Kenwood Corporation

Kenwood Corporation
Native name
株式会社ケンウッド
Kabushiki-Gaisha Ken'uddo
FormerlyKasuga Radio Co., Ltd. (1946–1986)
Company type
IndustryElectronics
FoundedDecember 21, 1946; 77 years ago (1946-12-21)
(in Komagane City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan)
DefunctOctober 1, 2011 (2011-10-01)[a]
FateMerged with JVC
HeadquartersHachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Shoichiro Eguchi, CEO (since 29 January 2003)
ProductsConsumer electronics
RevenueDecrease US$$1.71 billion (2014)[1]
Decrease US$20.51 million (2014)
Decrease US$5.4 million (2014)
Number of employees
4,424 (2006)
ParentJVCKenwood
Websitewww.kenwood.com

Kenwood (ケンウッド, Ken'uddo) is a Japanese brand for consumer electronics. Since October 2011, Kenwood has been owned by JVCKenwood as a result of a merger between Kenwood Corporation and JVC. Kenwood manufactures audio equipment such as AM/FM stereo receivers, cassette tape decks/recorders, amateur radio (ham) equipment, radios, cellular phones, speakers, and other consumer electronics.

TRIO TS-520S, HF transceiver, manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s by the Trio-Kenwood Corporation


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