KYB-UMW Malaysia Sdn Bhd (KYB-UMW), a specialist in manufacturing high- quality shock absorbers, has appointed UMW Lubetech Sdn Bhd (ULT) as its official distributor for shock absorbers. This ...

TOKYO -- Japanese hydraulic parts manufacturer KYB is expected to report its worst first-half loss ever following revelations that it falsified quality test data on earthquake shock absorbers.

While cars and trucks certainly have made strides in design and engineering, the shock absorber is one part that really hasn’t changed too much over the years. Many production cars still rely on them, ...

Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with Tier 1 component suppliers, we spoke to Mike Howarth, Vice President, KYB Europe about recent damper innovations, active suspension systems and ...

History: The company now known as KYB Corp. was established in Japan in 1919 by Shiro Kayaba and originally did business as Kayaba Research Center. The company initially made hydraulic dampers for ...

Shock absorbers (a.k.a. suspension dampers) are the unsung heroes of ride and handling. Lacking them, your car would porpoise over bumps and flounder on its springs through bends. As their name ...

A string of data-tampering scandals at Japanese manufacturers has been extended with the recent finding that Japanese shock absorber maker KYB Corp. doctored product quality data for seismic shock ...

Scandal-hit KYB Corp. on Friday disclosed the names of 70 government and municipal office buildings that used, or are suspected of having used, substandard earthquake shock absorbers in their ...