Taiyo Yuden
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Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (太陽誘電株式会社, Taiyō Yūden Kabushiki-gaisha, translated as Sun Dielectric Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Kyobashi, Chuo, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 70 years ago, Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
Native name | 太陽誘電株式会社 |
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Company type | Public (K.K) |
TYO: 6976 Nikkei 225 Component | |
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | Tokyo, Japan (March 23, 1950; 74 years ago (1950-03-23)) |
Founder | Hikohachi Sato |
Headquarters | 2-7-19, Kyobashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0031, Japan |
Key people | Shoichi Tosaka, (CEO and President) |
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Revenue | $ 2.112 billion USD (FY 2016) (¥ 230.72 billion JPY) (FY 2016) |
$ 102.48 million USD (FY 2016) (¥ 11.2 billion JPY) (FY 2016) | |
Number of employees | 18,753 (consolidated) 2,586 (non-consolidated) (as of March 31, 2017) |
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Website | Official website |
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It was well known for its recordable optical media, which were regarded by many to be the very best in the industry.[4][5] In June 2015, Taiyo Yuden announced its intention to discontinue its recording media business by December of that year, citing market shrinkage, changing market conditions, difficulty while improving earnings and a hike in the cost of raw materials.[6]
The company employs almost twenty thousand people worldwide and reports annual sales of more than $2 billion. The current CEO and President is Shoichi Tosaka.[7] The company is a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock market index.[8]