- Business
- Kokusai Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells testers, measurement instruments, and automatic inspection equipment for motors, rotating equipment, tires, and wheels primarily for the automotive and industrial sectors. Established in 1969 and headquartered in Tama-shi, Tokyo, Japan, the company operates through five regional segments covering Japan and international markets including the United States, China, Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan; its core products encompass dynamic balancing machines, tire balancers for production lines, tire uniformity machines and tire-wheel assembly balancers, tire drum durability testing machines, road wheel balance and runout measuring equipment, tire balance weight appliers, shaft straightening machines, coil winding testers, comprehensive motor testers for production lines, gear testers for single and double tooth surfaces, seismic systems, electric servo motor-driven vibration testers, and electrodynamic vibration testers. Kokusai serves tire manufacturers, automobile assembly lines, motor producers, and home appliance makers with equipment for vibration analysis, balance correction, and quality inspection; subsidiaries include Kokusai, Inc. in the United States, Korea Kokusai Co., Ltd., Thai Kokusai Co., Ltd., and High-Precision Kokusai Shanghai Corporation in China. In recent developments, the company reports strong financial recovery with consolidated operating profit turning positive in the first quarter of fiscal year ending March 2026, driven by expanded capital investments from automotive manufacturers in China and Asia; it completed an equity buyback program in May 2025, repurchasing 63,200 shares for 35.08 million yen, and upwardly revised its full-year consolidated earnings forecasts and dividends amid robust demand for tire and motor testing equipment.