Fujikura

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.

History

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. 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.

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.

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.

Subsidiaries

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
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).