Native name | アンリツ株式会社 |
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| Company type | PublicKK |
| TYO:6754 | |
| ISIN | JP3128800004 |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | 1895; 130 years ago (1895) as Sekisan-sha |
| Headquarters | Atsugi,Kanagawa Prefecture, 243-8555 ,Japan[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Hirokazu Hashimoto (Chairman andCEO) Hirokazu Hamada (President) |
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| Revenue | |
Number of employees | 3,717 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Website | anritsu |
| Footnotes / references [2][3] | |
Anritsu Corporation (アンリツ株式会社,Anritsu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanesemultinational corporation in thetelecommunications electronics equipment market.[4] A global pioneer for producing the world's first wireless telephone network, Anritsu's revenue numbers nearUS$782 million.
In Japan, Anritsu's first predecessor, Sekisan-sha, was founded in 1895.Annaka Electric Company followed, producing wireless transmitters and the world's first wireless telephone service and Japan's first automatic public telephone.
Anritsu Corporation was formed with the merger of two companies, the Annaka Corporation andKyoritsu Electric in Japan in 1931. In 1990, Anritsu acquired Wiltron Company in the United States for $180 million.[5]
Currently, the Anritsu Group is composed of Anritsu Corporation, Anritsu Engineering, Anritsu Infivis, Anritsu Devices, and Anritsu Networks.[1] Anritsu Corporation's American subsidiary, Anritsu Company, is a supplier of theUnited States Department of Defense.[6]

Net sales in FY2008 were¥84 billion (US$782 million). It has been listed on theTokyo Stock Exchange since 1968.[7]
Products include network call trace, service assurance, customer experience management, microwave, radio frequency (RF), and opticalsignal generators,spectrum analyzers, andnetwork analyzers.[8]