At KYB, you’ll find a group of passionate people who believe in developing the very best and safest products. Good enough does not cut it for products that affect vehicle control, stability and stopping distance. Transporting your family, hauling heavy loads or spirited driving, their products are built correctly with a clear, considered purpose. Their mission embraces education and safety to shops, parts stores and consumers; they believe that knowledge allows for better decisions and better performing vehicles.
KYB is well known as an Original Equipment supplier to new vehicle manufacturers around the globe. They use the same materials, techniques and facilities to build their Aftermarket products. They take pride in offering products that restore your vehicle to how it performed when it was new. In short, they create products that are the correct solution for the application, and they use their products on their own cars and trucks.
Their facilities focus on sustainability practices that include less waste, lower energy usage, and increased recycling. KYB has also partnered with suppliers to improve labor practices around the world. Their Franklin, Indiana manufacturing facility was honored as the 2019 Industrial Plant of the Year for their efforts in wastewater management and environmental quality.
KYB Corporation produces a variety of ride control, hydraulic, and electronic products for use as original equipment and replacement parts in automobiles, motorcycles, trucks, specialty vehicles, buses, aircraft, railroad cars, industrial applications, agricultural applications, and civil engineering projects. Their global headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan.
By consistently developing world class ride control products, KYB has become the world’s largest supplier of OE and aftermarket shocks and struts. Today, their annual sales exceed $4.2 billion. They have 32 facilities in 21 countries, and 15 manufacturing plants in Asia, the United States, and Europe.
While much of KYB’s overall sales are from automotive shock absorbers, they also produce a wide range of hydraulic and electronic equipment used in a variety of applications in many aspects of modern life. Vehicular and transportation applications include power steering systems, automotive electronics, construction equipment, agricultural equipment, special use vehicles, railroading, aircraft, and maritime shipping.
Other KYB product applications include hydraulic equipment used in manufacturing, testing, lifestyle, and civil engineering projects, as well as special needs equipment such as wheelchairs. The varied uses and applications of KYB products and equipment demonstrate their commitment to helping create a safer, more efficient, and more comfortable society.
Years of expertise have helped KYB to become an industry leader not only in shock absorber production but integrated automobile control systems and suspension module production and development.
KYB aftermarket shock absorbers are manufactured using the same factories and technology as for OE. The valving is uprated to allow for the fact that the shock absorbers will be fitted to a vehicle with other worn suspension components, in order to restore the ride as close as possible to how the vehicle was when it was brand new.
KYB provides superior product quality to all of its customers throughout the world in a variety of industries. Since their inception, KYB has persistently pushed to offer ever better products to their customers as a company which practices « Monozukuri » (manufacturing expertise).
They are continuing producing technology aimed ta customer satisfaction which their colleagues all over the world. This is recognized by the company slogan, « Our Precision, Your Advantage ». KYB will never compromise on product quality.
All KYB factories are certified with
ISO 9001, QS 9000, ISO 14001,
and ISO/TS 16949.