- Business
- Mars Group Holdings Corporation Mars Group Holdings Corporation (6419.T), formerly Mars Engineering Corporation, manufactures and sells entertainment machinery and peripheral equipment for amusement facilities in Japan. The company operates through three main segments: amusement-related, automatic identification systems, and hotel-related businesses; it develops, manufactures, and sells products including pre-paid card vending machines, ticket readers, banknote validators, card readers, pachinko-related equipment, RFID systems, bar code scanners, two-dimensional code readers, and X-ray inspection systems; and it provides electronic devices, information processing equipment, mechatronics products such as vending machines and card printers, software development, construction supervision, real estate leasing, content distribution, and printed advertising production. In the automatic identification segment, Mars Group Holdings Corporation proposes and sells systems for medicine, education, libraries, and factory automation; the hotel segment manages operations including hotels and restaurants in Fukuoka, Shizuoka, and Tokyo; the company was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, with approximately 630 employees serving primarily domestic markets in the casinos and gaming sector. Recent developments include a name change from Mars Engineering Corporation to Mars Group Holdings Corporation, reflecting its expanded holding structure; the company reported net sales growth to 36.58 billion JPY for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, up 79.77% year-over-year, driven by amusement and identification system segments; and it continues to expand manufacturing capabilities, including historical plant expansions like the Higashi Fuji facility, while maintaining steady dividend payouts such as JP¥120 in December 2024.