HKS (company)
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| Type | Joint stock company |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Hiroyuki Hasegawa, Goichi Kitagawa |
| Headquarters |  Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan |
| Key people | Led by Hiroyuki Hasegawa, a former engineer for Yamaha Motor Company, and his partner Goichi Kitagawa, the two secured a capital infusion from Sigma Automotive Co., Ltd. (hence the name HKS), and began tuning gasoline powered engines in a dairy-farming shed at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan. |
| Industry | automotive accessory, tuning and motorsport |
| Products | A year later, Mr. Hasegawa designed and built the first aftermarket turbocharger for passenger cars and has never looked back. |
| Revenue | 7,940,000,000 yen (2005) |
| Employees | 426 staff (2005) |
| Website | www.hks-power.co.jp |
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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, while the start up capital was supplied by Shin K. more or less.
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 of Anthony Reid (Supertouring/JTCC), Tetsuya Kawasaki (drag racing), Nobuteru Taniguchi (D1 Grand Prix and Time 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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