Namco Bandai Holdings
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| Namco Bandai Holdings, Incorporated 株式会社バンダイナムコホールディングス |
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| Type | Public (TYO: 7832) |
| Founded | Bandai: 1950; Namco: 1955; Namco Bandai Holdings: 2005 |
| Headquarters |  Tokyo, Japan |
| Industry | video games, arcade games Toy maker Animation amusement |
| Revenue | ▲3.889 billion USD (2007)[1] |
| Net income | ▲205.438 millionUSD (2007) |
| Website | www.bandainamco.co.jp |
This article is about the holding company and the group of companies it owns. For the game developer, see Namco Bandai Games.
Namco Bandai Holdings, Incorporated (NBHD) (株式会社バンダイナムコホールディングス Kabushiki-gaisha Bandai Namuko Hōrudingusu?) is the Japanese holding company for Namco Bandai Group, formed from the merger of Namco and Bandai. It has interests in toys, video and arcade games and amusement facilities. The new entity was founded on September 29, 2005. Officially, Bandai purchased Namco; however, both companies have equal power in group decisions. Namco Bandai Group companies are organised under five strategic business units (SBUs) and the Affiliated Business Group.
Bandai is currently the world's third largest producer of toys. Prior to the merger, Bandai owned Sunrise, a Japanese animation company, which became a subsidiary of NBHD following the merger.
NBHD also fully acquired developers Banpresto (which was absorbed into Namco Bandai Games on April 1, 2008)[2] and Namco Tales Studio since the merger. Formerly, both were partially owned by Bandai and Namco respectively.
On March 31, 2006, Namco and Bandai's video game operations merged into Namco Bandai Games Inc. (NBGI). On the same day an NBHD subsidiary was created and the Namco Ltd. corporate name, its amusement facility divisions, and incubator divisions were transferred to the new subsidiary (see Namco 2).
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[edit] Group Structure
Namco Bandai Group companies are organized under five SBUs and the Affiliated Business Group. For the complete list of the group companies, see Group Companies.
- Toys & Hobby SBU (Bandai etc.)
- Amusement Facility SBU (Namco etc.)
- Game Contents SBU (Namco Bandai Games etc.)
- Network SBU (Bandai Networks and VIBE)
- Visual & Music Content SBU (Bandai Visual, Sunrise etc.)
- Affiliated Business Companies (Bandai Logipal etc.)
Although operating activities are coordinated by SBUs, North American companies are managed through the regional holding company, Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc.
