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Company Profile

  • Business description

    Makita manufactures and sells professional-grade power tools, outdoor power equipment, and other tools, such as lithium-ion battery-powered drills, impact drivers, lawn mowers, chainsaws, and hedge trimmers. The company was founded in 1915 as an electric motor sales and repair company in Nagoya, Japan, and later became a power tools manufacturer, since marketing its first portable electrical planer in Japan in 1958. While the company has local production bases in key regions globally, above 60% of its product volume is manufactured in China. Its headquarters is currently in Anjo, Japan.

  • Contact

    3-11-8
    Sumiyoshi-cho
    Aichi Prefecture
    Anjo 446-8502
    JPN

    T: +81 566981711

    http://www.makita.co.jp

  • Sector

    Industrials

    Stock type

    Sensitive

  • Industry

    Tools & Accessories

    Fiscal Year End

    31 March 2025

    Employees

    19,567

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