Ōbayashi-gumi
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| legal form | KK |
| ISIN | JP3190000004 |
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Minato , Tokyo Prefecture , Japan
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| management | Toru Shiraishi |
| Number of employees | 13,432 |
| sales | 1,773 billion yen (14.1 billion euros ) |
| Branch | construction |
| Website | www.obayashi.co.jp |
| As of March 31, 2015 | |
KK Ōbayashi-gumi ( Japanese 株式会社 大林 組 , Kabushiki kaisha Ōbayashi-gumi , Eng . "Ōbayashi-Gruppe", Eng. Obayashi Corporation ), listed in the Nikkei 225 , is one of the five largest construction companies (Super- Zenekon ) next to Shimizu , Takenaka , Kajima and Taisei in Japan . The company's headquarters are in Minato , Tokyo Prefecture .
The group was founded in Osaka in 1892 . The company operates in Japan and a few other countries, particularly Southeast Asia and Australia, but also in the United States and Europe.
Significant major construction projects include the Kyoto Station , the Koshien Stadium , the Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Center and the Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo.
The company plans to build a space elevator by 2050 .