3-10 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 236-0004, Japan
Business Overview
-The Company is the largest manufacturer of automotive springs, producing and selling automotive parts such as suspension springs, seats, seat parts, precision parts, and other auto parts.
-The following are the Company's four business areas:
Suspension springs: leaf springs, coil springs, stabilizers, accumulators, torsion bars, stabilizer links, stabilizer linkers, and others
Seats: automotive seats, seat mechanism parts, interior parts, and others
Precision parts: Suspensions for HDDs, mechanical parts for HDDs, wire springs, thin leaf-springs, fasteners (screws), precision-processed parts, and others
Industrial machinery and others: Metal Substrate and others
Shareholders
-Moved to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market from April 2022
(As of Mar. 31, 2022)
Name or Company name
Investment Ratio (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
10.79
The Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
9.88
NORTHERN TRUST CO. (AVFC) RE SILCHESTER INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS INTERNATIONAL VALUE EQUITY TRUST
5.85
Sojitz Corporation
5.82
Mizuho Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
4.19
The Custody Bank of Japan (Trust Account)
4.10
Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
3.75
Mizuho Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
2.54
The Bank of Yokohama
2.52
NORTHERN TRUST CO. (AVFC) RE U.S. TAX EXEMPTED PENSION FUNDS
Suspension spring related products -Coil springs -Stabilizers -Torsion bars -Stabilizer links -Leaf springs -Bonding Bushes -GFRP Leaf Springs -Accumulators
Powertrain, Control device and Exhaust system related products -Valve springs -Flat springs for disc brake -Clutch diaphragms -Wave springs -Arc springs -Wire Springs for Gearboxes -Wave Springs for Gearboxes -Injector Springs -Thin Plate Springs -Disc springs -Wire Spring Products
Seat and Interior/Exterior related products -Sporty seats with active headrest -Air suspension seats -Active headrest structures -Armrest adjusters -Super seals/seats -One motor power seats -Screws, bolts -Control cables -Fatigue Reduction Seats -Door Sunshades -Tonneau Covers
Electric related products -Metal base printed wiring boards -Aluminum substrates -Steel substrates -Other Metal Substrates -In vehicle laser radar actuators -Motor cores -Thin leaf springs -Precision stamped products
Transferred the headquarters to Yokohama and started producing suspension springs at the Yokohama Plant.
Dec. 1943
Ina First Plant opened and started manufacturing of precision springs.
Dec. 1953
Participated in the management of Yokohama Kiko.
Mar. 1954
Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Feb. 1958
Established Nippatsu Seimitsu Kogyo.
Jul. 1996
Acquired a Brazilian suspension spring manufacturer Fabrini , jointly with Rassini (Mexico).
Aug. 1996
In Thailand, NHK Spring (Thailand) launched the second plant for automotive seats and interiors as well as the first plant for precision springs. It also started construction of a second suspension spring plant.
Oct. 1996
Jointly with Lear Corporation (USA), established General Seating (Thailand) to manufacture automotive seats.
Oct. 1996
Established a second suspension plant dedicated to the manufacturing of suspension for HDDs, in Komagane City
Oct. 1996
Moved parking equipment plant from Komaki City, Aichi Pref. to Yasu, Shiga Pref.
Sep. 1997
An affiliate NHK Sales Co., LTD was registered on the over-the-counter market.
Jan. 1998
Bought into the Jamna Group, an Indian automotive suspension coil manufacturer, to which the Company had provided technical assistance for the last 10 years.
Mar. 1998
Closed the Hiroshima Plant to integrate production sites.
Apr. 1998
Established Jamna-NHK-Allevard Suspension jointly with Jamna Group
Sep. 1998
Jointly with Rassini (Mexico), merged Fabrini (Brazil) and NHK-Simebura (Brazil) into Rassini NHK Autopecas.
Jul. 1999
Established a third suspension plant dedicated to the manufacturing of suspensions for HDDs, in Komagane City.
Jul. 2000
Established NHK Parking Systems jointly with NHK Transport.
Oct. 2001
Established Faurecia-NHK and Faurecia-NHK Kyushu jointly with Faurecia S.A. (France)
May 2002
Established a joint venture, NHK-UNI Spring (Guangzho) Co., LTD, in China.
Oct. 2003
Made Horikiri Inc. a consolidated subsidiary.
Nov. 2003
Established NHK Spring Precision (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. in China
Nov. 2003
Established NHK Spring (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in China.
Nov. 2003
Established a joint venture Nat Peripheral (H.K.) in China.
Apr. 2004
Made Uniflex Co., Ltd. a wholly owned consolidated subsidiary.
Dec. 2005
Acquired Tokuhatsu Co., Ltd. from Daido Steel Co., Ltd.
Jan. 2006
Acquired the remaining shares in General Seating of America Inc., making it into its wholly owned subsidiary.
Sep. 2006
Made NHK Precision (Thailand) Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary.
Sep. 2006
Made Tohoku Nippastu Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary.