Denso

Denso Corporation (株式会社デンソー) is a global automotive components manufacturer headquartered in the city of Kariya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

After becoming independent from Toyota Motors, Nippon Denso Co. Ltd. (日本電装株式会社) was founded in 1949. About 25% of the company is owned by Toyota Motor. Despite being a part of Toyota Group of companies, as of year ended March 2016, sales to Toyota Group accounts for less than 50% of the total revenue (44% of the revenue originate from other car manufacturers in Japan, Germany, U.S. and China). Currently, Denso ranks the fourth largest auto parts supplier.

As of 2013, Denso Corporation consisted of 184 subsidiaries (68 in Japan, 34 in the Americas, 34 in Europe and 48 in Asia/Oceania) with a total of 132,276 employees. The company is further escalating its global production structure by establishing manufacturing complexes in India, Mexico and Indonesia in order to accommodate further global demand for their products. In 2013 Denso was listed at #242 on the Fortune 500 list with a total revenue of $43.1 billion.