HKS Co., Ltd.
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HKS Co., Ltd. (株式会社エッチ・ケー・エス Kabushiki-gaisha Ecchi Kē Esu?) (JASDAQ: 7219) is a publicly traded automotive accessory company headquartered in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
The company was formed in 1973 by Hiroyuki Hasegawa and Goichi Kitagawa making the H and K in the name. Start up capital was supplied by Sigma Automotive giving the S in HKS.
HKS has since by the late 1980's competed in many forms of motorsports including drag racing, JTCC, JGTC, F3, D1 Grand Prix, Superbikes, plus many others
They have 407 employees
They also sponsor many racers to carry the HKS name and to become part of the HKS team. Mickiel Hiles and his master machanic Shaun Herring, and Mohammed Hoosein as one of there sponsored racers has attended many auto shows and shown off his ride to the public and advertise for HKS.
Their revenues at the end of 2005 was $68 Million worldwide or 7,940,000,000 yen.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) HKS Official website
- (English) HKS USA
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