Mitsumi Electric
The Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (ミツミ電機株式会社, Mitsumi Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) was a Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronic components, founded in 1954.[3]
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Native name | ミツミ電機株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Mitsumi Denki kabushiki gaisha |
| Type | Subsidiary KK |
| TYO: 6767 Nikkei 225 component | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | January 1954 |
| Defunct | January 27, 2017 |
| Fate | Acquired by Minebea |
| Successor | MinebeaMitsumi (2017–present) |
| Headquarters | Tsurumaki, Tama-shi, Tokyo, 206-8567, Japan |
Key people | Itsuo Moribe (Chairman) Shigeru Moribe (President and CEO) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  JPY 157.3 billion (FY 2013)(US$ 1.54 billion) (FY 2013) |
| JPY 3.2 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 31.5 million) (FY 2014) | |
Number of employees | 36,417 (consolidated, as of April 1, 2015) |
| Website | Official website |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
The company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, was constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index[4] and provided its products through its subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America.[5] Mitsumi was primarily known as an OEM manufacturer of computer peripherals and input devices, Floppy and optical disc drives used in laptop computers, desktops, servers and the Famicom Disk System. On January 27, 2017, Minebea merged with Mitsumi to form MinebeaMitsumi.[6]
Products
Video game console controllers
One of the company's most noticeable product lines were video game console controllers. Mitsumi manufactured the official controllers for the following consoles:
- Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom controller
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom controller
- GameCube controller (Certain revisions only) and the WaveBird Wireless Controller
- Panasonic 3DO Controller
- Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk (Certain revisions only)
- PlayStation standard and DualShock controllers (Certain revisions only)
- PlayStation 2 DualShock 2 controller (Certain revisions only)
- Xbox original 'Duke' Controller and early 'Controller S' models
Other
Other products include:
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Mitsumi CD Interface. The HCCS Ultimate A5000 Mitsumi CD interface is an early CDROM interface for Acorn Computers.
- The Wi-Fi sub-PCB for the Nintendo DS family of systems (According to the FCC ID on the bottom of each system) and manufactured at least some Nintendo DS Lite consoles for Nintendo.
- Remote controls for several home electronics brands.
- keyboards, mice and floppy drives for a number of computer manufacturers. These include the Apple Pro Keyboard and the Mighty Mouse, the keyboards, mice and floppy drives for the Amiga, the keyboard for the VIC-20 and TI-99/4A, etc.
- Certain hardware parts for the Nintendo Wii U system.
- Some components of the XM Satellite Radio system.
References
- "Company Information". Mitsumi Electric. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- Emma Boyes (February 8, 2007). "Wii Remote maker profits soar". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 8, 2007.
- "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- "MegaChips and Mitsumi Simplify IP Camera Deployment". PR Newswire. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- "History – MinebeaMitsumi".
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