The Yazaki Corporation is one of Asia’s largest and the world’s 13th-largest auto parts supplier as of 2015. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Yazaki earned approximately $17.6 billion in the 2017 fiscal year. Of that total revenue, 34.5 per cent is from Japan, 30.5 from the Americas, 17.8 from Asia and Oceana and 17.2 from Europe. The company has three main business divisions: electrical distribution systems, electronics and instrumentation, and components. Their products include electrical cables, meter and auto instruments, gas equipment, air conditioning and solar-powered systems. Yazaki deals directly with some of the world’s leading auto manufacturers such as Toyota, Honda, GM, Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Tesla, Subaru, Nissan, Mazda and Jaguar Land Rover. Their electrical distribution division is estimated to have an approximate 30 per cent global market share. Yazaki was at the leading edge of many eco-friendly innovations, such as the world’s first solar thermal powered air conditioning system in 1974, as well as the world’s first wood biomass energy air conditioning system in 2008. The Yazaki Corporation has operations in Oceania, North America, South America, Europe and Africa. Combined, they employ just over 306,000 people as of June 2018.
- Family name: Yazaki family
- Sector: Automotive & Transportation
- Founded: 1941
- Founder: Sadami Yazaki
- Country: Japan
- Company headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Revenue: 14.5
- Employees: 280,000
- Website: yazaki-group.com
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