Nippon Chemi-Con

Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
Native name	日本ケミコン株式会社
Type	Public KK
Traded as	TYO: 6997
ISIN	JP3701200002
Industry	Electronics
Founded	as Satoh Denki Kogyosho (August 1931; 90 years ago)
Founder	Toshio Satoh
Headquarters	Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-8605, Japan
Key people	Ikuo Uchiyama; (President and CEO)
Products	Capacitors; Precision mechanical components; Electronic components;
Number of employees	6,772 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2017)
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references;

Capacitor 1000µF, 450V

Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation (日本ケミコン株式会社, Nippon Kemikon Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese corporation that produces capacitors and other discrete electronic components.

Nippon Chemi-Con was founded in 1931 by Toshio Satoh as the first electrolytic capacitors production in Japan.^[3]

Price fixing[]

On March 22, 2018, the European Union fined Nippon Chemi-Con €98 million, among other companies including Hitachi Chemical, of price-fixing.^[4]

Subsidiaries[]

Nippon Chemi-Con has two wholly owned subsidiaries, United Chemi-Con (in the US) and Europe Chemi-Con (in Germany).^[5]

References[]

^ "Company Profile". Nippon Chemi-Con. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
^ "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
^ "History of Nippon Chemi-Con". Nippon Chemi-Con. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
^ JiJi (March 22, 2018). "EU fines Japanese firms over price-fixing cartel for capacitors". The Japan Times Online. The Japan Times. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Europe Chemi-Con (Deutschland) GmbH. "Frequently Asked Questions". Europe Chemi-Con. Europe Chemi-Con (Deutschland) GmbH. Retrieved June 8, 2019. IS THERE A RELATION BETWEEN EUROPE CHEMI-CON, UNITED CHEMI-CON AND NIPPON CHEMI-CON? Europe Chemi-Con (located in Germany) and United Chemi-Con (located in USA), are 100% subsidiaries of Nippon Chemi-Con.