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Fujikura Ltd.
Public KK
Traded as
TYO: 5803
Nikkei 225 Component
Electrical equipment / Defense / Telecommunications
Tokyo, Japan (March 1910 (1910-03))
Zenpachi Fujikura
1-5-1, Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, Japan
Yoichi Nagahama, (CEO and President)
Optical transmission systems
Defense technology
JPY 740 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 6.81 billion) (FY 2017)
JPY 3.3 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 32 million) (FY 2013)
58,422 (consolidated) (as of 2018)
Footnotes / references
Fujikura Ltd. (株式会社フジクラ, Fujikura Kabushiki-gaisha) is a global, Tokyo-based electrical equipment manufacturing company, developing and manufacturing power and telecommunication systems products, including devices for optical fibers, such as cutters and splicers.
Fujikura was founded by Zenpachi Fujikura when he began manufacturing silk and cotton insulated winding wires in 1885. In 1910 Fujikura Electric Wire Corporation was established with Tomekichi Fujikura, Zenpachi's younger brother, acting as the company's representative.[3] Over the years the company expanded both in Japan and overseas and as of 2013 the company had subsidiaries across Europe, Asia, North and South America and North Africa.[4]
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[5]
In February 2014 the company received an order of special large core fibers from Tokyo University for the Subaru Telescope located on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.[6]
Major affiliates include Fujikura Rubber Ltd. and Fujikura Parachute (the latter is also known as Fujikura Aviation Equipment Corporation).
Power and telecommunication systems segment
Optical fibers and fiber cables, optical fusion splicers, network equipment, optical parts, communication and power cables, industrial, bare, aluminum and enameled wires
Electronics segment
Flexible printed circuit, membrane switches, HDD parts, connectors, electron wires, sensors, electronic thermal components, wafer-level packaging
Automotive segment
Wire harnesses and other electrical components for automobiles
Real estate segment
Leasing of offices, provision of real estate brokerage services and professional lessons and golf school services[7]
Defense segment
Provision of products and services in this segment is primarily dealt with by Fujikura Parachute and Fujikura Rubber Ltd. This includes but is not limited to survival equipment, emergency life-saving devices such as life vests & inflatable life rafts, parachutes for emergency (e.g. bailing out of a stricken aircraft via Ejection seat or other means, insertion into remote/cut off areas by emergency personnel such as smokejumpers), airborne and sporting (including Paragliding) usage, and aircraft braking systems (e.g. for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-2 fighter).
The total number of employees worldwide is 52,409, as of mid-2013.[8]
Together with representative offices (English: Consolidated Companies) Fujikura has:[9]
Head Office and 21 production and representative offices in Japan;
13 manufacturing and representative offices in Asia;
30 manufacturing and representative offices in America;
13 manufacturing and representative offices in China;
21 manufacturing and representative offices in Europe and North Africa.
^ "Corporate Profile". Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Fujikura History". Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Global Network" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Fujikura received an order of special large core fibers for the Subaru Telescope". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ "Major Products". Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
^ Відкриття заводу Fujikura у Львові має стати потужним сигналом для інвесторів – Порошенко 14 Квітня 2016
^ "Fujikura Global | Company Information". www.fujikura.com. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
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