Futaba Corporation

Futaba Corporation
Native name
双葉電子工業株式会社
Company typePublic KK
TYO: 6986
IndustryElectronics
FoundedMobara, Japan (February 3, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-02-03))
HeadquartersMobara, Chiba Prefecture 297- 8588, Japan
Key people
Hiroshi Sakurada
(President)
Products
RevenueIncrease JPY 67,083 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 613.5 million) (FY 2019)
Increase JPY 1.79 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 17.45 million) (FY 2013)
Number of employees
5,007 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2019)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Futaba Corporation (双葉電子工業株式会社, Futaba Denshi Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company founded in 1948, originally to produce vacuum tubes.[3] As time passed, production and elemental techniques of the vacuum tube transformed into the manufacturing of vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs), tool and die set components, radio control equipment and OLED displays.[4]

  1. ^ "Company Profile". Futaba Corporation. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Futaba Corporation — Company info". Japan Die&Mold Industry Association. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "Futaba History". Futaba Corporation. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved March 29, 2015.