Company Overview
Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of small electric motors. Mabuchi has got four business segments. The largest segement by sale is automotive product market. Major applications are power window lifters, car mirrors, door lock actuators, headlights, steering locks, power seats/seat belts, and electric parking brakes. The second biggest segment is the home appliances, power tools and toys, which produces RC motors for hair dryers, electric shavers, tooth brushes, vacuum cleaners, drill/screwdrivers, circular saws, toys and models, and radio control models. The third largest segment is optical and precision instruments, that produces motors used in optical and precision instruments in the areas of inkjet printers, copy machines. The fourth largest segment is audio and visual equipment, which produces motors for CD/DVD-ROM drives, DVD players/recorders, car CD players. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Matsudo City, Japan, but its production sites are outside Japan, mainly in east-/ south-east Asia.