Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. (7238.T) JPX

121.00

-5(-3.97%)

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Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.

Address

19-5, Nihonbashi Koami-cho

Tokyo, 103-8534

Japan

Phone

81 3 3668 5171

Sector

Consumer Cyclical

Industry

Auto - Parts

Employees

5548

First IPO Date

January 01, 2001

Key Executives

NameTitlePayYear Born
Mr. Jean Humbert Louis de Villardi de MontlaurHead of European Operations, Assistant to the President & Chief Executive Officer01952
Mr. Hiroshi NagaokaPresident & Chief Executive Officer01962
Mr. Masaaki AndoExecutive Officer, Chief Operating Officer & Director01965
Norihide IshidaExecutive Officer0N/A
Ryoko MaejoExecutive Officer0N/A
Seiji NishimuraExecutive Officer & Chief Quality Officer0N/A
Takao WatanabeExecutive Officer0N/A

Description

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, and sells brakes, and related components and parts Japan, North America, Europe, and other Asian countries. The company offers disc brake calipers, disc brake pads, disc rotors, drum brake linings, drum brake shoes, wheel cylinders, drum-in-hat brakes, brake drums, sensors, etc. for automobiles; and disc brake calipers, disc brake pads, master cylinders, and others for motorcycles. It also provides brakes for rolling stock, including disc brakes and brake linings for bullet trains, brake linings for regular trains, disc brakes for monorail, brake linings for rolling stock, brake shoes for railroad trains, etc. In addition, the company offers brakes for industrial machinery, such as drum brakes for forklifts, clutch facings for car air conditioner units, brake shoes for elevators, etc., as well as disc brakes for wind turbine generators and rough terrain cranes. Further, it provides sensor products comprising accelerometers, angular rate sensors, and sensor clusters; vehicle behavior detection and wireless portable vibration measurement devices; and inclinometers, concrete filing detectors, light emitting inclination sensors/pockets, and earthquake detectors for long-wave seismic motors. The company was formerly known as Akebono Sekimen Kogyo Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. in 1960. Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.