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Anritsu Corporation
Native nameアンリツ株式会社
Company typePublic KK
Traded asTYO: 6754
ISINJP3128800004
IndustryElectronics
Founded1895; 129 years ago (1895) as Sekisan-sha
HeadquartersAtsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, 243-8555, Japan
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleHirokazu Hashimoto
(Chairman and CEO)
Hirokazu Hamada
(President)
Products
RevenueDecrease JPY 85.9 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 809 million) (FY 2017)
Net incomeIncrease JPY 2.8 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 27 million) (FY 2017)
Number of employees3,717 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018)
Websiteanritsu.com
Footnotes / references

Anritsu Corporation (アンリツ株式会社, Anritsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation in the telecommunications electronics equipment market. A global pioneer for producing the world's first wireless telephone network, Anritsu's revenue numbers near US$782 million.

History

In Japan, Anritsu's first predecessor, Sekisan-sha, was founded in 1895. Annaka Electric Company followed, producing wireless transmitters and the world's first wireless telephone service and Japan's first automatic public telephone.

Anritsu Corporation was formed with the merger of two companies, the Annaka Corporation and Kyoritsu Electric in Japan in 1931. In 1990, Anritsu acquired Wiltron Company in the United States for $180 million.

Currently, the Anritsu Group is composed of Anritsu Corporation, Anritsu Engineering, Anritsu Infivis, Anritsu Devices, and Anritsu Networks. Anritsu Corporation's American subsidiary, Anritsu Company, is a supplier of the United States Department of Defense.

Anritsu MG3642A Synthesized Signal Generator

Performance

Net sales in FY2008 were ¥84 billion (US$782 million). It has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since 1968.

Products

Products include network call trace, service assurance, customer experience management, microwave, radio frequency (RF), and optical signal generators, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers.

References

  1. ^ "Anritsu Worldwide". Anritsu. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  2. "Corporate Profile". Anritsu. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  3. "Company Profile". Nikkei Asian Review. Nikkei Inc. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  4. "About the company". Financial Times. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
  5. Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: Transactions. U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. 1992. p. 56.
  6. Microwave Journal. Horizon House-Microwave. 2008. p. 156.
  7. Grant, Tina (February 1, 2005). International Directory of Company Histories. St. James Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-55862-543-3.
  8. Asia Electronics Industry: AEI. Dempa Publications. 2007. pp. 30–35.

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