Nichicon
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is a manufacturer of capacitors of various types, and is one of the largest manufacturers of capacitors in the world, headquartered in Karasuma Oike, Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 1950, it separated from the Nii Works Co., established itself as Kansai-Nii Works and completed its first factory by 1956. In 1961, it adopted the Nichicon name and has been using it, or a variant thereof, ever since.
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Nichicon Corporation, also known as Nichicon, is a company based in Nakagyō Ku, Japan. The organization was established in 1950 and maintains an active status.
The entity is identified by the Japanese title ニチコン株式会社. It is classified as a company within the research organization registry.
Synthesized by Vinony from 9 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, ROR. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Nichicon is referenced by 180 other articles, and connects out to Nakagyō Ward, Japan and Kyoto.
It is catalogued under topics including Capacitor manufacturers, Companies listed on the Osaka Exchange and Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company
- Location
- Nakagyō Ku, Japan
- Also known as
- Nichicon
- Status
- Active
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Nakagyō Ward
- Industry
- electronics
- Stock exchange
- Tokyo Stock Exchange
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.nichicon.co.jp
- Image
- At Kyoto 2024 134.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nichicon
- inception
- 1950-00-00
- product or material produced
- capacitor
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Early 2000s capacitor issues
- References
- External links

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