Taiyo Yuden

Infobox Company
company_name = Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.
太陽誘電株式会社
company_
company_slogan =
company_type = Kabushiki kaisha (tyo|6976)
foundation = March 23 1950 by Hikohachi Sato
location =flagicon|Japan Tokyo, Japan
key_people = Yoshiro Kanzaki: President and CEO
Mitsugu Kawada: Honorary Chairman

industry = electronics, media
products = Ceramic capacitors
Inductors
Circuit modules (for Power supply, High frequency)
Recordable optical media
Ceramic chip antennas, filters, baluns
Multilayer piezoelectric speakers
Varistors
NTC thermistors
Bulk feeders

revenue = profit ¥186,539 million JPY (2006) [ [http://www.yuden.co.jp/us/company/index.html Corporate Profile-TAIYO YUDEN Co.,Ltd ] ]
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 19,656 (March 31, 2006)
parent =
subsid = That's Fukushima Co., Ltd.
START Lab Inc.
others
homepage = [http://www.yuden.co.jp www.yuden.co.jp]
footnotes =

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. (太陽誘電) (translated as "Sun Dielectric") tyo|6976 is a Japanese materials and electronics company, situated in Ueno, Taito, Tokyo, that helped pioneer recordable CD technology (CD-R) along with Sony and Philips in 1988. Founded 50 years ago, Taiyo Yuden currently operates factories in Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Thailand. The company employs over ten thousand people worldwide and reports annual sales of more than $1 billion.

The current president of Taiyo Yuden is Yoshiro Kanzaki, who replaced Tomiji Kobayashi. Mitsugu Kawada is Honorary Chairman.

History

Taiyo Yuden was established by Hikohachi Sato on March 23, 1950 in Suginami, Tokyo.

"That's" branded Audio tape was introduced to the market in 1982. [http://ceramni.jpn.org/file/soukai06/kouen_0602.pdf]

Since 1985, Taiyo Yuden annually published "Needs & Seeds" (Taiyo Yuden Technical Report, ISSN 0911-5439). [ [http://refsys.ndl.go.jp/E001_EP01.nsf/0394f9cb0e08ed9349256ad500226366/75f67fa8707f9d8649256a35003f8d3c?OpenDocument (Eng.)Needs & Seeds ] ]

In October 1988, the world's first CD-R was made by Taiyo Yuden and presented to the public under the brand name "That's CD-R", however development already began as early as in summer 1985.

In 1989, START Lab Inc. was founded as a joint venture between Sony Corporation and Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. for the CD-R recording media business in Japan.

Taiyo Yuden introduced That's Double Density CD-R with 1.3 GB storage space in 2000. [ [http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/article/20001018/wpe07.htm WORLD PC EXPO 2000会場レポート ] ]

Effective March 1, 2006, the power supply factory in Mexico (formerly Taiyo Yuden de Mexico) was sold to Tamura Corporation.

The acquisition of Shoei Electronics Co., Ltd., formerly a subsidiary of Shoei Co., Ltd., took place March 1, 2007. [ [http://www.yuden.co.jp/us/release/pdf/pdf_77.pdf PDF ] ]

Products

* Bluetooth modules
* Capacitors
* CCFL Inverters
* Ferrite Beads
* High Frequency Multilayer Chip Antenna
* High Frequency Multilayer Chip Filter
* Inductors (multilayer, wire-wound chip, axial/radial leaded)
* Power Supplies (now redirected to Tamura Corp.)
* Recording media (made by That's Fukushima for START Lab)
* Resistors
* Simulation Tools

Recording media

Blank CD and DVD media is made by That's Fukushima for the distributor START Lab. Media Products manufactured by Taiyo Yuden are considered to be some of the best among enthusiasts, and are also used by drive manufacturers and Sony PlayStation game developers. [cite web
url = http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
title = Blank media quality guide & FAQ
accessdate = 2007-05-20
date = 2006-11-02
work = digitalFAQ
publisher = digitalFAQ Media Solutions
archiveurl = http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
archivedate = 2007-05-17
quote = The 5 best discs ever created are probably PVC001001, PVC001002, MXLRG02, MCC00RG20 and YUDEN000T02, with exceptional quality burns.]

Taiyo Yuden's cakeboxes usually have a special form and a printed shrinkwrap foil (unlike other manufacturers using transparent shrinkwrap and printed paper cylinder). The inner rings of the CD-R products are frosted.

Taiyo Yuden branded products are not common outside of Japan (where Taiyo Yuden media has a market share of about 60%) but unbranded CDs and DVDs are available from some online retailers. Rebranded Taiyo Yuden media can be found under Fujifilm, Fusion, Maxell, Miflop, Panasonic, Plextor, Sony, TDK and Verbatim Corporation brands [http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=178622] . In Japan, Korea and Greece, Taiyo Yuden is distributing its own brand "That's".

Taiyo Yuden makes Sony Music CD-R, Maxell Music CD-R and Maxell CD-R Pro.

DVD media manufactured by Taiyo Yuden has the following media codes:

Infosmart of Hong Kong, Optodisc of Taiwan and other manufacturers from Hong Kong, Macau and China have been making discs which illegitimately use Taiyo Yuden's mediacodes and are prone to degradation and data loss. If those discs do not have one of these hub codes, they are most likely fakes and should not be used.

Taiyo Yuden has also developed the Autostrategy technology, a learning mode for DVD burners, for Plextor.

Companies

The following companies belong to the Taiyo Yuden group:

Japan

* [http://www.taiyo-kagaku.co.jp/ Taiyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.] , anorganic chemicals
* Chuki Seiki Co., Ltd., electronics
* Tsukiyono Denshi Co., Ltd.
* [http://www.akagidenshi.com/ Akagi Electronics Co., Ltd.] , manufacturing services
* Taiyo Fukushi Co., Ltd.
* START Lab Inc. (49.9% joint venture with Sony Corporation), distribution of That's brand optical media
* That's Fukushima Co., Ltd., manufacturing optical (CD-R, DVD+R, DVD-R DL) media in Date, Fukushima
* S.E.T. Co., Ltd.
* [http://www.sunvertex.co.jp/ Sun Vertex Co., Ltd.]
* Kankyo Assist Co., Ltd., polycarbonate recycling

U.S.A.

* Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.) Inc.
* [http://www.trda-inc.com/ TRDA Inc.] (Taiyo Yuden R&D Center of America), R&D on Bluetooth technology

Europe

* Taiyo Yuden Europe Gmb

Korea

* Korea Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., production of circuitry products (inverters for LCD panels, battery protection modules for mobile devices, high-density surface mount boards)
* Korea Tong Yang Yujun Co., Ltd., production of conventional capacitors and inductors
* Korea Kyong Nam Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., production of multilayer capacitors

China

* Dongguan Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
* Taiyo Yuden (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.
* Taiyo Yuden (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.
* Taiyo Yuden (Tianjin) Electronics Co., Ltd., part of Korea Tong Yang Yujun Co., Ltd.
* Taiyo Yuden (Shenzhen) Electronics Trading Co., Ltd.

Hong Kong

* Hong Kong Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Taiwan

* Taiwan Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

Singapore

* Taiyo Yuden (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Thailand

* Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. Bangkok Representative Office

Philippines

* Taiyo Yuden (Philippines) Inc.
* Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. Manila Representative Office

Malaysia

* Taiyo Yuden (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
* Taiyo Yuden (Sarawak) S

References

External links

* [http://www.yuden.co.jp/ Taiyo Yuden's corporate website]
* [http://www.t-yuden.com/ Taiyo Yuden U.S.A.'s corporate website]
* [http://www.taiyo-yuden.com/ Taiyo Yuden Europe GmbH website]
* [http://www.taiyo-yuden.net/ Taiyo Yuden Korea distributor]
* [http://www.diskimpex.gr Taiyo Yuden Greece distributor]
* [http://www.bell-technology.cz/ Taiyo Yuden Czech distributor]
* [http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=178622 The Taiyo Yuden FAQ at CDfreaks.com]
* [http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/ How To Choose CD/DVD Archival Media] (mentions Taiyo Yuden media by name)