any of the japanese component companies, ie. Nitto, Sakae, etc.?

Wikipedia has no articles for either of the aforementioned, and is generally pretty crappy for bike-related stuff. I've been working on adding C&V-esque articles to it a bit, but I need some help from you guys.

If you have links to any interesting bits of corporate history, for any of the important component companies of the 70s and 80s, post them here. I'll do my best to get wikipedia up to speed on old bikes.