- Rohm
ROHM Co., Ltd. (ローム, "Rōmu") (tyo|6963) is a Japanese electronic parts supplier based in Kyoto,
Japan . ROHM was incorporated as "Toyo Electronics Industry Corporation" by Kenichiro Sato (佐藤 研一郎) onSeptember 17 ,1958 . The name was officially changed to "Rohm" in 1981. Sato has been president of ROHM from its founding. When ROHM was established,resistor s were its main product. Later, the company began manufacturingsemiconductor s. IC's and discrete semiconductors now account for about 80% of ROHM's revenue. The name "Rohm" (which was originally written R.ohm) was derived from R, for resistors, the original product, plusohm , the unit of measure for resistance.AS of 2006, ROHM is among the
Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders .Technology centers
Rohm has opened technology centers throughout the world.
* 1990 - America
* 1997 - Yokohama
* 1999 - Kyoto
* 1999 - Hong Kong
* 2000 - Philippines
* 2000 - Europe
* 2004 - Shanghai
* 2004 - Taiwan
* 2005 - Korea
* 2006 - ShenzhenExternal links
* [http://www.rohm.com/ Welcome to ROHM]
* [http://www.rohmeurope.com/ Welcome to ROHM Europe]
* [http://www.rohmelectronics.com/ Welcome to ROHM Electronics USA, LLC]
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