Hirose Electric Group
Japanese company
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Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (ヒロセ電機株式会社, Hirose Denki kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company specializing in the manufacturing of electric connectors. The company was founded in 1937 as Hirose Manufacturing, changed its name to Hirose Electric in August 1963 and started selling internationally in 1968.[2]
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Native name | ヒロセ電機株式会社 |
|---|---|
Company type | Public KK |
| TYO: 6806 | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | Tokyo (August 15, 1937) |
| Headquarters | Nakagawa Chuoh, Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama 224-8540, Japan |
Key people | Kazunori Ishii (President and CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  JPY 165.5 billion (FY 2023)
(US$ 1.1 billion) (FY 2023) |
| JPY 26.5 billion (FY 2023)
(US$ 176.4 million) (FY 2023) | |
Number of employees | 4,654 (as of March 31, 2024) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Hirose also manufactures flexible printed circuits for smartphones and gets about 70 percent of revenue from outside Japan.[4]
Connectors
Hirose is mainly known for its ".FL" series of surface-mount connectors, the best-known being Hirose U.FL used in Wi-Fi equipment. They include:[5]
Product gallery
A Hirose 3560-16S used for RS-232 on a Tatung TWN-5213 CU tablet computer
Hirose TM21 modular plug
See also
- Hirose U.FL connector, used in Wi-Fi equipment
- Hirose W.FL connector
