Nippon Cable

Nippon Cable Co., Ltd. (日本ケーブル株式会社, Nihon Kēburu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is engaged in the design, production and installation of jig-back and material ropeways, gondola lifts, funiculars, chairlifts, car parking systems, ramp elevators and amusement park rides.^[1][2][3] The company also owns and operates resorts in Japan and Canada, including a 25% interest in Whistler Blackcomb, the largest ski resort in North America and host of alpine and nordic skiing events during the 2010 Winter Olympics,^[4] and Sun Peaks Resort.^[5]

Nippon Cable Co., Ltd.

Native name	日本ケーブル株式会社
Company type	Private KK
Industry	Transport equipment
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (January 4, 1953; 71 years ago (January 4, 1953))
Headquarters	2-11 Kanda Nishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Masayoshi Ohkubo (CEO and President)
Products	Amusement park rides Car Parking Systems Funiculars Gondola lifts Incline elevators Ramp elevators Ropeways Ski resorts
Website	Official website

Besides the headquarters in Tokyo, the company has a factory in Narashino, branches in Nagano, Osaka, Sapporo, offices in Fukuoka and service centers in Niigata and Takayama.^[6]

The company has been a licensee of Doppelmayr since 1977.^[7]

A Nippon Cable-made tramway car part of the Hakone Ropeway

References

1. "Nippon Cable Company Overview". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
2. "Aug 8 2016 Vail Resorts and Whistler Blackcomb agree to strategic combination". Cision Newswire.
3. "Vail Resorts and Whistler Blackcomb Agree to Strategic Combination".
4. "Nippon Cable ski resorts". Nippon Cable. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
5. "Japanese buy Canadian area". Ski Magazine. Active Interest Media. September 1992. p. 13. ISSN 0037-6159. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
6. "Nippon Cable branches and offices". Nippon Cable. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
7. "History". Nippon Cable. Retrieved June 29, 2020.