- HKS (company)
Infobox Company
name = HKS Co., Ltd.
type =Joint stock company
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foundation =1973
founder = Hiroyuki Hasegawa
Goichi Kitagawa
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location_city = flagicon|Japan Fujinomiya, Shizuoka
location_country =Japan
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key_people = Hiroyuki Hasegawa
Goichi Kitagawa
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industry = automotive accessory, tuning and motorsport
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revenue = 7,940,000,000 yen (2005)
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num_employees = 426 staff (2005)
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homepage = [http://www.hks-power.co.jp/ www.hks-power.co.jp]
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intl =Nihongo|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, a former engineer for
Yamaha Motor Company and Goichi Kitagawa, while the start up capital was supplied bySigma Automotive (hence the name HKS). They began tuning gasoline powered engines in a dairy-farming shed at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan.HKS USA offers import modified cars a wide variety of aftermarket parts to choose from. They range from engine internals such as connecting rods and camshafts to external parts such as full exhaust systems.
Since the late 1980s, HKS has competed in many forms of motorsports including
drag racing , JTCC,JGTC , F3,D1 Grand Prix ,Superbikes , plus many others. They also sponsor many racers to carry the HKS name and to become part of the HKS team. In the past, they notably used the likes ofAnthony Reid (Supertouring /JTCC),Tetsuya Kawasaki (drag racing ),Nobuteru Taniguchi (D1 Grand Prix andTime Attack ),Akira Iida (Time Attack ) to drive for their in-house team.Their revenue at the end of 2005 was 7,940,000,000 yen and they employed 426 staff.
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ee also
*Winner Car and Driver Supercar Challenge
External links
* [http://www.hks-power.co.jp/ HKS official website] Ja icon
* [http://www.hksusa.com/ HKS USA official website]
* [http://www.hkseurope.com/ HKS Europe official website]True High Performance Parts
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