Alps Electric

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
アルプス電気株式会社
Public K.K.
Traded as TYO: 6770
Nikkei 225 Component
Industry Electronics
Founded November 1, 1948 (1948-11-01) (as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd.)
Headquarters 1-7 Yukigaya-otsuka-machi, Ota, Tokyo 145-8501, Japan
Key people
 Toshihiro Kuriyama, (President)
Masataka Kataoka, (Chairman)
Products
Revenue

$ 5.806 billion (FY 2012)

(¥ 546.423 billion) (FY 2012)

$ 75.18 million (FY 2012)

(¥ -7.075 billion) (FY 2012)
Number of employees
 36,199 (as of the end of March 2013)
Subsidiaries Alpine Electronics
Cirque Corporation
Alps Logistics
Alps Green Devices
Website Official website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Japanese: アルプス電気株式会社, Hepburn: Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads.[3]

The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964. Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka.[1] Alps is also well known for the Alpine brand of car audio.

The Alps Electric Group has R&D, production and sales bases located in Japan and around the globe—in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Greater China.[4] Since its founding, Alps Electric has supplied around 40,000 types of electronic component to over 2,000 manufacturers of home appliances, mobile devices, automobiles and industrial equipment worldwide.[5]

Alps Group comprises 84 subsidiary companies, 25 through Alps Electric, 32 through Alpine Electronics and 27 through Alps Logistics.[6]

The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index.[7]

Business divisions

Alps Automotive division focuses on provision of custom products and modules, including control panels and steering modules, for specific vehicle models, and components compatible with any vehicle.[8]

Alps Home and Mobile divisions focuses on provision of switches, potentiometers, sensors, and other components through to multi-input devices like touch panels and GlidePoint™ to home, mobile and PC markets. Alps Electric focuses on human-machine and machine-machine interfaces for home appliances, mobile devices and PCs.[8]

Alps Industry, Healthcare & Energy divisions focuses on provision of a wide variety of products, including sensors, power inductors, switches and communication modules, to industry, healthcare and energy markets.[8]

Alps touchpad hardware is developed and manufactured by the Cirque Corporation, which they acquired in 2003;[9] however, the parent company continues to write their own drivers. Their drivers are Windows certified. They are mostly found in Sony, Toshiba and Dell notebooks, as well as the OLPC XO-1. They also manufacture keyboards for Apple computers, including the original Macintosh and the first iMac.

References

  1. 1 2 "Corporate Facts". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Annual Report 2013" (PDF). Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Corporate Profile". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alps Global Network". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Alps Electric Bolsters Infotainment Systems with aptX® Integration". Businesswire. April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Alps Group". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Company Business Areas". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Cirque Corporation Website: Alps Electric Co.". Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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