Ichikoh
Japanese auto parts manufacturer
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Ichikoh Industries, Ltd. (市光工業株式会社; Ichikō Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer which mainly produces automotive lights and mirrors.[1] As an original equipment manufacturer, it competes with Stanley Electric and Koito Manufacturing.
| Ichikoh | |
Native name | 市光工業株式会社 |
Romanized name | Ichikō Kōgyō Kabushiki gaisha |
| Type | Kabushiki gaisha |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | June 20, 1903 |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Key people | Haiko Sawa (President and CEO) |
| Brands | PIAA |
| Revenue | ¥113,859 million (2017) |
| ¥2,469 billion (2017) | |
| ¥2,856 million (2017) | |
| Total assets | ¥109,634 million (2017) |
| Parent | Valeo |
| Website | www |
History
Ichikoh resulted from the 1967 partnership and 1968 merger of two companies: Hakkosha Co., Ltd. (株式会社白光舎; Kabushiki-gaisha Hakkōsha), founded in June 1903 as a manufacturer of signal lamps, and Ichikawa Manufacturing (市川製作所; Ichikawa Seisakusho), founded in April 1916 as an auto parts manufacturer.[2] In 1987, the company launched an American branch, Ichikoh Manufacturing, Inc. (IMI), in Kentucky, which was liquidated in 2007.[2]
In 2000, Ichikoh entered a partnership with French auto parts maker Valeo, with a plant in Foshan, China opening in 2006 as a joint venture between the two companies.[2]
Ichikoh became a subsidiary of Valeo in 2017, and its mirror manufacturing operations were spun off in 2023.[2]
