Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.
History
| Year | Detail |
|---|---|
| 1884 | Established the companies Honjo Copper Smeltery and Yamada Cable Works in Japan. |
| 1896 | Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company was established. |
| 1906 | Nikko Copper Electrolyzing Refinery opened. |
| 1920 | Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company and Nikko Copper Electrolyzing Refinery, previously a subsidiary of Furukawa Kogyo Co., Ltd., consolidated to establish The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. |
| 1938 | Osaka Copper Works was established in Amagasaki City in, Japan. |
| 1959 | Established Hiratsuka Cable Works in Hiratsuka City, Japan. |
| 1961 | Established and started operations of Chiba Cable Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. |
| 1968 | Furukawa Electric Cables (Malaysia) (FECM), a joint venture manufacturing electric cables, was founded in Malaysia. |
| 1971 | Mie Works was established in Kameyama-shi, Mie prefecture. |
| 1972 | Furukawa precision Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. established with W.C. Heleus of West Germany to manufacture precision processed products for electronic equipment parts. |
| 1974 | Furukawa Industrial S.A. Produtos Electricos (FISA)(note) established in cooperation with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in Brazil, Currently Furukawa Electric LatAm S. A. (FEL). Asia Cable Engineering Co. (ACECO), an engineering joint venture for high voltage transmission line laying, founded in Singapore. |
| 1977 | Founded a joint venture in Indonesia, P.T. Tembaga Mulia Semanan (TMS), for copper wire rods. |
| 1979 | Bangkok Telecom Co., Ltd. was established as a joint venture in Thailand for the manufacture of communication cables. |
| 1983 | Furukawa Aluminum Fukui Plant established in Fukui Coastal Industrial Zone in Mikuni-cho, Sakai-gun, Fukui prefecture. Thai Furukawa Unicomm Co., Ltd. established in Thailand for construction work for communications. |
| 1987 | Opened Yokohama R&D Lab in Japan. |
| 1990 | U.S. copper foil manufacturer Yates Industries purchased jointly with Albedo. |
| 1992 | Established an optical fiber cable manufacturing and sales company as a joint venture with AT&T in the U.S. |
| 1996 | Established a manufacturing and sales company for copper rod in Vietnam and a manufacturing and sales company for automobile parts in Tianjin, China. |
| 1997 | Started operations of a manufacturing company for high-voltage cross-linked polyethylene power cables in China. Established an electronics manufacturing subsidiary in Thailand. Completion of a Thai electronic parts manufacturing subsidiary. Established a merger for automotive harness operations in Hong Kong. |
| 1999 | Full-scale entry into North America in WDM-related business. |
| 2000 | Established a joint venture company with Hitachi Cable, Ltd. for copper tube manufacturing in China. |
| 2001 | Established a joint venture company for optical fiber cable manufacturing in Indonesia. Formed a business alliance between Power Cable Division and Fujikura Ltd. Bought out Lucent Technologies' optical fiber solution business in the United States. Automotive parts company established in Czech Republic. |
| 2002 | Copper and copper alloy products manufacturing and sales subsidiary founded in Wuxi City, Jiangsu, China. Established a copper strip manufacturing company in China. Affiliate company established for optical fiber composite overhead ground wire (OPGW) in Jiangsu, China. |
| 2003 | Founded an automotive part company in Indonesia. Founded Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation from the merger of Furukawa's light metals company and Sky Aluminum Co., Ltd. Began alliance with French corporation Valeo for automotive wire harnesses. |
| 2005 | Established Furukawa Electric Industrial Cable Co., Ltd. by consolidating industrial electric cable divisions of Furukawa Electric and Furukawa Industrial Cable Co., Ltd. Agreed upon purchasing Trocellen in Germany,a major company of cross-linked polyolefin foams. |
| 2007 | Founds Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. by integrating the automotive parts division. |
| 2009 | Establishes an optical fiber manufacturing company in India and the Next-Generation Power Devices Partnership. |
| 2010 | US subsidiary OFS Fitel, LLC establishes a manufacturing company for base materials of optical fibers jointly with a Chinese manufacturer. |
| 2011 | Establishes a manufacturing and sales company of electrodeposited copper foils for lithium-ion batteries in Taiwan. Purchased SuperPower Inc., an American high-temperature superconducting materials manufacturer. |
| 2014 | LAN solution product sales company founded in Mexico. Automobile parts management company founded in Thailand. Optical fiber cable manufacturing and sales company founded in Colombia. |
| 2015 | Furukawa UACJ Memory Disk founded. A joint venture for power transmission and distribution parts was founded in Vietnam. |
| 2016 | Acquired the underground and undersea power transmission line business of VISCAS Corporation. Established high-power laser diode module manufacturing company as a joint venture with Fanuc Corporation and a local subsidiary in Myanmar to provide solutions focusing on communication construction. |
| 2017 | Expanded optical fiber cable manufacturing capacity is mainly at manufacturing bases in North America and Europe. Established Furukawa Electric Industrial Mexico (FEIM) in Mexico as a manufacturing base for ICT solution products. Established a high-voltage magnet wire joint venture with Superior Essex in Europe. |
| 2018 | Established an optical fiber cable manufacturing plant in Morocco. Expanded production capacity at Furukawa Automotive Systems Lima Philippines (FALP), a wire harness production base. Opened a research base, Silicon Valley Innovation Laboratories, Furukawa Electric, in Silicon Valley, United States. Acquired management rights over Minda Furukawa Electric in India |
| 2019 | Agreed with SWCC Showa Holdings Co., Ltd., on the integration of sales functions and a business alliance in general purpose power cable business for the construction and wholesaler markets |
| 2020 | Transferred business related to the development, manufacture and sale of copper pipes, etc. Established a magnet wire business joint venture with Superior Essex and transferred Furukawa Electric Group’s heavy magnet wire business, etc., to the joint venture |
| 2021 | Started full-scale mass production of heat dissipation/cooling products at Furukawa Electric Thermal Management Solutions & Products Laguna in the Philippines. |
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