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Hoshizaki: The Ice Machine in Every Restaurant
The world leader in commercial ice machines and kitchen equipment, used in restaurants, bars, and hotels across 60+ countries
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The world leader in commercial ice machines and kitchen equipment, used in restaurants, bars, and hotels across 60+ countries
With Shin-Etsu, one of two Japanese firms that supply most of the silicon wafers the entire chip industry is built on
The Japanese company that lets engineers order millions of made-to-spec factory components online and receive them fast
From a 1915 Aichi workshop to a global power-tool brand — the instantly recognisable teal tools on construction sites worldwide
The world leader in single-wafer cleaning equipment — an unavoidable step repeated dozens of times in making every semiconductor
The private, family-owned Japanese company that makes the wire harnesses in roughly a third of the world's cars
From concert grand pianos to beginner flutes — and roughly half the world's digital instruments — Yamaha is the global number one
The global leader in automotive lighting — its headlamps shine from the front of Toyotas, Hondas, and Nissans worldwide
The maker of about 60% of the world's miniature ball bearings — ultra-precision at massive scale, now a components conglomerate
Fanuc and Yaskawa quietly run the world's factories — and they're racing to automate the labour the planet no longer has
Tokyo Electron, Advantest, Shin-Etsu, and Hoya quietly control choke points the entire semiconductor industry depends on
From a Kurume workshop to the worlds second-largest tire maker — revenue, EV strategy, fleet solutions, and sustainability roadmap