Nichicon

Revenue JPY 107.2 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 893.3 million) (FY 2014) JPY 2.25 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 18.7 million) (FY 2014)5,792 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2014)WebsiteOfficial websiteFootnotes / references
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Nichicon Corporation (ニチコン株式会社, Nichikon Kabushiki-gaisha) is a manufacturer of capacitors of various types, and is one of the largest manufacturers of capacitors in the world,^{[citation needed]} headquartered in Karasuma Oike, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 1950, it separated from the Nii Works Co., established itself as Kansai-Nii Works and completed its first factory by 1956. In 1961, it adopted the Nichicon name and has been using it, or a variant thereof, ever since.

In 2011 and 2012 Nichicon spun off several major factories into independent subsidiaries, and established representative branches in foreign countries, thus realigning its corporate infrastructure.^[3]

Early 2000s capacitor issues

From 2001 to 2004, Nichicon produced defective capacitors ("HM" and "HN" series) that were used by major computer manufacturers, including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Apple.^[4][5] No explanation has been given for the production runs of defective capacitors, but some sources claimed that these capacitors were either overfilled with electrolyte,^[4] or were constructed using electrolyte that was prone to leaking, causing premature failure in any equipment using them.^{[citation needed]} This issue was not related to the Taiwanese capacitor plague.^[4]

In 2010 Dell settled a civil lawsuit concerning its shipment of at least 11.8 million computers from May 2003 to July 2005 that used faulty Nichicon components and were prone to major failure.^[6][7]

References

External links

• Nichicon Corporation (in English)