JTEKT Column systems Corporation (Formerly Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.)

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.column.jtekt.co.jp/en/index_e.php

■Address

2028 Washizu Kosai-shi Shizuoka-ken, 431-0431, Japan

Business Overview

-Manufacturer and supplier of steering columns and shifters. In January 2018, became a wholly owned subsidiary of JTEKT.

Shareholders

-Unlisted company

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Products

Steering columns
-Motorized tilt & telescopic steering columns
-Rake tilt & telescopic steering columns for EPS
-Rake tilt & telescopic steering columns

Shifters
-Standard type manual mode A/T shifters
-Standard type straight A/T shifters

Organization drive parts
-Rolled forming idler pulleys
-Drive plates

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History

Nov. 1944	Fuji Kiko was originally established under the name Fuji Heiki Co., Ltd. (location at Washizu Factory of Fuji Textile & Spinning Co., Ltd.) with 15 million yen in initial capital to manufacture artillery shells for the Toyokawa Naval Plant.
Oct. 1945	Changed the name of company to Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., and also changed its business to the manufacture, process, repair, and sales of machinery and equipment for the textile industry. (Gradually shifted to automotive parts to meet market demand.)
Apr. 1954	Started business with Nissan by producing automotive parts.
Mar. 1966	Listed on the Second Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Nov. 1977	Constructed the Arai Plant in Hamana-gun, Shizuoka Pref., launching operations.
Jul. 1985	Establshed Kyushu Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.
May 1986	Establshed Wakaizumi Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary.
Oct. 1986	Spun off the Sakuma Plant and Shinshiro Plant, establishing Sakuma Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. and Higashi Mikawa Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd., respectively, as subsidiaries.
Dec. 1989	Established Douglas Autotech Corporation (U.S.A) as a joint venture with FFV Autotech AB (Sweden).
Jan. 1993	Acquired all shares of Fuji Autotech AB (Sweden) from Celsius Invest AB, making the company a subsidiary.
Mar. 1996	Established PT Autotech Indonesia (Indonesia) with PT Indomobile Investment (Indonesia) and Marubeni Automotive Sales Co., Ltd.
Sep. 1996	Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Aug. 1999	Business and capital tie-up with Tachi-S Co., Ltd. (headquarters in Akishima City, Tokyo)
Jul. 2000	Established a subsidiary, Fuji Kiko of USA Corporation (FKU)
Oct. 2000	Sakuma Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd. merged FA Co., Ltd. The company name became FA Co., Ltd.
May 2001	Agreed on business tie-up with Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd. (currently JTEKT Corp.) in the area of steering columns. Koyo Seiko acquired 23.71% of Fuji Kiko shares.
Oct. 2002	Established a joint-venture company Fuji Koyo Czech s.r.o. (in the Czech Republic, with Fuji Kiko holding 66.60% of shares) with Koyo Steering Europe S.A.S. (of France, a fully owned subsidiary of Koyo Seiko Co., Ltd.).
Mar. 2004	Established Fuji Autotech USA LLC (FKU holds 66.00%) jointly with FKU and Tachi-S Engineering USA Inc. (Tachi-S's fully owned subsidiary in USA).
Jul. 2004	Acquired shares in Faurecia Systems (which it then converted to Fuji Autotech France S.A.S.), which was a subsidiary of Faurecia S.A. (France) . Its home office and development/manufacturing facility is located in France (Beaulieu). Faurecia Systems became one of the Company's subsidiaries when the Company ended up acquiring 79% of the shares capital).
Jan. 2005	Established Fuji Autotech Guangzhou Co., Ltd. (China), contributing 51% of the capital.
Apr. 2005	Established Fujikiko Kurata Corporatio, contributing 80% of the capital.
Mar. 2006	The Company shifted the function of its French based subsidiary, Fuji Autotech Europe S.A.A. (referred to FAS) to its European headquarters. It will also integrate its European production facilities, aiming to expand its business activities. The following business transactions were conducted: 1. The Company transferred its equity in Fuji Koyo Czech s.r.o and Fuji Autotech France to FAE. 2. Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. (currently JTEKT India Ltd.) also transferred its equity in Fuji Autotech France to FAE. 3. FAE allocated share capital to the Company and Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. in the amount equivalent to what these two companies transferred. FAE became a holding company of Fuji Koyo Czech s.r.o. and Autotech France S.A.S. (The Company owned a 84.13% share).
Aug. 2006	Established a subsidiary, Summit Fujikiko Kurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Thailand), contributing 51% of the capital.
July, 2007	The Company made Guanhzhou Changfu Machinery Co., Ltd. its subsidiary. Guanhzhou Changfu Machinery Co., Ltd. was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Joyu-Fuji Machinery Co., Ltd in April 2006. Joyu-Fuji Machinery Co., Ltd transferred 51% of stocks to the Company.
Mar. 2008	Absorbed its subsidiary, Wakaizumi Fuji Kiko Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010	Established Fuji Kiko Hammerstein Automotive GmbH, contributing 51% of the capital.
Mar. 2011	Established Zhejiang Fu Chong Tai Automotive Parts Co., Ltd., contributing 51% of the capital.
Sep. 2012	Its subsidiary, Fuji Kiko of USA Corp., established Fujikiko Tachi-S Mexico, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico.
Jan. 2013	Established a subsidiary, Fujikiko Europe S.A.S., in France.
Oct. 2013	Established a subsidiary, Fujikiko Mexico, S. A. de C. V. , in Mexico.
Dec. 2013	Established a subsidiary, Fu Chong (Fuzhou) Engineering Co., Ltd., in China.
Apr. 2016	Established a technical center at Washizu Plant.
Jan. 2018	Became a fully owned subsidiary of JTEKT through a take-over bid.
Sep. 2018	Established a subsidiary, FUJI AUTOTECH MOROCCO S.A.S in Morocco.
Apr. 2022	Unified business brand to JTEKT.
Apr. 2023	Company name changed to JTEKT COLUMN SYSTEMS CORPORATION.
Apr. 2024	Merged and absorbed the operations of JTEKT Column Systems Tokai.