Japanese manufacturer of bicycle accessories
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CATEYE headquarters | |
Native name | 株式会社キャットアイ |
|---|---|
| Company type | PrivateKK |
| Industry | Bicycle Lights & Computers |
| Founded | Osaka, Japan (February 16, 1954; 71 years ago (1954-02-16)) |
| Headquarters | Higashisumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 546-0041, Japan |
Number of locations | 2 factories (as of 2025)[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Masahiro Araki (President) |
| Products | |
Number of employees | 224 (as of June 3, 2023)[1] |
| Website | cateye |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
CATEYE Co., Ltd. (株式会社キャットアイ,Kabushiki-gaisha Kyattoai), better known by its brand nameCATEYE, is a Japanese company.[3] It is a manufacturer of cycling computers, lights and reflectors to cyclists worldwide .[2] The company was founded in 1954 inOsaka,Japan and developed the first flashing bicycle light in 1964, and it released its firstcycle computer in 1981.CATEYE was among the first companies to integrate altimeter, heart rate, and cadence technology into cycle computers, and created the very first bicycle head lamp usingwhite LEDs in 2001
As of 2023 it employs 224 people. While the company's head office and design teams are in Japan, today many components are manufactured in its Chinese factory and subsidiaries.
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