1884 : |
Honjo Copper Smeltery opened. Yamada Cable Works opened. |
1896 : |
Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company established (capital:¥50,000) |
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. |
1959 : |
Hiratsuka Cable Works established in Hiratsuka.
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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.
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1971 : |
Mie Works established in Kameyama-shi, Mie-prefecture.
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1979 : |
Bangkok Telecom Co., Ltd. established, as a joint venture in Thailand for manufacture of communication cables. |
1987 : |
Completion of Yokohama R&D Lab. |
1992 : |
Established an optical fiber cable manufacturing and sales company as a joint venture with AT&T in the U.S. |
2001 : |
Bought out Lucent Technologies' optical fiber solution business.
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2003 : |
Founded a new automotive part company in Indonesia.
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2009 : |
Establishes an optical fiber manufacturing company in India |
2010 : |
US subsidiary OFS Fitel, LLC establishes a manufacturing company for base materials of optical fibers jointly with a Chinese manufacturer |
2011 : |
Purchased SuperPower Inc., an American high-temperature superconducting materials manufacturer. |
2014 : |
Automobile parts management company founded in Thailand. |
2016 : |
Established local subsidiary in Myanmar to provide solutions focusing on communication construction. |