Kimball Electronics, Inc. (KE)

Electronics manufacturing services, 82% abroad. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending June 30, 2026, filed August 19, 2026. Ranked 134 of the 198 Industrials companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

Kimball Electronics’ approximately 5,600 employees, 4,600 of them abroad, assemble electronics for automotive, medical and industrial customers, read as one electronic components pattern.

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 17% now, 35% at the end of 2027, 44% at the end of 2028, 49% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 49% desk work, 14% people work and 37% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 49% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 41% becomes checking a model's work and 5% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

5,600 employees as of June 30, 2026 (stated). Approximately 1,000 of 5,600 employees are in the United States and 4,600 in foreign countries, by the filing.

The filing: “As of June 30, 2026, Kimball Electronics employed approximately 5,600 people worldwide, with approximately 1,000 located in the United States and approximately 4,600 located in foreign countries.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Approximately 5,600 people, 1,000 in the United States; U.S. operations not under collective bargaining, certain foreign operations covered by agreements; average tenure 8 years; the series fell from 7,900 in 2023.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Amphenol Corporation (APH, 170,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
• Flex Ltd. (FLEX, 149,686 employees)18% now, 46% by 2028
• Jabil Inc. (JBL, 135,000 employees)18% now, 46% by 2028
• TE Connectivity plc (TEL, 93,000 employees)18% now, 44% by 2028
• Intel Corp. (INTC, 85,100 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
• Micron Technology, Inc. (MU, 53,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
• QUALCOMM Incorporated (QCOM, 52,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028
• Coherent, Inc. (COHR, 51,000 employees)17% now, 44% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

18 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI 18 times: AI platforms in its information systems, and AI among its risks and regulations.

• “Among those factors are the risks related to (i) our recently announced acquisition of Helvoet, (ii) the ongoing impact of tariffs, sanctions, and other trade policy changes, (iii) our development and use of artificial intelligence, (iv) the volume, mix, and cadence of orders from our largest customers, (v) evolving sustainability, cybersecurity, AI, and privacy laws and regulations, (vi) shift...”
• “Our business may be harmed due to failure to successfully implement information technology solutions or a lack of reasonable safeguards to maintain data security, including adherence to evolving global data privacy laws, cross-border data transfer, AI-specific regulations, and physical security measures.”
• “The operation of our business depends on effective information technology systems, including data management, analytics, and artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies (collectively, "AI") platforms and applications.”
• “See also 'Risks related to our development and use of artificial intelligence' below.”
• “The unpredictability of AI, machine learning, and similar systems that automate certain operational tasks bring the potential for unintended consequences and unexpected disruptions in business operations, financial losses, and reputational damage, including if such systems produce incorrect or biased outputs, expose confidential data to third-party AI providers, or generate outputs that infring...”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20232median 1
• Fiscal 20242median 4
• Fiscal 20252median 10
• Fiscal 202618

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• No count by segment; one electronic components pattern by description.
• The headcount series falls from 7,900 to 5,600 over three years; the human capital section does not say why.

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001606757-26-000032, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.