Founded in 1948, formerly known as Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer specializing in power tools, engine tools and life science instruments in the Hitachi Group, producing and selling more than 1,300 kinds of power tool products and holding more than 2,500 technical patents.
Like some other subsidiaries of the Hitachi Group, which had a certain size and industrial strength, Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. was listed separately on the main board of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in May 1949 (6581). In addition to Hitachi, the company also owns brands such as Metabo, SANKYO, CARAT, Tanaka and Hitmin.
Due to the financing acquisition of KKR, a well-known American fund company, Hitachi Koki completed the privatization adjustment and delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2017, changed its name to Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. in June 2018, and will change the main product trademark to "HiKOKI" in October 2018, meaning to strive to be the world's No. 1 industrial machinery company with high-performance and high-quality products.
As a wholly-owned sales subsidiary of Koki Holdings Co., Ltd., Hitachi Koki Commercial (China) Co., Ltd. changed its name in November 2018 to have independent import and export rights, and undertake the procurement and sales of Koiki Power Tools and related products in Chinese mainland.
At present, the product line of Gaoyi Industrial Machinery covers power tools, engine tools and life science instruments, and sells more than 1,300 kinds of power tool products in Chinese mainland and has thousands of technical patents. In addition to HiKOKI, the company also owns well-known brands such as MetaboHPT, SANKYO, CARAT, TANAKA, and Hit-Min.
