Juki (stylized as JUKI) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of industrial sewing machines and domestic sewing machines, as well as high-technology SMT (surface mount technology) assembly equipment and is headquartered in Tama-shi, Tokyo. It is one of the leading industrial machine manufacturers. JUKI used to rank as the largest industrial sewing machine manufacturer in the world.[3] Headquartered in Japan, the company currently has manufacturing facilities in Japan, China, and Vietnam, and markets its products on six continents, in about 170 countries.[3]
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| JUKI | |
Native name | JUKI 株式会社 |
| Formerly | Tokyo Juki Industrial Company, Ltd. |
| Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 6440 | |
| Industry | Machinery |
| Founded | Tokyo (December 15, 1938) |
| Headquarters | Tsurumaki, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8551, Japan |
Key people | Akira Kiyohara (Representative Director Chairman & CEO) Shinsuke Uchinashi (Representative Director President & COO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  JPY 101.3 billion (FY 2021) |
| JPY 2.15 billion (FY 2021) | |
Number of employees | 5,255 (consolidated, as of December 31, 2021) |
| Divisions | Juki Jin |
| Website | Juki Cooperation Juki America Inc |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Until 1988, the company was known as Tokyo Juki Industrial Company, Ltd. The company motto, which doubles as a customer creed, is "Mind & Technology" (as in "emotionally accessible technology").
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The company produces sewing machines for the home or hobbyist market as well as various machines for the textile industry.[4]
In February 2013, Juki and Sony Corp. entered negotiations to discuss a merger of their SMT equipment businesses.[5][6] Since then, JUKI Corporation has successfully established themselves in the area of SMT assembly equipment around the world, with dedicated sales and service entities in key markets, such as Europe through JUKI Automation Systems GmbH,[7] headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany and the Americas through JUKI Automation Inc,[8] headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, US.
In October 2018, the company announced a cooperative project with Hitachi that uses IoT-based digital innovation to optimize manufacturing processes, improving the production of printed circuit boards by tracking inventory control and improving small lot production.[9]
See also
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Notes and references
edit- ^ "Corporate Outline". JUKI Corporation. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "Company Snapshot - Financials". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ a b Sevastopulo, Demetri (December 15, 2014). "Juki, the supreme sewing machine for the global rag trade". Financial Times. Pearson PLC. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "Description of business". JUKI Official. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
- ^ "Juki, Sony In Talks To Merge Parts-Mounting-Device Ops". The Nikkei. February 7, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Buetow, Mike (February 6, 2013). "Juki, Sony to Talk SMT Merger". Circuits Assembly. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
- ^ JUKI Automation Systems GmbH
- ^ JUKI Automation Inc
- ^ "JUKIと日立、IoTを活用したプリント基板生産ラインの最適化で協業" [JUKI and Hitachi Collaborate on Optimization of Printed Circuit Board Production Line Utilizing IoT]. ZDNet Japan (in Japanese). October 17, 2018.