Corporate Outline

Company Profile

Trade name
Kohshin Electric Corporation
Headquarters
1608-10 Mobira, Kasaoka, Okayama
714-0062 JAPAN
Established
December 1, 1966
Capital
100million yen
Number of employees
370
Sales
13.9 billion yen *Actual results for FY2022
Line of business
Current sensor business, indicator instrument business, magnetic device business

Company History

1966
Established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in Joge-cho, Konu-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture (capitalized at 10 million yen)
1967
Started production of Y-type electrical indicator instruments


1968
Started production of safety breakers


1970
Started production of BH type no-fuse circuit breakers
1981
Capital increased to 100 million yen
1982
Kasaoka Works opened and operations started.
Started production of L-type electrical indicator instruments


1986
Started production of current sensors


1996
Achieved monthly production of 100,000 current sensors
1997
Transferred production of BH type circuit breakers to China (Mitsubishi)
Started development and delivery of current sensors for automotive applications
1999
Integrated Kasaoka and Sensor Works into Honsya Works and started operations


2004
Joge Works started power supply business
2006
Achieved monthly production of 500,000 current sensors
2007
Works for current sensors for automotive applications newly established at Honsya Works
2010
Achieved cumulative shipments of 10 million current sensors for automotive applications
2013
Fukuyama Works opened and started partial operations
2014
Joge Works abolished and Fukuyama Works started full operations


2015
Succeeded the magnetic device business from Mitsubishi Electric Metecs Co., Ltd. and started the business as Sagami Works of Kohshin Electric Corporation


2016
Achieved cumulative shipments of 100 million current sensors
2020
Honsya Works No. 2 plant started operation


PageTop