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Kyocera Corporation

Kyocera Corporation
京セラ株式会社
Public KK
Traded as :
KYO
Industry Electronics
Founded April 1, 1959; 57 years ago (1959-04-01)
Founders Kazuo Inamori
Headquarters Kyoto, Japan
Key people
Tetsuo Kuba
(Chairman)
Goro Yamaguchi
(President, CEO)
Products Printers, digital imaging systems, electronic devices, telecom equipment, semiconductor components, solar power generating systems, applied ceramic products, etc.
Revenue ¥1.479 trillion (2016)
¥109.04 billion (2016)
Number of employees
69,229 March 31, 2016)
Website Global Portal

Kyocera Corporation (京セラ株式会社 Kyōsera Kabushiki-gaisha?) (About this sound listen ) is a Japanese multinational electronics and ceramics manufacturer headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded as Kyoto Ceramic Company, Limited (京都セラミック株式会社 Kyōto Seramikku Kabushiki-gaisha?) in 1959 by Kazuo Inamori and renamed in 1982. The company has diversified its founding technology in ceramic materials through internal development as well as strategic mergers and acquisitions. It manufactures industrial ceramics, solar power generating systems, telecommunications equipment, office document imaging equipment, electronic components, semiconductor packages, cutting tools, and components for medical and dental implant systems.

Kyocera’s original product was a ceramic insulator known as a “kelcima” for use in television picture tubes. The company quickly adapted its technologies to produce an expanding range of ceramic components for electronic and structural applications. In the 1960s, as the NASA space program, the birth of Silicon Valley and the advancement of computer technology created demand for semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs), Kyocera developed ceramic semiconductor packages that remain among its core product lines today.


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