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- KYB Corporation manufactures and sells automotive, hydraulic, and aircraft components worldwide; its core products include shock absorbers, hydraulic power steering vane pumps, steer-by-wire steering gear boxes, steer-by-wire ECUs, reaction force motors, dual pinion systems, EPS actuators, racing EPS, and vane pumps for automobiles; electronic control suspension systems, power-regulated front forks, rear cushion units, front forks, and electronic control steering dampers for motorcycles; caliper brakes, oil dampers, inter-car yaw dampers, telescopic shock absorbers, suspension systems, and automatic height adjustment and differential pressure valves for railroad equipment; actuators, accumulators, wheel brakes, reservoir modules, reservoirs for space rockets, steering, tail skid, flight control, and servo actuators for aircraft; pumps, motors, cylinders, valves, arch cellular communication devices, mini-motion packages, oil buffers, small axial piston pumps, mini-buffers, and gas springs for hydraulic components; concrete mixer trucks, granule carriers, and tilting drum mixing machines as special purpose vehicles; pruned tree shredder trucks, primary crushers, wood crushing type grinding machines, and wood pulverizers for environmental applications; acoustic reflectors, rigging systems, and floor equipment for theater applications; stern cranes for marine components; and chair ski shock absorbers, sports dampers, and vehicle kneeling down systems for sports and welfare. Founded in 1919 as Kayaba Research Center and headquartered at World Trade Center Building South Tower 28F, 2-4-1 Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-5128, Japan, the company operates through segments including automotive components (accounting for about 71% of recent half-year sales), hydraulic components, aircraft components, and special-purpose vehicles and others, serving original equipment manufacturers, aftermarkets, industrial, construction, railroad, aviation, and marine sectors primarily in Japan, Asia, Europe, and North America with 12,951 consolidated employees. In recent developments, KYB Corporation commenced a tender offer in February 2025 for shares of Chita Kogyo Co., Ltd. (code 5993) valued at approximately 110 million USD following Japan Fair Trade Commission approval, executed a two-for-one stock split of common shares on December 3, 2024, dissolved its concrete construction equipment joint venture in India in January 2025, and reported strong first-half fiscal 2025 results with net sales of 230.8 billion yen (up 8.1% year-over-year), operating profit of 20.7 billion yen, and profit attributable to owners of 17.1 billion yen as of September 30, 2025.