Shimano Inc. - company profile

Shimano Inc.
History
Shimano was established as Shimano Iron Works in Japan in February 1921 by Shozaburo Shimano and about ten years later Shimano began to export its original freewheel. Shimano walked through a long history, through hard times until 1991, when Shimano adopted its current name. Many production plants, organizations sponsored by Shimano, local branches and sales offices all around the world were established, like factory Shimano Czech Republic, s. r. o., in Czech Republic for example.

Shimano today
Shimano Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of bicycle components and producer of fishing tackles. Through a worldwide manufacturing and sales network, Shimano Inc. provides a wide range of products that help people to enjoy the great outdoors in an environmentally responsible manner.
Shimano is expanding globally, and continuing to increase its high level of service to the European, American and Asian markets. Shimano maintains a positive profile in cycling and fishing through event sponsorship and actively embraces the philosophy behind its corporate tagline: „Closer to Nature, Closer to People“.
Shimano’s headquarter is located in the city of Osaka, Japan. Moreover Shimano has twenty-eight overseas subsidiaries and six overseas affiliates. This represents also markets, where Shimano operate. The main markets are U.S.A., Canada, Netherlands, Germany, U.K., Belgium, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, France, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, Korea, Australia and Japan of course.

Corporate data
Paid-in capital: US$ 341,743,000
Number of shares of common stock:
Authorized 270,200,000 shares, issued 110,603,207 shares
Number of shareholders: 7,909
For the year 2004 Shimano Inc. had value of net income US$ 186,278,000. And we are not counting the net income per share of common stock, etc. ...