- Business
- Nichirin Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells automotive hoses, housing hoses, and related piping parts primarily for automobiles, motorcycles, and residential applications. The company offers braking hoses, hydraulic and pneumatic hoses, power steering hoses, air conditioning hoses, automatic transmission fluid hoses, air brake hoses, clutch hoses, ESC hoses, CNG hoses, oil cooler hoses, suspension hoses, urea SCR hoses, vacuum brake hoses, EF-TUBE units, and oil cooler units for automotive use; brake, clutch, fuel, oil cushion, and cooler hoses for motorcycles; mixing faucet hoses and toilet hoses for residential applications; as well as non-life insurance agency services and environmental improvement and labor services. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in Kobe, Japan, Nichirin operates production facilities and sales offices in Japan, North America, China, Asia, and Europe, serving a diversified global customer base that includes major original equipment manufacturers in the automotive sector. In August 2025, the company acquired ATCO Products, a Texas-based supplier of air conditioning fittings, tubing, and hoses for heavy-duty trucks, marking its entry into the North American heavy-duty vehicle market and complementing its existing light vehicle focus as part of the NICHIRIN New Sustainable Development Plan. Formerly known as Nichirin Rubber Industrial Co., Ltd., it changed its name in July 1991 and maintains a dominant position, including nearly 100% market share in Japan for motorcycle brake hoses.