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Native name | ヒロセ電機株式会社 |
|---|---|
| Company type | PublicKK |
| TYO:6806 | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | Tokyo (August 15, 1937; 88 years ago (1937-08-15)) |
| Headquarters | Nakagawa Chuoh,Tsuzuki-ku,Yokohama 224-8540, Japan |
Key people | Kazunori Ishii (President andCEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  JPY 165.5 billion (FY 2023) (US$ 1.1 billion) (FY 2023) |
| JPY 26.5 billion (FY 2023) (US$ 176.4 million) (FY 2023) | |
Number of employees | 4,654 (as of March 31, 2024) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (ヒロセ電機株式会社,Hirose Denki kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese company specializing in the manufacturing of electricconnectors. The company was founded in 1937 as Hirose Manufacturing, changed its name to Hirose Electric in August 1963 and started selling internationally in 1968.[2]
Hirose also manufactures flexible printed circuits for smartphones and gets about 70 percent of revenue from outside Japan.[4]
Hirose is mainly known for its ".FL" series of surface-mount connectors, the best-known beingHirose U.FL used in Wi-Fi equipment. They include:[5]
| Name | Length | Width | Height (Typ. / Max.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.FL | 4.5 | 5 | 3 |
| E.FL | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3 |
| U.FL | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 / 2.5 |
| U.FL(V) | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.9 / 2.0 |
| W.FL(G) | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.65 / 1.85 |
| W.FL | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 / 1.55 |
| All units are in millimeters. | |||
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