| Type | Public (TYO: 6839) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Daitō, Osaka, Japan |
| Employees | 2861 (2011) |
Funai Electric is a Japanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Daitō, Osaka. The company was founded in 1961. It owns the subsidiary Funai Corporation, Inc., established in the United States since 1991, to market and maintain Funai-licensed brands such as Sylvania, Emerson Radio, Magnavox, Pye, and Symphonic. Funai is also the main OEM manufacturer providing assembled televisions and video players/recorders to major corporations such as Sharp, Toshiba, Denon, and others. Funai also manufactures printers for Dell and Lexmark, as well as digital cameras for Kodak.
In 2008, Funai gained the license to exclusively source, distribute, sell, and service Philips- and Magnavox-branded televisions in North America.[1]