Ichikoh Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese automotive parts manufacturer which mainly produces automotive lights and mirrors.[1] As an original equipment manufacturer, it competes with Stanley Electric and Koito Manufacturing.
History
Ichikoh resulted from the 1967 partnership and 1968 merger of two companies: Hakkosha Co., Ltd., founded in June 1903 as a manufacturer of signal lamps, and Ichikawa Manufacturing, founded in April 1916 as an auto parts manufacturer.[2] In 1987, the company launched an American branch, Ichikoh Manufacturing, Inc. (IMI), in Kentucky, which was liquidated in 2007.[2]
In 2000, Ichikoh entered a partnership with