Futaba Corporation

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Futaba Corporation
Native name
双葉電子工業株式会社
Public KK
Traded as TYO: 6986
Industry Electronics
Founded Mobara, Japan (February 3, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-02-03))
Headquarters Mobara, Chiba Prefecture 297- 8588, Japan
Key people
Hiroshi Sakurada
(President)
Products
Revenue Increase JPY 64.35 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 625.24 million) (FY 2013)
Increase JPY 1.79 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 17.45 million) (FY 2013)
Number of employees
5,179 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014)
Website Official website
Footnotes / references
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Futaba Corporation (双葉電子工業株式会社 Futaba Denshi Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha?) is a Japanese company founded in 1948, originally to produce vacuum tubes.[3] As time passed, production and elemental techniques of the vacuum tube transformed into the manufacturing of vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs), tool and die set components, radio control equipment and OLED displays.[4]

Company profile

Futaba became one of the first companies of its type to provide comprehensive radio control products, selection and service to hobbyists. Futaba systems and products were quickly accepted and used by serious competitors and casual enthusiasts alike. Futaba products are used in the air, on the water, underwater and on the ground for all types of RC models. Futaba manufactures all components in-house, including tools and manufacturing facilities.[5]

The brand is distributed in North America by Hobbico of Champaign, Illinois, by Ripmax in the UK, by Robbe in Germany along with other distributors around the world.[6]

Bribery in China

Senior manager Takehisa Terada, 68, was convicted in 2013 of bribing government officials in China in 2007[7] to ignore an irregularity at a subsidiary’s factory in Guangdong Province.[8]

Gallery

Futaba 4PKSR transmitter with non-standard skins. 
A Futaba 2,4GHz 7-channel receiver 

References

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