- CEO
- Naohiro Takao
- Full Time Employees
- 8,061
- Sector
- Producer manufacturing
- Industry
- Auto parts: OEM
- Address
- Omiya JP Building Saitama ST Japan 330-0854
- IPO Date
- Apr 26, 1996
- Business
- G-Tekt Corporation G-Tekt Corporation (5970.T) manufactures and sells automotive body components, transmission parts, dies, and welding equipment primarily for automakers worldwide; its core products include auto body frame parts such as dashboards, side structures, front pillars, center pillars, rear pillars, damper housings, front wheel housings, bulkheads, side sills, and frames; transmission components leveraging precision press processing for chain-driven continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) like Lineartronic; transportation equipment parts encompassing pressed parts and thick precision stamped parts; and production systems featuring in-house designed press dies, jigs, tools, welding lines, and specialized equipment such as servo transfer presses and three-dimensional vision robots. The company operates through six geographic segments including Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, China, and South America, with manufacturing facilities spanning 12 countries, 28 factories plus recent additions like the Nansha Plant in China and Chubu Plant in Japan; it maintains sales and engineering sites in Detroit, Munich, and Shanghai to support customer development from new model stages, emphasizing weight reduction, collision safety, fuel economy, and environmental performance via technologies like hot stamping, thickness-increasing processing, and simulation-driven die design. Founded in 2011 through the merger of Kikuchi Co., Ltd. (established 1953) and Takao Kinzoku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (established 1952), G-Tekt Corporation is headquartered at Omiya JP Building in Saitama-city, Japan, and employs approximately 8,391 people with 1,203 in Japan; it lists on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Recent developments include the signing of a partial ablation license agreement with ArcelorMittal in 2024 to expand ArcelorMittal Multi Part Integration technology in Japan for large integrated body structures in electric vehicles, enhancing production efficiency and reducing environmental impact; ongoing investments in EV-related technologies and facilities, including a planned third plant in Guangzhou, China; and operational expansions with new factories commencing in fiscal year 2024 to align with accelerating electrification trends and global OEM strategies.