- Business
- Lecip Holdings Corporation (7213.T), a Japan-based holding company founded in 1948 and headquartered in Motosu, Gifu, primarily engages in the planning, design, manufacture, and sale of transportation and industrial equipment through its subsidiaries including Lecip Corporation and Lecip Inc.; its core offerings encompass bus transport equipment such as automated fare collection systems, transit management systems, validators, fareboxes, LCD displays, LED destination displays, and interior lights; rail products including LED lights, light guide panel LEDs, and fluorescent lights; automobile components like LED lamp units and lighting products; and industrial equipment comprising uninterruptible power supplies, battery-driven forklift rechargers, LED power supply units, neon and ignition transformers, and engine generator controllers, with operations spanning Japan, the United States, Singapore, and Sweden. The company operates in two main segments: transportation equipment, which includes fare collection and operation management systems alongside automotive lighting for buses, railways, and automobiles and accounted for 21.69 billion yen in sales for fiscal year 2025; and industrial equipment focused on energy management systems for eco-lighting, high-voltage, and power supply applications. Recent developments include Lecip Inc., its U.S. subsidiary, securing a major contract in December 2023 with TriMet for a farebox cash collection system set to commence operations in 2025, marking the largest such project in U.S. history for the group and involving development, implementation, maintenance, and operational support potentially extended via options; ongoing expansions in mobile ticketing solutions such as QUICK TRIP Ticket for regional taxi services in Japan including serial locations like Shirahama, Kushimoto, and Nachikatsuura as of November 2025; and new deployments like the bus departure guidance display system at Fuji Mountain Shizuoka Airport and development of the hanica smartphone app for Hankyu and Hanshin buses' IC cards.