Ryobi Limited ( ; , ) is a Japanese manufacturer of components for automobiles, electronics, and telecommunications industries. It also sells printing equipment, power tools, and builders' hardware. Ryobi Power Tools and Ryobi Outdoor Power Equipment are brands of Techtronic Industries, used under license from Ryobi Limited.

History

The Ryobi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., was founded in Japan in 1943 and began selling die-cast products in 1944. In 1961, the company began manufacturing offset printing presses and was listed on the

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. Ryobi began production of power tools in 1968. The company's name changed in 1973 to Ryobi, Ltd. Ryobi operates 12 manufacturing facilities across six countries. In 1985, Ryobi launched die casting production in

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, its only manufacturing location in the United States. Ryobi signed an official partnership deal with German football team Hertha Berlin in 2014. In 1991, Ryobi launched production in

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. Techtronic Industries (TTI) acquired Ryobi Limited's North American power tools business in August 2000. In August 2001 TTI acquired Ryobi's European power tools business and in March 2002 TTI acquired two subsidiaries of Ryobi Limited, Ryobi Australia Pty. and Ryobi New Zealand Limited. In 2018, Ryobi transferred the rest of power tools business (Japan, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa markets) to the Kyocera Group.

U.S. operations

Ryobi Die Casting (USA), Inc., is a

, manufacturer of products for the automobile industry. Ryobi Finance Corp. is a financial-operations company of the Ryobi Group located in

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References

External links

Official website
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