About Murata Manufacturing

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and its subsidiaries engage in the development, manufacturing and sales of electronic components and related products, such as capacitors, piezoelectric components, microwave devices and module products. Its products are sold mainly to electronics companies for use as components in telecommunication, computer, audio, video and other electronic products. As of March 31, 2005, the company had 54 subsidiaries. The company manufactures semi-finished products for various electronic components and supplies them to its manufacturing subsidiaries in Japan and abroad. It also sells finished products, which are manufactured by the companies, to customers in Japan and abroad, and to its overseas sales subsidiaries. Products Capacitors: This product category includes monolithic ceramic capacitors, ceramic disc capacitors and trimmer capacitors. It also offers multilayer ceramic chip capacitor, which is primarily used for mobile phones. Resistors: This product category includes thermistors, trimmer potentiometers, resistor networks and high-voltage resistors used for telecommunications equipment, and consumer electronic equipment, primarily CRT displays. Piezoelectric Components: This product category includes ceramic filters, ceramic resonators, surface acoustic wave filters and piezoelectric buzzers. Microwave Devices: This product category includes multilayer ceramic devices, dielectric filters, isolators and connectors. It also offers Bluetooth modules. Module Products: This product category includes circuit modules and various types of power supplies. It also offers voltage control oscillators (VCOs) for telecommunications equipment in Europe. Its power supplies are used for consumer electronic equipment, such as PDP and LCD televisions and for telecommunications equipment. Other Products: This product category includes EMI suppression filters and various types of sensors and coils. Sales Murata operates in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe, as well as Japan, and China, including Hong Kong. Customers The company’s customer base includes clients in the telecommunication, software, electronic, and electrical industries. Significant Events Cap-XX Limited announced the signing of a contract with Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. to jointly develop and supply high performance supercapacitors for mobile handsets and other peak power-hungry, space-constrained portable applications. In October 2020, Origin Wireless Inc. announced strategic partnership with Murata Manufacturing Company Ltd. to jointly promote Origin's WiFi sensing technology to automotive OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers to enable rapid adoption into vehicles by 2023, meeting the Child Presence Detection mandate of European New Car Assessment Programme to achieve the highest vehicle safety rating. History Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. was founded 1944.