Aichi Steel
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| legal form | KK |
| ISIN | JP3103600007 |
| founding | 1934 |
| Seat | Wanowari, Arao-chō, Tōkai , Aichi Prefecture , Japan |
| management | Yuji Shibata Akiyoshi Morita |
| Number of employees | > 3000 (2008) |
| sales | approx. 270 million euros worldwide ( business year April 1, 2007 - March 31, 2008 ) |
| Website | Aichi-steel.co.jp |
Aichi Steel Corporation ( Japanese 愛 知 製鋼 株式会社 , Aichi Seikō kabushiki kaisha ; " Aichi Steel Production Corporation") is a Japanese steel company. It was founded in January 1934 by Toyoda Kiichirō as the steel production department of KK Toyota Jidō Shokki (English Toyota Industries Corp. ). In 1940 it was spun off as Toyota Seikō KK and renamed Aichi Seikō KK in 1945.
Today the company is one of the largest steel processing groups in Japan, and electromagnetic components and electronic components such as sensors are also designed and produced. Aichi Steel is a subsidiary of Toyota Industries and has four plants in Japan and other representative offices and trading posts worldwide. Aichi Steel's fiscal year 2008 sales were 355 million yen.