Nichicon

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Nichicon Building in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto

Nichicon Corporation (ニチコン株式会社, Nichikon Kabushiki-gaisha^?) (TYO: 6996 ) is a manufacturer of capacitors of various types and applications and is one of the largest manufacturers of capacitors in the world, headquartered in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 1950 it separated from the Nii Works Co., established itself as Kansai-Nii Works and finished its first factory by 1956. In 1961 they adopted the Nichicon name and have been using it, or a variant thereof, ever since. They have produced capacitors designed for several hundred different applications and have had their products used by almost every major electronics manufacturer in the world, from cell phones and computers to speakers and stereos.

As of late they have been spinning off many of their major factories into independent subsidiaries, establishing representative branches in foreign countries and realigning their corporate infrastructure.