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is a global automotive parts supplier with a focus on wire harnesses, instruments and components such as connectors and terminals. The company's origin and headquarters are in Japan, but in 2011, roughly 90% of its employees are outside the home country. Yazaki ranks among the largest worldwide automotive suppliers, ranked 16th by the industry journal Automotive News in 2010.〔http://www.cieautomotive.com/uploaded_files/noticias/docs/S2947zr_news_100_tops.pdf〕 As of 2014, the Yazaki Group employs over 257,100 people globally at 462 sites in 44 countries(Japan: 21,200, Europe & Africa: 36,500, Americas: 74,100, Asia & Oceania: 125,300).〔Company report 2014: http://www.yazaki-group.com/global/ser/2014.html〕 The total net sales in 2013 were over $15.6 billion US dollars. The company's product lineup includes electrical cables, meter and auto instruments, gas equipment, air-conditioning, and solar-powered systems. As a first tier supplier, Yazaki sells chiefly to auto makers, and, to a lesser extent, electric power, gas, and general construction companies. Yazaki is among the top 100 companies receiving the most US patents. 〔Hoovers company profiles: http://www.hoovers.com/company/Yazaki_Corporation/hxkfti-1-1njht4-1njfaq.html, retrieved 2012-4-5〕 With "A Corporation in Step with the World" and "A Corporation Needed by Society" as their corporate policy, Yazaki is committed to being environment-friendly in every aspect of their business. Yazaki has developed and produced a long line of eco-friendly and energy saving products, inventing the world's first solar thermal powered air conditioning system in 1974, and the world's first wood biomass energy air conditioning system in 2008.〔About Yazaki: http://www.yazaki-group.com/global/about/〕 The Yazaki Group is headquartered in the Mita-Kokusai Building (三田国際ビル ''Mita Kokusai Biru'') in Mita, in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.〔"(Japan )." Yazaki. Retrieved on June 18, 2015. "Headquarters 17th Floor, Mita-Kokusai Bldg., 4-28 Mita 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8333 Japan" - (Japanese address ): "本 社 〒108-8333 東京都港区三田1-4-28 三田国際ビル17F"〕 The company has its European headquarters in Cologne, Germany and the North American headquarters in Canton, Michigan. ==History and expansion== Starting as a small Japanese family business selling wiring harnesses for automobiles in 1929, Yazaki Group in 2011 employs more than 192,000 people worldwide, with ca. 90% of them (171.000) outside of Japan.<〔http://www.yazaki-group.com/global/pdf/ser2011_02-06.pdf〕 After World War II, Yazaki focused on automotive wire harness production and grew rapidly. Overseas growth increased strongly between 1974 and the 1990s. There were external and internal reasons for this increase. The main external reason was the general trend of Japanese automotive companies to move production abroad to avoid trade sanctions in this period.〔Womack, J. P., D. T. Jones, & D. Roos. 1991 (). The Machine That Changed the World. New York: Harper Perennial.〕 This strategy change was accompanied by a change of leadership within Yazaki, when the young heir Yasuhiko Yazaki succeeded the founder Sadami Yazaki in 1974, aged only 33. Between 1974 and 1990, overseas sales grew roughly 30 times (from ca. ¥4 Billion in 1974 to ¥116 Billion), while overseas employees increased tenfold ( from 2,922 to 33,703).〔Kazuo Ichijo (2007): The Yazaki Corporation. Article written for the IMD – Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Distinguished Family Business Award 2007. http://www.yazaki-europe.com/fileadmin/templates/pdf_automotive/Yazaki_Corporation.pdf〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yazaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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