, commonly called as , is regarded as one of the world's leading
spring manufacturers. NHK also makes seats for
automobile
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, peopl ...
s, suspension systems for
disk read-and-write head
A disk read-and-write head is the small part of a disk drive that moves above the disk platter and transforms the platter's magnetic field into electric current (reads the disk) or, vice versa, transforms electric current into magnetic field ...
s used in
hard-disk
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnet ...
drives, industrial machinery & equipment and security services.
The company shares its initials, NHK, with the
Japan Broadcasting Corporation, although it registered its trademark before the establishment of the latter organization.
The company is listed on the first section of the
Tokyo Stock Exchange
The , abbreviated as Tosho () or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan.
The exchange is owned by Japan Exchange Group (JPX), a holding company that it also lists (), and operated by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., a wholly owned sub ...
and has 51
subsidiaries
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unl ...
, 23 in Japan and 28 overseas.
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Auto parts suppliers of Japan
Manufacturing companies based in Yokohama
Manufacturing companies established in 1939
Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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Japanese companies established in 1939
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