HKS Co., Ltd. ( ???????????? , Kabushiki-gaisha Ecchi K? Esu ) is a public company headquartered in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan specializing in the production and sale of automotive parts and aftermarket parts and accessories.
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HKS was formed in 1973 by Hiroyuki Hasegawa, a former engineer for Yamaha Motor Company, and its partner Goichi Kitagawa, while initial capital was awarded by Sigma Automotive (hence the name HKS). The company started operations by setting up gasoline-powered engines at dairy farms at the foot of Mount Fuji in Japan. Their goal is to design and build high-performing machines and components that can not be manufactured by OE (original equipment) manufacturers. In July 1974, Hasegawa engineered and built the first commercial turbocharger kit for passenger cars; since then developed turbocharger and turbocharger upgrade which later became HKS's core business. Hasegawa also created the first commercial electronic turbo timer and improved the controller.
HKS is a public company with international sales and distribution network covering Asia, Europe, Australia and America to support its customer base. Manufacturing and R & amp; The main D is at the foot of Mount Fuji. The subsidiaries have been established in California (HKS USA), Cambridgeshire, UK (HKS Europe), and Bangkok, Thailand (HKS Thailand). HKS USA, founded in 1982, closes operations in 2011 chose to use wholesale distributors to handle their supply chain in the United States. Motovicity Distribution was chosen as a North American warehouse for HKS where full inventory of products is maintained for HKS North American customers.
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Products
HKS offers Japanese domestic model cars of various aftermarket parts ranging from internal machines such as connecting rods and camshafts to external parts such as blow off valves, intercooler kits, full exhaust systems, turbo kits, engine management systems and other electronic performance.
The company also produces aircraft engines of HKS 700E, under its subsidiary, HKS Aviation . And also produce 600cc Speedway cycle machine.
Motorsport
Since the late 1980s, HKS has competed in various forms of motor sport including drag racing, JTCC, JGTC, F3, D1 Grand Prix, Superbike, and many others. They also sponsor many riders to carry the name of HKS and become part of the HKS team. In the past, they were mainly used by people like Anthony Reid (Supertouring/JTCC), Tetsuya Kawasaki (drag racing), Nobuteru Taniguchi (D1 Grand Prix and Time Attack), Akira Iida (Time Attack) to ride their in-house team.
See also
- Car Winner and Driver Challenge Supercar
References
External links
- The official HKS website (in Japanese)
- HKS Europe official website
- HKS USA's official website
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