Ryobi

Ryobi Limited (リョービ株式会社, Ryōbi Kabushiki-kaisha, Japanese: [ɾʲoːꜜbi]; English: /raɪˈoʊbi/ or /riˈoʊbi/) is a Japanese manufacturer of components for automobiles, electronics, and telecommunications industries. It also sells printing equipment, power tools, and builders' hardware.[3] Ryobi Power Tools and Ryobi Outdoor Power Equipment are brands of Techtronic Industries, used under license from Ryobi Limited. Techtronic Industries also owns Milwaukee Electric Tool, AEG (AEG Powertools, licensed from Electrolux), Homelite, Hoover US, Dirt Devil, and Vax.

Ryobi Limited
Native name
リョービ株式会社
TypePublic KK
TYO: 5851
ISINJP3975800008
IndustryMachinery
FoundedDecember 16, 1943 (1943-12-16)
Headquarters
Fuchu, Hiroshima 726-8628
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Akira Urakami
(President)
Products
Revenue JPY 254.5 billion (FY 2015) (US$ 2.25 billion) (FY 2015)
JPY 9.3 billion (FY 2015) (US$ 94.6 million) (FY 2015)
Number of employees
8,993 (as of March 26, 2016)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]
Ryobi 4 color offset press

History

Ryobi Seisakusho Co., Ltd. was founded in 1943, with the sale of die cast products commencing a year later. In 1961 the company began manufacturing offset printing presses and was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange; production of power tools began in 1968. The company's name changed in 1973 to its current one.[4] Ryobi operates 12 manufacturing facilities across six countries. In 1985, Ryobi launched production in Shelbyville, Indiana, its only manufacturing location in the United States.[5] Ryobi signed an official partnership deal with German football team Hertha Berlin in 2014.[6]

United States operations

Ryobi Die Casting (USA) Incorporated, is a Shelbyville, Indiana manufacturer of products for the automobile industry.

Ryobi Finance Corporation is a financial operations company of the Ryobi Group located in Chicago, Illinois.

References
  1. "Corporate Information". Ryobi Ltd. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  2. "Ryobi Annual Report ()2016)" (PDF). Ryobi Ltd. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  3. "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  4. "Corporate Information - History". Ryobi Ltd. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  5. "USA - Ryobi to expand Indiana operation". Foundry-Planet Ltd. July 29, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
  6. Dudley, George (July 6, 2016). "Ryobi extends partnership with Hertha Berlin". SportsPro. Retrieved October 18, 2016.


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