Type Private Corporation

Industry Forestry equipment, landscape

maintenance
Founded 1 September 2008
Headquarters Ome, J apan
Key people President CEO, Yoshiaki Nagao
Products Industrial chainsaws, string
trimmers, brush cutters, leaf
blowers, edgers, pole pruners,
protective apparel
Website www.yamabiko-corp.co.jp
(http://www.yamabiko-corp.co.jp)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Shindaiwa)
The Yamabiko Corporation is a J apanese manufacturer of
power tools formed with the September 2008 merger of the
Kioritz and Shindaiwa corporations. The brands owned and
distributed by Yamabiko are Kioritz, Shindaiwa and Echo.
The Yamabiko Corporation is based in Ome, J apan.
1 History
1.1 Kioritz Corporation
1.2 Shindaiwa Incorporated
1.3 Merger
2 References
3 External links
Kioritz Corporation
The Kioritz Corporation (J apanese: ) was a global manufacturer of
forestry and agricultural machinery, as well as outdoor power equipment. The
company was founded on 8 September 1947, by the Asamoto brothers,
primarily to manufacture agricultural machinery. Until 1971, the company
operated under the name, Kyoritsu Noki Company. In 1971, the Kyoritsu Noki Company changed its name to
the Kioritz Corporation and launched the CS-302, its first 'professional' saw and the first to bear its distinctive
orange casing.
[1]
It began trading under the Echo brand name in 1978.
[2]
In its founding year, the company launched a revolutionary engine-powered
manual crop duster. Until the 1960s, the company concentrated on the
manufacture of power dusters, mist blowers and other pest control
machinery. The first Kyoritsu Noki brushcutter was introduced in 1960 and
three years later, the company launched its first chainsaw, the Echo CS-80, and the first Kyoritsu Noki tool to
bear the "Echo" brand name. In 1970, Kyoritsu claimed to have 'revolutionised' outdoor cleaning with the PB-9,
a backpack power blower. The Echo brand of hand-held petrol powered tools including chainsaws, bruchcutters,
hedge trimmers and leaf blowers are manufactured in Yokosuka and Morioka, with other major plants in
Shenzhen, China and Lake Zurich, Illinois.
Shindaiwa Incorporated
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Shindaiwa Incorporated is a global manufacturer of welding machines,
generators, agricultural and forestry machinery, and outdoor power
equipment. The company originally manufactured electrical and industrial
products. Shindaiwa launched its first chainsaw in J apan in 1955. In
September 2008, the company merged with Kioritz to form the Yamabiko
Corporation.
[3]
Manufacture of Shindaiwa products in J apan is centered around Yokosuka, Morioka, and
Hiroshima, with other plants in Shenzhen, China, and Lake Zurich, Illinois.
[4]
Merger
On 1 September 2008, Kioritz and Shindaiwa merged under one holding company, the Yamabiko
Corporation.
[5]
^ News (http://www.greenmediaonline.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&
mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=A6A23CD96A1846BFA81199445D309DE6); Green
Media Online; retrieved April 2014.
1.
^ "Product History" (http://www.echo-tools.co.uk/index.php?id=199). echo-tools.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-14. 2.
^ Official Website (http://www.shindaiwa-tools.co.uk/index.php?id=133) 3.
^ "Shindaiwa - The choice of the professional" (http://www.shindaiwa-tools.co.uk/index.php?id=133). Shindaiwa-
tools.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
4.
^ "Shindaiwa operations to merge with Echo Incorporated; News;" (http://www.greenmediaonline.com
/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&
tier=3&nid=A6A23CD96A1846BFA81199445D309DE6). Greenmediaonline.com. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
5.
Yambiko Corp (http://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=6250.T), Reuters news service
Company profile (http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/6250:J P/profile), Bloomberg news service
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