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Founding Date | Founding Date 1962 | Founding Date 1832 | Founding Date 1907 | Founding Date 1919 | Founding Date 1918 |
Type | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations Chiyoda City, JP HQ Düsseldorf, DE Hong Kong, HK Alwar, IN Karawang, ID Chikusei, JP Hitachi, JP see more | Locations Osaka, JP HQ Amagasaki, JP Chiyoda City, JP Chiyoda City, JP Kobe, JP Nagoya, JP Nagoya, JP see more | Locations Tokyo, JP HQ Asahi, JP Chiba, JP Chiba, JP Okazaki, JP Osaka, JP Tokushima, JP | Locations Chiyoda, JP HQ Shanghai, CN Shanghai, CN Düsseldorf, DE Niigata, JP Nishigō, JP Tokyo, JP see more | |
Employees | Employees 16,42629% decrease | Employees 7,4841% decrease | Employees 18,630 | Employees 11,178 | Employees 8,1463% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 2.3 b | Valuation ($) 996.7 m | Valuation ($) 2.4 b | Valuation ($) N/A |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) ¥631.4b (FY, 2019) | Revenue (est.) ¥972.8b (FY, 2026) | Revenue (est.) ¥502.3b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) ¥586.5b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) ¥773.6b (FY, 2025) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods ¥476b (FY, 2019) | Cost of goods ¥778b (FY, 2026) | Cost of goods ¥348.1b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods ¥379.3b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods ¥579.9b (FY, 2025) |
Gross profit | Gross profit ¥155.5b (FY, 2019) | Gross profit ¥194.8b (FY, 2026) | Gross profit ¥154.3b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit ¥207.2b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit ¥193.7b (FY, 2025) |
Net income | Net income ¥16.6b (FY, 2019) | Net income ¥33.9b (FY, 2026) | Net income ¥14.9b (FY, 2025) | Net income ¥50.5b (FY, 2025) | Net income ¥50.9b (FY, 2025) |

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