The company was founded in 1938 as Showa Aircraft Precision Works.[3] In Japan's drive to develop its military capability in preparation for World War II, Showa supplied aircraft suspension and landing systems to various aircraft manufacturers.[citation needed] Banned from developing or manufacturing aircraft systems after the war, Showa entered the car components industry, using its aircraft knowledge to develop specialist suspension products for motorcycles made by the new company Honda. The relationship between Showa and Honda developed over the years, with Honda Racing Corporation accounting for more than 50% of Showa's business.[citation needed]
In 1950 Showa acquired Rikuo Motorcycle, which made licensed versions of Harley Davidson motorcycles in the 1930s and 1940s.[4] Rikuo brand lasted until 1962. Showa has since become OEM supplier to Harley Davidson.[5]
Showa has overseas facilities in Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam.
Showa was an official IndyCar Series dampers, springs and shock absorber supplier from 2007 to 2011 alongside Penske Racing Shocks which only supplying shocks for Team Penske. Showa remained IndyCar Series shock absorber supplier since 2012 but only for Honda-powered teams.
In October 2019, Showa began to be merged into Hitachi Automotive Systems as their supplier of steering and suspension components, along with Keihin and Nissin Kogyo, also partners of both Honda and Hitachi.[6] The merger was completed in January 2021,[7] with the resulting parts supplier known as Hitachi Astemo (Japanese). The Showa brand continues to be used within this structure.
showa, corporation, showa, brand, high, performance, automotive, motorcycle, outboard, suspension, systems, hitachi, astemo, based, gyoda, saitama, japan, showatypebrandindustryautomotivefoundedoctober, 1938, years, 1938, headquartersgyoda, saitama, prefecture. Showa is a brand of high performance automotive motorcycle and outboard suspension systems of Hitachi Astemo based in Gyoda Saitama in Japan 2 ShowaTypeBrandIndustryAutomotiveFoundedOctober 28 1938 85 years ago 1938 10 28 HeadquartersGyoda Saitama Prefecture 361 850 JapanArea servedWorldwideKey peopleNobuyuki Sugiyama President ProductsAutomotive componentsMotorcycle componentsOutboard componentsRevenueJPY 291 9 billion FY 2017 US 2 7 billion FY 2017 Net incomeJPY 13 8 billion FY 2017 US 130 7 million FY 2017 Number of employees12 761 consolidated as of March 31 2018 ParentHitachi AstemoFootnotes references 1 SHOWA Corporation headquarters in Gyoda Japan The company was founded in 1938 as Showa Aircraft Precision Works 3 In Japan s drive to develop its military capability in preparation for World War II Showa supplied aircraft suspension and landing systems to various aircraft manufacturers citation needed Banned from developing or manufacturing aircraft systems after the war Showa entered the car components industry using its aircraft knowledge to develop specialist suspension products for motorcycles made by the new company Honda The relationship between Showa and Honda developed over the years with Honda Racing Corporation accounting for more than 50 of Showa s business citation needed In 1950 Showa acquired Rikuo Motorcycle which made licensed versions of Harley Davidson motorcycles in the 1930s and 1940s 4 Rikuo brand lasted until 1962 Showa has since become OEM supplier to Harley Davidson 5 Showa has overseas facilities in Brazil Canada China India Indonesia Mexico Spain Taiwan Thailand United Kingdom United States and Vietnam Showa was an official IndyCar Series dampers springs and shock absorber supplier from 2007 to 2011 alongside Penske Racing Shocks which only supplying shocks for Team Penske Showa remained IndyCar Series shock absorber supplier since 2012 but only for Honda powered teams In October 2019 Showa began to be merged into Hitachi Automotive Systems as their supplier of steering and suspension components along with Keihin and Nissin Kogyo also partners of both Honda and Hitachi 6 The merger was completed in January 2021 7 with the resulting parts supplier known as Hitachi Astemo Japanese The Showa brand continues to be used within this structure See also edit nbsp Cars portal nbsp Engineering portal nbsp Companies portalShock absorber Motorcycle suspension Motorcycle fork List of motorcycle suspension manufacturers Showa Aircraft IndustryReferences edit Company Overview SHOWA Corporation Archived from the original on November 5 2018 Retrieved November 23 2018 About the company Financial Times Retrieved November 23 2018 The History of Showa Corporation SHOWA Corporation Retrieved November 23 2018 Alexander Jeffrey W January 1 2009 Japan s Motorcycle Wars An Industry History UBC Press p 82 ISBN 978 0 7748 5844 1 Field Greg Harley Davidson Evolution Motorcycles The Quarto Group p 51 ISBN 978 1 61060 948 7 Hitachi Astemo Co Ltd Saitama No 1 Plant Formerly SHOWA Corporation MarkLines Automotive Industry Portal www marklines com Retrieved December 30 2021 Company Name amp Brand Company Information Hitachi Astemo Ltd www hitachiastemo com Retrieved December 30 2021 External links editOfficial site nbsp This article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Showa Corporation amp oldid 1174276294, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
