Nichia Corporation ( Jap. 日 亜 化学 工業 ити Nichia kagaku ko: gyo: kabushikigai ) is a Japanese chemical engineering and manufacturing company controlled from Tokushima , with divisions in various countries. Specializes in the production of phosphors, LEDs ( Division 2 ), laser diodes, materials for lithium batteries and calcium chloride [1] .
| Nichia corporation | |
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| Type of | |
| Base | 1956 |
| Location | |
| Key figures | Hiroyoshi Ogawa (President) |
| Industry | electronics |
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| Number of employees | 8.88 thousand (2018) [1] |
| Site | nichia.co.jp |
The largest manufacturer of LEDs in the world [2] [3] [4] .
Nichia's main competitors: Seoul Semiconductor , Cree , Philips Lumileds , Epistar , Osram , Everlight Electronics .
History
Nichia Corporation was founded in 1956 by Nobuo Ogawa (小 信 信 雄, 1912-2002) in Anan ( Tokushima ) for the production of ultrapure chemical products - calcium salts. In 1966, the production of inorganic phosphors began .
In 1993, the company created an inexpensive and efficient blue LED (with the participation of Shuji Nakamura ). In 1996, Nichia created a white LED ( Shuji Nakamura ).
The company now has six factories in Japan; European units are located in the Netherlands, Germany, Russia (Moscow) [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Corporate Information / NICHIA CORPORATION
- ↑ LED market grew 10% to $ 12.5 billion in 2011 , SPIE (17 Feb 2012). The appeal date is October 7, 2014. "Top 10 suppliers in the LED market for 2011, by revenue of packaged LED components, were: 1. Nichia."
- ↑ Steve Sechrist . 3Q13 Global LED Market Share Leaders (11/19/2013). Archived October 11, 2014. Date of appeal October 7, 2014. "HS senior analyst and report author Jon Casswell said Nichia is leading in revenues in the quarter with just over $ 0.56 billion, for 15.2 percent market share.".
- ↑ Petropavlovsky Yu. Modern LEDs from Nichia // Modern Electronics: Journal. - Moscow: STA-Press, 2011. - No. 5 . - pp . 14-21 .
- ↑ NICHIA / Location of factories and sales offices .
Links
- nichia.co.jp - official site of Nichia