- CEO
- Yasuaki Kaizumi
- Full Time Employees
- 16,778
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Auto - Parts
- Address
- 2-9-13 Nakameguro Tokyo Japan 153-8636
- IPO Date
- Sep 27, 2010
- Business
- Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells automotive lighting equipment, electronic components, and applied electronic products worldwide. Founded in 1920 as Kitano Shokai and incorporated in 1933, the company is headquartered at 2-9-13 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and employs approximately 18,581 people across its group, including 36 consolidated subsidiaries and operations in 18 countries spanning Asia, Europe, North and South America. Its automotive equipment segment offers headlamps including LED, HID, and halogen types; rear combination lamps; turn signal lamps; fog lamps; high-mount stop lamps; motorcycle lamps; and automotive bulbs; the electronic components segment provides LEDs in ultraviolet, visible light, and infrared varieties, liquid crystal displays, optical sensors, and UV-CCL lamps; the applied electronic products segment includes UV sterilization products, LCD backlight units, operating panels, LED lighting for landscapes and roads, camera flash equipment, automotive sensors, medical equipment components, solar radiation sensors, auto-leveling units, rain detection sensors, and ECUs for heated/cooled seats. The company serves major automakers such as Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Ford, and Chrysler, with a focus on next-generation vehicle lighting technologies including ADB systems and optical control systems. Recent developments include the April 2025 integration agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation to form a joint venture for electronic and control components in lamp systems for four- and two-wheeled vehicles via absorption-type splits effective October 2025; the November 2024 acquisition of Angstrom Electric Ltda. in Brazil, renamed Stanley-Angstrom Electric da Amazonia Ltda., to bolster South American production; the April 2024 consolidation of Thai Stanley Electric Public Co., Ltd. through additional share acquisition; the 2022 capital and business alliance with Honda Motor Co., Ltd.; the 2021 launch of the AℓNUV ultraviolet product brand and partnership with Mitsubishi Electric on automotive lamp systems; and the April 2025 absorption merger of Stanley Tsuruoka Manufacturing Co., Ltd. into its Tsuruoka Plant operations alongside the renaming of its Yamagata Plant.