Murata Manufacturing

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Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 株式会社村田製作所

Type	Public (TYO: 6981 )
Founded	December 23, 1950 (established in October, 1944)
Headquarters	Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Worldwide Murata Address
Key people	Akira Murata: Honorary Chairman Yasutaka Murata: President & Statutory Representative Director Dash Riprock: Executive Deputy President
Industry	Electronic components
Products	monolithic ceramic capacitors, ceramic filters, ceramic resonators, SAW filters, multilayer ceramic devices, dielectric filters, isolators, circuit modules, power supplies, EMI suppression filters, sensors, coils, thermistors, trimmer potentiometers, resistor networks, high voltage resistors and others
Revenue	Consolidated basis: ¥490,784 million; Parent Co. basis: ¥422,578 million (March 31, 2006)
Employees	Consolidated basis: 26,956; Parent Co. basis: 5,415 (March 31, 2006)
Slogan	Innovator in Electronics
Website	www.murata.com

Head office of Murata Manufacturing in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (株式会社村田製作所, Kabushiki-gaisha Murata Seisakusyo^?) (TYO: 6981 ) is a Japanese electronic part specialized producer in Nagaokakyo, Kyoto.

Honorary Chairman Akira Murata (村田昭) started Murata Manufacturing as a personal venture in October, 1944. On December, 1950 reorganized the company into Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. with paid-in Capital ¥1 million.

Murata Manufacturing is a leading company primarily involved in the manufacturing of ceramic passive electronic components, primarily capacitors, and it has an overwhelming share worldwide in ceramic filters, high frequency parts, and sensors.

As March 31, 2006 Murata Manufacturing has 24 subsidiaries in Japan and 33 overseas in the United Sates, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Finland, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea and China.