is a global,

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-based

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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

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, North and South America and

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. The company is listed on the

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and is a constituent of the

Nikkei 225 The Nikkei 225, or , more commonly called the ''Nikkei'' or the ''Nikkei index'' (), is a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). It is a price-weighted index, operating in the Japanese yen, Japanese Yen (JP¥), and its compone ...

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. In February 2014 the company received an order of special large core fibers from

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for the Subaru Telescope located on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

Subsidiaries

Major

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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 fiber An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers find wide usage in fiber-optic communications, where they permit transmission over longer distances and at ...

s and fiber cables, optical fusion splicers, network equipment, optical parts,

communication Communication is commonly defined as the transmission of information. Its precise definition is disputed and there are disagreements about whether Intention, unintentional or failed transmissions are included and whether communication not onl ...

and

power cable A power cable is an electrical cable used specifically for transmission of electric energy, electrical power. It is an assembly of one or more electrical conductors, usually held together in a single bundle with an insulator (electricity), insu ...

s, 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 A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the user (referred to as the ''lessee'') to pay the owner (referred to as the ''lessor'') for the use of an asset. Property, buildings and vehicles are common assets that are leased. Industrial ...

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,

parachute A parachute is a device designed to slow an object's descent through an atmosphere by creating Drag (physics), drag or aerodynamic Lift (force), lift. It is primarily used to safely support people exiting aircraft at height, but also serves va ...

s for emergency (e.g. bailing out of a stricken aircraft via

Ejection seat In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the aircraft pilot, pilot or other aircrew, crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency. In most designs, the seat is propelled out of the aircraft by an exp ...

or other means, insertion into remote/cut off areas by emergency personnel such as smokejumpers), airborne and sporting (including

Paragliding Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or in a cocoon-like 'pod' suspended be ...

) usage, and aircraft braking systems (e.g. for the

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's F-2 fighter).

Representative offices and production departments

The total number of employees worldwide is 52,409, as of mid-2013. Together with representative offices () Fujikura has: * Head Office and 21 production and representative offices in Japan; * 13 manufacturing and representative offices in Asia; * 30 manufacturing and representative offices in America; * 13 manufacturing and representative offices in China; * 21 manufacturing and representative offices in Europe and North Africa.

References

External links

Official website
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