- Business
- Hibino Corporation (2469.T) designs, sells, installs, and maintains professional audio and video equipment; imports and designs sound system equipment; develops, manufactures, and sells acoustic products and industrial noise control products; provides sound and vibration survey, measurement, and consulting services; plans, operates, and rents audio, video, and lighting systems for concerts, events, and business use; dispatches operators and engineers for audio-video systems; designs and installs architectural acoustics, lighting equipment, and industrial noise countermeasures; sells LED displays and peripheral equipment; and operates live music venues including Kennedy House Ginza.
The company operates through segments including Electroacoustics Sales and Construction, Architectural Acoustics and Construction, Concert and Events Service, and Others, serving professionals, consumers, movie theaters, halls, broadcast studios, and event organizers primarily in Japan and internationally across 11 countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, the USA, Australia, and the Netherlands with 29 consolidated subsidiaries and 11 non-consolidated subsidiaries.
Founded on November 13, 1964, and headquartered at 3-5-14 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0075, Japan, Hibino changed its name from Hibino Electro Sound Inc. in 1988.
Recent developments include the acquisition of a majority stake in InSight Systems in Australia on October 30, 2024, to expand workplace technology solutions; a controlling 75% share acquisition in Spectrum Audio in April 2025; a strategic partnership with Riedel Communications via Hibino Intersound Corporation commencing April 2024 for intercom solutions distribution in Japan; a partnership with WIT COLLECTIVE announced June 19, 2025, to develop generative AI entertainment; introduction of PIXELHUE's Q8 4K presentation switcher in Japan on August 28, 2025; and handling video display and audio systems for the NTT Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, announced November 17, 2025.