History
1884～1899
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1884
Honjo Copper Smeltery opened. Yamada Cable Works opened.
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1896
Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company established (capital:¥50,000)
1900～1959
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1906
Nikko Copper Electrolyzing Refinery opened.
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1920
Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company and Nikko Copper Electrolyzing Refinery, previously a subsidiary of Furukawa Kogyo Co., Ltd., consolidated to establish The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (capital:¥20,000,000)
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1938
Osaka Copper Works established in Amagasaki City.
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1959
Hiratsuka Cable Works established in Hiratsuka.
1960
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1961
Established and started operations of Chiba Cable Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture.
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1968
Furukawa Electric Cables (Malaysia) (FECM), a joint venture manufacturing electric cables, founded in Malaysia.
1970
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1971
Mie Works established in Kameyama-shi, Mie prefecture.
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1972
Furukawa precision Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. established with W.C. Heleus of West Germany to manufacture precision processed products for electronic equipment parts.
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1974
Furukawa Industrial S.A. Produtos Electricos (FISA)(note)established in cooperation with Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in Brazil.
noteCurrently Furukawa Electric LatAm S. A. (FEL)Asia Cable Engineering Co. (ACECO), an engineering joint venture for high voltage transmission line laying, founded in Singapore.
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1977
Completion of communication cable construction in Curitiba in the State of Parana as Brazil FISA.
Founded joint venture in Indonesia, P.T. Tembaga Mulia Semanan (TMS), for copper wire rods.
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1979
Bangkok Telecom Co., Ltd. established, as a joint venture in Thailand for manufacture of communication cables.
1980
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1983
Furukawa Aluminum Fukui Plant established in Fukui Coastal Industrial Zone in Mikuni-cho, Sakai-gun, Fukui prefecture.
Thai Furukawa Unicomm Co., Ltd. established in Thailand for construction work for communications.
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1987
Completion of Yokohama R&D Lab.
1990
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1990
U.S. copper foil manufacturer Yates Industries purchased jointly with Albedo.
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1992
Established an optical fiber cable manufacturing and sales company as a joint venture with AT&T in the U.S.
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1996
Established a manufacturing and sales company for copper rod in Vietnam.
Established a manufacturing and sales company for automobile parts in Tianjin, China.
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1997
Started operations of manufacturing company for high-voltage cross-linked polyethylene power cable in China.
Established an electronics manufacturing subsidiary in Thailand.
Completion of a Thai electronic parts manufacturing subsidiary.
Established a merger for automotive harness operations in Hong Kong.
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1999
Full-scale entry into North America in WDM-related business.
2000
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2000
Established a joint venture company with Hitachi Cable, Ltd. for copper tube manufacturing in China.
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2001
Established a joint venture company for optical fiber cable manufacturing in Indonesia.
Formed business alliance between Power Cable Division and Fujikura Ltd.
Bought out Lucent Technologies' optical fiber solution business in the United States.
Automotive parts company established in Czech Republic.
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2002
Copper and copper alloy products manufacturing and sales subsidiary founded in Wuxi City, Jiangsu, China.
Established a copper strip manufacturing company in China.
Affiliate company established for optical fiber composite overhead ground wire (OPGW) in Jiangsu, China.
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2003
Founded an automotive part company in Indonesia.
Founded Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation from the merger of Furukawa's light metals company and Sky Aluminum Co., Ltd.
Began alliance with French corporation, Valeo, for automotive wire harnesses.
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2005
Founded Furukawa Electric Industrial Cable Co., Ltd. by consolidating industrial electric cable divisions of Furukawa Electric and Furukawa Industrial Cable Co., Ltd.
Agreed upon purchasing Trocellen in Germany,a major company of cross-linked polyolefin foams.
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2007
Founds Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. by integrating the automotive parts division.
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2008
Merges with subsidiary Furukawa Circuit Foil Co., Ltd.
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2009
Establishes an optical fiber manufacturing company in India
Establishes the Next-Generation Power Devices Partnership
2010
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2010
US subsidiary OFS Fitel, LLC establishes a manufacturing company for base materials of optical fibers jointly with a Chinese manufacturer
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2011
Establishes a manufacturing and sales company of electrodeposited copper foils for lithium ion batteries in Taiwan
Purchased SuperPower Inc., an American high-temperature superconducting materials manufacturer.
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2013
Representative Office founded in Turkey.
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2014
LAN solution product sales company founded in Mexico.
Automobile parts management company founded in Thailand.
Optical fiber cable manufacturing and sales company founded in Colombia.
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2015
Furukawa UACJ Memory Disk founded.
Power transmission and distribution parts joint venture founded in Vietnam.
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2016
Established high-power laser diode module manufacturing company as a joint venture with Fanuc Corporation.
Established local subsidiary in Myanmar to provide solutions focusing on communication construction.
Acquired the underground and undersea power transmission line business of VISCAS Corporation.
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2017
Established a high-voltage magnet wire joint venture with Superior Essex in Europe
Expanded optical fiber cable manufacturing capacity mainly in North America and Europe manufacturing bases
Established Furukawa Electric Industrial Mexico (FEIM) in Mexico as a manufacturing base for ICT solution products
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2018
Established an optical fiber cable manufacturing plant in Morocco
Expanded production capacity at Furukawa Automotive Systems Lima Philippines (FALP), a wire harness production base
Opened a research base, Silicon Valley Innovation Laboratories, Furukawa Electric, in Silicon Valley, United States.
Acquired management rights over Minda Furukawa Electric in India
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2019
Agreed with SWCC Showa Holdings Co., Ltd., on the integration of sales functions and a business alliance in general purpose power cable business for the construction and wholesaler markets
2020
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2020
Transferred business related to the development, manufacture and sale of copper pipes, etc.
Established a magnet wire business joint venture with Superior Essex and transferred Furukawa Electric Group’s heavy magnet wire business, etc., to the joint venture
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2021
Started full-scale mass production of heat dissipation/cooling products at Furukawa Electric Thermal Management Solutions & Products Laguna in the Philippines