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About KYB Corporation (TYO:7242)

KYB Corporation manufactures and sells automotive, hydraulic, and aircraft components worldwide. It offers automotive products, including shock absorbers, hydraulic power steering vane pumps, steer-by-wire steering gear box, steer-by-wire ECU, steer-by-wire reaction force motors, dual pinion systems, EPS actuators, racing EPS, and vane pumps; motorcycle components, such as electronic control suspension system, power-regulated front fork and rear cushion unit, front fork, and electronic control steering dampers; and railroad equipment, such as caliper brakes, oil dampers, inter-car yaw dampers, telescopic shock absorbers, suspension system, and automatic height adjustment and differential pressure valves. The company also provides aircraft components comprising actuators, accumulators, wheel brakes, reservoir modules, and reservoirs for space rockets, as well as steering, tail skid, flight control, and servo actuators; pumps, motors, cylinders, valves, arch cellular communication devices, mini-motion packages, oil buffers, small axial piston pumps, mini-buffers, and gas springs; and special purpose vehicles, including concrete mixer trucks, granule carriers, and tilting drum mixing machines, as well as products for the environment, such as pruned tree shredder trucks, primary crushers, wood crushing type grinding machine, and wood pulverizer. In addition, it provides theater equipment comprising acoustic reflectors, rigging systems, and floor equipment; marine components, such as stern cranes; and sports and welfare products, including chair ski shock absorbers, sports dampers, and vehicle kneeling down systems. The company was formerly known as Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. and changed its name to KYB Corporation in October 2015. KYB Corporation was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.