FDK Corporation
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Native name | FDK株式会社 |
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Romanized name | FDK Kabushiki-gaisha |
| Company type | Public (K.K) |
| TYO: 6955 | |
| Founded | February 7, 1950 as 東京電気化学工業株式会社 (Tokyo Electro-chemical Industry Co., Ltd.) |
| Headquarters | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
| Website | https://www.fdk.co.jp/ |
FDK Corporation (FDK株式会社, FDK Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Furukawa Group manufacturer of electronic components, batteries, and similar products.
Overview
[edit]FDK Corporation is a consolidated subsidiary of Fujitsu, named for the former company name Fuji Denki Kagaku. In the past, products were sold under the FUJI NOVEL brand, but now they are manufactured and sold under the FDK and Fujitsu brands.
As a result of Panasonic's acquisition of Sanyo Electric, FDK acquired shares in Sanyo Energy Twicell (which inherited Sanyo's nickel-metal hydride battery business other than for automotive use and separated businesses other than nickel-metal hydride batteries) and Sanyo Energy Tottori (which inherited Sanyo's cylindrical lithium primary batteries and coin-type secondary batteries).[1] On the day of the acquisition, the company names were changed to FDK Twicell Co., Ltd. and FDK Tottori Co., Ltd., respectively[2]
FDK Twicell Co., Ltd. was later absorbed by FDK in December 2014, and FDK Tottori in October 2016.
Some of the equipment at the Washizu Plant and the Takasaki Plant (formerly FDK Twicell) were originally Toshiba Battery facilities (see each article and the history below).
References
[edit]- ^ "子会社（三洋エナジートワイセルおよび三洋エナジー鳥取）との会社分割等および子会社の株式の譲渡に関する基本合意のお知らせ" [Notice of Basic Agreement with Subsidiaries (SANYO Energy Twicell and SANYO Energy Tottori) Regarding Company Split and Transfer of Subsidiary Shares] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Sanyo (三洋電機). 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "三洋エナジートワイセル株式会社および三洋エナジー鳥取株式会社の株式取得に係る開示事項の経過報告について" [Progress report on disclosure items regarding the acquisition of shares in SANYO Energy Twicell Co., Ltd. and SANYO Energy Tottori Co., Ltd.] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). FDK. 2009-11-27. Retrieved 2011-10-07.