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| Company type | Public (K.K) |
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| TYO: 6770 Nikkei 225 Component | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1 November 1948 (as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd.) |
| Headquarters | 1-7 Yukigaya-otsuka-machi, Ota, Tokyo 145-8501, |
Key people | Toshihiro Kuriyama, (President) Masataka Kataoka, (Chairman) |
| Products | |
| Revenue | US$5.806 billion (FY 2012) (¥ 546.423 billion) (FY 2012) |
| US$75.18 million (FY 2012) (¥ -7.075 billion) (FY 2012) | |
Number of employees | 36,199 (as of the end of March 2013) |
| Subsidiaries | Alpine Electronics Cirque Corporation Alps Logistics Alps Green Devices |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Japanese: アルプス電気株式会社, Hepburn: Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads.[3]
The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964. Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka.[1] Alps is also well known for the Alpine brand of car audio.
The Alps Electric Group has R&D, production and sales bases located in Japan and around the globe—in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Greater China.[4] Since its founding, Alps Electric has supplied around 40,000 types of electronic components to over 2,000 manufacturers of home appliances, mobile devices, automobiles and industrial equipment worldwide.[5]
Alps Group comprises 84 subsidiary companies, 25 through Alps Electric, 32 through Alpine Electronics and 27 through Alps Logistics.[6]
The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[7]
The company changed company name to Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. in January 2019.[8]
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- ^ "Alps Electric Bolsters Infotainment Systems with aptX® Integration". Businesswire. April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "Alps Group". Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ "【会社概要】 経営統合について | アルプスアルパイン". www.alpsalpine.com. Retrieved 2020-02-05.