Juki

{{Short description|Japanese sewing and pick and place machine manufacturer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}}

{{Infobox company

| name = JUKI Corporation

| former_name = Tokyo Juki Industrial Company, Ltd.

| native_name = 株式会社 (JUKI)

| native_name_lang = ja

| trading_name = JUKI

| logo = Juki company logo.svg

| logo_size = 270px

| type = Public KK

| traded_as = {{TYO|6440}}

| foundation = Tokyo ({{Start date and age|1938|12|15}})

| location = Tsurumaki, Tama-shi, Tokyo 206-8551, Japan

| key_people = Atsushi Narikawa (Representative Director and President)

| industry = Machinery

| divisions = Juki Jin

| products = {{unbulleted list|Industrial and household sewing machines|SMT assembly solutions and systems}}

| revenue = {{increase}} JPY 95.2 billion (FY 2024)

| net_income = {{increase}} JPY 3.2 billion (FY 2024)

| num_employees = 4,621 (consolidated, as of December 31, 2024)

| website = [https://www.juki.co.jp/en Juki Cooperation]
[https://juki.com Juki America Inc]

| footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://www.juki.co.jp/company_e/kaisya.html |title=Corporate Outline |publisher=JUKI Corporation |access-date=August 4, 2015 |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527190215/http://www.juki.co.jp/company_e/kaisya.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/financials/financials.asp?ticker=6440:JP |title=Company Snapshot - Financials |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |access-date=August 4, 2015}}

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Juki (stylized as JUKI) is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of industrial sewing machines and domestic sewing machines, as well as high-technology SMT (surface mount technology) assembly equipment and is headquartered in Tama-shi, Tokyo. It is one of the leading industrial machine manufacturers. JUKI used to rank as the largest industrial sewing machine manufacturer in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3c09bc8e-7edd-11e4-a828-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3kmo5K2wv |title=Juki, the supreme sewing machine for the global rag trade |first=Demetri |last=Sevastopulo |date=December 15, 2014 |work=Financial Times |publisher=Pearson PLC |access-date=August 4, 2015}} Headquartered in Japan, the company currently has manufacturing facilities in Japan, China, and Vietnam, and markets its products on six continents, in about 170 countries.

Until 1988, the company was known as Tokyo Juki Industrial Company, Ltd. The company motto, which doubles as a customer creed, is "Mind & Technology" (as in "emotionally accessible technology")

Production

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File:JUKI CORPORATION 本社社屋の画像.jpg

The company produces sewing machines for the home or hobbyist market as well as various machines for the textile industry.{{Cite web |title=Description of business |url=https://www.juki.co.jp/en/company/our-business/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=JUKI Official |language=en-US}}

In February 2013, Juki and Sony Corp. entered negotiations to discuss a merger of their SMT equipment businesses.{{cite news |title=Juki, Sony In Talks To Merge Parts-Mounting-Device Ops |url=http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20130206D0602N04.htm |access-date=March 31, 2013 |newspaper=The Nikkei |date=February 7, 2013}}{{cite web |last=Buetow |first=Mike |title=Juki, Sony to Talk SMT Merger |url=https://circuitsassembly.com/ca/editorial/menu-news/22306-juki-sony-to-talk-smt-merger.html |date=February 6, 2013 |access-date=December 10, 2019 |work=Circuits Assembly}} Since then, JUKI Corporation has successfully established themselves in the area of SMT assembly equipment around the world, with dedicated sales and service entities in key markets, such as Europe through JUKI Automation Systems GmbH,[https://www.juki-smt.com/en/ JUKI Automation Systems GmbH] headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany and the Americas through JUKI Automation Inc,[http://jukiamericas.com JUKI Automation Inc] headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina, US.

In October 2018, the company announced a cooperative project with Hitachi that uses IoT-based digital innovation to optimize manufacturing processes, improving the production of printed circuit boards by tracking inventory control and improving small lot production.{{cite news |title=JUKIと日立、IoTを活用したプリント基板生産ラインの最適化で協業|trans-title=JUKI and Hitachi Collaborate on Optimization of Printed Circuit Board Production Line Utilizing IoT |url=https://japan.zdnet.com/article/35127095/ |language=ja |date=October 17, 2018 |work=ZDNet Japan}}

See also

{{Portal|Japan|Companies}}

Notes and references

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