Fujikura

Fujikura Ltd.

Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 5803 Nikkei 225 Component
Industry	Electrical equipment / Defense / Telecommunications
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (March 1910)
Founder	Zenpachi Fujikura
Headquarters	1-5-1, Kiba, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8512, Japan
Key people	Yoichi Nagahama, (CEO and President)
Products	Optical transmission systems Electronic materials Telecommunications cables Defense technology
Revenue	JPY 590.9 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 5.73 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	JPY 3.3 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 32 million) (FY 2013)
Number of employees	52,409 (consolidated) (as of March 31, 2013)
Website	Official website
Footnotes / references [1][2]

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).

Business segments and products

• 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).

References

1. "Corporate Profile". Retrieved March 31, 2014.
2. "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2014.
3. "Fujikura History". Retrieved March 31, 2014.
4. "Global Network" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2014.
5. "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
6. "Fujikura received an order of special large core fibers for the Subaru Telescope". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
7. "Major Products". Retrieved March 31, 2014.

External links

• Official website (English)