actuators

Balance weights
-For aluminum wheels
-For steel wheels

Resin products
-Thermostat housings
-Water inlets

Parts used for electrification:
-Motor-coil cooling pipes
-Motor-coil cooling shower
-Battery-cooled electric blowers for HEVs
-Electromagnetic shielding resin cover
-Stack manifolds/pressure plates
-Fuel-cell battery, bipolar plate
-Gaskets for CIPG fuel-cells
-Adhesion gasket
-Rubber seals (EPDM)
-Stack manifolds used in fuel-cell batteries
-Pressure plates for fuel-cell batteries

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History

Dec. 1939	Established as Nishio Precision Machine Co. in Nishio-cho, Hanzu-gun, Aichi, (currently, Nishio-shi) with capital of 180,000 yen to manufacture and sell precision instruments and precision machine equipment.
Jan. 1944	Relocated to Kenbo-cho, (currently, Toyota-shi). Name changed from Nishio Precision Machine Co. to Taiho Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Oct. 1958	Started producing aluminum die-casting products.
Jul. 1961	Signed a technical assistance agreement with Federal-Mogul Corp (U.S.A.).
Dec. 1981	Established Taiho Corporation of America (TCA) in the U.S.A. to market TAIHO products.
Apr. 1985	Set up Shinohara Plant which processes precision machines.
Oct. 1996	Started operation of the U.S. affiliate, Taiho Corporation of America. (currently, a consolidated company).
Sep. 1997	QS9000 certified, which was needed to do business with the Big Three.
Aug. 1998	Started the construction of its main technical center.
Aug. 1998	Established a local joint venture (currently, a consolidated subsidiary), Taiho Nusantara Co., in Indonesia with Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1999	Established Taiho Dusseldorf Liaison Office (TDL) in Germany.
Mar. 1999	Listed on the Second Section of the Nagoya Stock Exchange
Jul. 1999	Established a subsidiary, TET Co., Ltd. (currently, a consolidated subsidiary).
Jan. 2000	Started manufacturing engine metals at Taiho Nusantara, Indonesia the second overseas production site. Will supply Toyota Indonesia and then Isuzu.
Mar. 2000	Taiho Corporation of America (TCA) plans to build a new plant in Brazil to start manufacturing compressors for automobile air conditioners mainly for Delphi Automotive Systems, U.S.
Apr. 2000	Established a 500-million yen joint venture, Taiho Corporation of Europe, in Hungary with Toyota Tsusho Corp. (90% Taiho, 10% Toyoda). Started manufacturing compressors for automobiles and supplying to GM, U.S.A. through Delphi Automotive Systems, U.S. Also supplies parts to Toyota Industries Corporation, Denso, TD Deutsche Kliman Compressor in Germany and Visteon, a parts manufacturer in the Ford Motors group.
Oct. 2000	Planning to set up a second plant in the US by November to produce engine metals and metal head gaskets in January 2001, and aluminum die-casting by June 2001.
Mar. 2000	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Mar. 2001	Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges
Mar. 2001	Established Okazaki plant in Okazaki City, Aichi Pref.
Jun. 2001	Through a joint venture between companies such as Mitsui & Co. Ltd., established a Korea-based subsidiary, Taiho Corporation of Korea, into a consolidated subsidiary.
Apr. 2002	Founded Taiho Techno Service Corporation (TTS)
Sep. 2002	TF Global Gasket, LLC (TFGG) established in U.S.A., as a joint venture between TCA and Federal-Mogul Corporation
Oct. 2002	All the equity transactions have been completed to Taiho from Yantai Chunsang, a slide bearing company in China
Dec. 2002	Established Taiho Kogyo Corporation of Yantai as a wholly owned subsidiary.
Apr. 2003	Gained a 38% ownership in Yamate Industrial Co., Ltd. by injecting capital.
Apr. 2003	Constructed Kokai Plant 2.
Jul. 2003	Taiho Kogyo Corporation of Yantai absorbed Yantai Chunsheng Sliding Bearing Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2003	Jointly established Taiho Thailand Co., Ltd. with a local enterprise. (The Company owns 49% of the equity.)
Nov. 2003	Acquired a 38.9% ownership in Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd. (In March 2004, the Company acquired additional shares and now holds 39.6% of the equity.)
Jun. 2004	The Company's consolidated subsidiary Taiho Seiki Co., Ltd. established Tianjin Taiho Seiki Automobile Equipment Co., Ltd. in China as a subsidiary.
Aug. 2004	Established Taiho Parts Center, a consolidated subsidiary.
Oct. 2004	The Company's consolidated subsidiary, Taiho Seiki Co., Ltd., acquired a parcel of land in the Toyota Hanamoto Industrial estate located in Toyota City, where it constructed a plant.
May 2005	Established Taiho Gifu Co., Ltd. , as a subsidiary company.
Oct. 2005	Turned Nippon Gasket Co., Ltd. into a wholly owned subsidiary company through a transaction involving the exchange of stock shares.
Jul. 2006	Adopted a resolution to dissolve TF Global Gaskets LLC.
Feb. 2007	Established Taiho Manufacturing of Tennessee LLC as its subsidiary.
Jul. 2012	Acquiring 100% shares in Hengye Bearing Materials Co., Ltd (Changzhou), making it its wholly-owned subsidiary.
Oct. 2013	Further invested in Taiho Corporation of Thailand, increasing its shareholding to 74.0%.
Jan. 2018	Operations of Nippon Gasket of America Inc., a consolidated subsidiary, were merged into Taiho Manufacturing of Tennessee LLC, another consolidated company, whereby the company’s name became Taiho Manufacturing of Tennessee, LLC.
Apr. 2019	Absorbed the operations of Taiho Gifu Co., Ltd.