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Native name | 古野電気株式会社 |
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| Company type | PublicKK |
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| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | Nagasaki (1948; 77 years ago (1948)) |
| Founder | Kiyotaka Furuno |
| Headquarters | 9-52 Ashihara-cho,Nishinomiya,Hyōgo Prefecture 662-8580, Japan |
Key people | Yukio Furuno (President) |
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| Revenue |  US$ 700 million (FY 2017) (JPY 78.67 billion) (FY 2017) |
 US$ 11.5 million (FY 2017) (JPY 13 billion) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | 2,836 (consolidated, as of February 28, 2014) |
| Website | furuno |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. (古野電気株式会社,Furuno Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) (commonly known asFuruno) is a Japanese electronics company whose main products aremarine electronics, includingmarine radar systems,fish finders, and navigational instruments. The company also manufacturesglobal positioning systems andmedical equipment, and entered theweather radar market in 2013.[2]
Furuno Electric Shokai was founded in Nagasaki, Japan in 1948. The same year, Furuno commercialized the world's first practicalfish finder. Manufacturing continued to ramp up as the decade came to a close, and by the mid-1950s, Furuno was producing various Marine supplements, such as early examples of commercialMarine radars. In 1973, Furuno created an early iteration of satellite positioning receivers for vessels at sea. Later that decade, Furuno entered the United States market, establishing an HQ in the United States as Furuno USA.[3] Following this expansion and continued growth, Furuno continued expanding their marine-based radar products. In 2009, Furuno acquiredSan Francisco based eRide, Inc., afabless semiconductor company.[4] Following this acquisition, in 2013, Furuno introduced an X-bandweather radar, the smallest of its kind.[5] In 2015, the company'sGNSS Receiver Modules were used inradio controlled flyingquadcopters.[6]
Furuno's marine electronic devices has been featured inLicence to Kill (1989) as product placement.[7]
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