Akebono Brake Industry

{{Short description|Japanese company}}

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{{Primary sources|date=January 2014}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.

| native_name = 曙ブレーキ工業

| native_name_lang = ja

| logo = Akebono Brake company logo.svg

| type = Public

| traded_as = {{TYO2|7238}}

| ISIN = {{ISIN|sl=n|pl=y|JP3108400007}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1929|01|27}}

| founder = Sanji Osame

| hq_location_city = Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo (Tokyo headquarters)
Hanyu City, Saitama (Ai-City headquarters)

| hq_location_country =

| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = Yasuhiro Miyaji (chairman, president and CEO)

| industry = Automotive

| products = Brakes for vehicles, motorcycles, trains, industrial machinery

| revenue = {{increase}} JPY 281.3 billion (FY 2015)

(US$ 2.44 billion) (FY 2015)

| num_employees = 9,238 (consolidated, as of March 2016)

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.akebono-brake.com/english/corporate/profile/index.html |title=Corporate Profile |publisher=Akebono Brake Industry |access-date=15 February 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://asia.nikkei.com/Company/05J2B5-E |title=Company Profile |work=Nikkei Asian Review |publisher=Nikkei Inc. |access-date=15 February 2017}}

| website = {{Official website|http://www.akebono-brake.com/english/index.html}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd.|曙ブレーキ工業|Akebono Burēki Kōgyō}} is a Japanese manufacturer of brake components for automobiles, motorcycles, trains, and industrial machinery.

The company was founded by Sanji Osame in 1929 as Akebono Sekimen Kogyosho as a response to the demand by the Japan Army Authority for ground transport; its first products were brake linings used by the government entity.{{cite book |author1=Kenichi Miyamoto |author2=Kenji Morinaga |author3=Mori Hiroyuki |title=Asbestos Disaster: Lessons from Japan's Experience |date=15 March 2011 |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media |isbn=978-4-431-53915-5|page=49}} Today it is now a large company with a significant overseas presence and wide range of brake products for many applications.

File:Polestar 1, GIMS 2018, Le Grand-Saconnex (1X7A1273).jpg with Akebono brakes]]