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KYB Corporation
Japanese automotive company
KYB Corporation (KYB株式会社, KYB kabushiki gaisha, formerly Kayaba Kogyo kabushiki gaisha (カヤバ工業株式会社) until 1 October 2015) is a Japanese, Tokyo-based automotive company.[3]
Among KYB's main products company are shock absorbers, air suspensions, power steering systems, hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders, and valves.[4] It is one of the world's largest shock absorber manufacturers and it also has the largest market share of concrete mixer trucks in Japan, with 85% of the market.[5]
The company has 34 manufacturing plants and 62 offices in 21 countries.[6] KYB's American aftermarket distribution of automotive shocks and struts is headquartered in Greenwood, Indiana, with additional KYB manufacturing and distribution facilities in metro Chicago, Southern California, and metro Indianapolis.[7] KYB Americas employs more than 100 people in all facilities. Shocks and struts for vehicles are the most popular KYB products distributed in North America.