THK (company)

THK Co., Ltd. (THK株式会社, THK Kabushiki-gaisha) is a major Japanese company which manufactures machinery components.[2] The company is known for linear motion guides, ball spline, ball screws and link balls.[4] THK is reported to have 38 subsidiary companies, 13,000 employees and in 2017 had gross revenues of just over US$2.5 billion.[5] THK is credited with developing the world's first linear motion guide, which is one of the company's important product ever since.[6]

THK Co., Ltd.
Native name
THK株式会社
Public (K.K)
Traded asTYO: 6481
ISINJP3539250005
IndustryMachinery
FoundedApril 10, 1971 (1971-04-10)
Headquarters
Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8506
,
Japan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Akihiro Teramachi
(President and CEO)
Products
  • Linear motion guides
  • Ball screws
  • Link ball joints
  • Suspension ball joints
Revenue JPY 353.4 billion (FY 2018)
(US$ 3.2 billion)
JPY 35.4 billion (FY 2018)
(US$ 324 million)
Number of employees
13,478 (consolidated, as of December 31, 2018)
Websitewww.thk.com/jp/ 
Footnotes / references
[1][2][3]

Robotics

The company is also active in the field of robotics. In 2017 the company introduced a service robot named ARISA, a guide robot that will work in the subway stations of Tokyo.[7]

References
  1. "Company Profile". THK. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  3. "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. Mohammed, Shaukat (March 27, 2018). "THK to set up unit in AP". The Times of India. The Times Group. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  5. "THK Co., Ltd. - Financial Statements". D&B Hoovers. Dun & Bradstreet. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
  6. Mallett, Kent (October 19, 2018). "THK encourages students to consider manufacturing career". Newark Advocate. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  7. Babe, Ann (January 8, 2019). "Tokyo's Talking Subway Robots". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved April 18, 2019.


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