Kiriu Corporation

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.kiriu.co.jp/en/

■Address

2 Omataminamicho, Ashikaga-shi, Tochigi-ken 326-0142 Japan

Business Overview

-Main products are brake discs, brake drums, and knuckles.

-Brake discs accounted for 73% of the company's total sales followed by Brake drums (8%) and Knuckles (5%) in the fiscal year ending March 2026.

Shareholders

-Unlisted Company

(As of Mar. 31, 2026)

Shareholder	Ratio of shareholding (%)
Sumitomo Corp.	100.0

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Products

Brake Parts
Brake discs
Brake drums

Brake Peripheral Parts
Steering knuckles

Air Conditioning Parts
Scroll compressor, etc.

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History

1906	Established for the purpose of manufacturing tools for textile spinning machines.
Jan. 1917	Reorganized as Kiriu Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.
1937	Began production of machine tools such as lathes and turret lathes.
Apr. 1960	Joined Prince Automotive (currently Nissan Motor Co.) Group and began manufacturing of automotive casting components.
Sep. 1961	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Oct. 1962	Moved the Headquarters and the machine tool plant to Kiryu, Gunma.
Oct. 1968	Setup Ashikaga Plant and built the 1st casting plant to increase production of automotive casting parts.
Sep. 1973	Established a subsidiary, Ohu Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. in Funagata-machi, Yamagata Prefecture.
Dec. 1975	Started the production of forklift components and attachments
June, 1978	Kiriu Kohsan, a subsidiary was established, in Akahori-machi, Gunma Prefecture.
Sep. 1992	Invested in Fuhsingji Machine Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
Apr. 1993	Established Kiriu Oita in Innai-machi, Oita Prefecture.
Oct. 1996	Established a subsidiary Kiriu Technology Co., Ltd. in Taiwan
1998	Acquired additional shares of Fuhsingji Machine Co., Ltd. in Taiwan and made it into a subsidiary
Aug. 1998	Established a joint venture subsidiary, Kiriu Buddyprima Indonesia in Indonesia
Dec. 2000	Dissolved the subsidiary, Kiriu Technology Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2001	Suspended the operations of a subsidiary, Kiriu Oita
Mar. 2001	Will spin off the Machine Tool Division in the first half of FY 2001 Changed the name of Kiriu Oita to Kiriu Techno and handed over the operation.
July, 2001	Established a local corporation, Kiriu USA in Kentucky, USA to produce brake drums and discs
Oct. 2001	Changed the company name to Kiriu Corporation.
Dec. 2001	Takeover bid of KIRIU completed. Unison Capital, Inc. acquired 95.4% of the outstanding shares. Unison Industrial Partners, an affiliated company of Unison Capital, will be the parent company.
2002	Reached an agreement to merge with Unison Industrial Partners, the parent company. Was spun off from the Nissan Group. Established a subsidiary named Kiriu USA Corporation. Closed Fuhsingji Machine Co., Ltd. (Taiwan).
2003	Purchased a piece of land and a building in Sawa-Gun, Gunma Prefecture for a new plant. Expanded the plant facilities of Kiriu USA Corporation. Decided to expand its casting operations at P.T. Kiriu Budiprima Indonesia.
2004	Established Kiriu-Lioho Co., Ltd., a manufacturing subsidiary in China, jointly with Lioho Machine Works of Taiwan. Kiriu USA Corporation opened a Detroit office. Sumitomo Corp. acquired the shares in the Company that were owned by Unison Capital.
2005	Established Kiriu Samick jointly with Samick LMS of Korea.
Jan. 2006	Decided to establish Kiriu (Thailand) Co.,Ltd. in Thailand. Decided to set up Kiriu Mexicana S.A.de C.V. in Mexico.
2007	Established Munjal Kiriu Industries Pvt. Ltd. jointly with Hero Motors Limited of India.
2008 Jan.	Established Kiriu Oita Corp. in Oita Pref., Japan.
Aug. 2010	Absorbed Kiriu Kosan into its own operations.
Feb. 2011	Increased its investment in Munjal Kiriu Industries Pvt. Limited, adding the Indian production company to its consolidated financial statements.
Apr. 2012	Acquired capital in Fujiwa Machinery Industry (Hubei) Co, Ltd., manufacturing facility in China.
Sep. 2015	Reorganized Kiriu Ilrim Autoparts Machine (Yantai) Co., Ltd. to Kiriu Techno (Yantai) Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2021	Asama Giken Co., Ltd. became a subsidiary company
Aug. 2021	Closed a subsidiary, KIRIU TECHNO (YANTAI) Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2022	Acquired and absorbed the operations of Kiriu Techno Co., Ltd.