| TOKIN Corporation | |
| Native Name: | トーキン |
| Native Name Lang: | ja |
| Type: | KK |
| Industry: | Electrical components |
| Hq Location City: | Shiroishi, Miyagi |
| Hq Location Country: | Japan |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Products: | Electrical and electronic parts |
TOKIN Corporation is a Japanese electrical and electronic industrial and automotive parts manufacturing company. Since April 2017 it has been a wholly owned subsidiary of KEMET Corporation. Previously it was named and was part of the NEC Group.[1] It is headquartered in Shiroishi, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.[1]
In February 2013, KEMET Corporation invested in the company to provide capital for Tokin to expand its business.[2] After this investment, KEMET owned 34% of the company, and NEC owned a 66% controlling share.
In September 2015, TOKIN pleaded guilty to fixing the prices of electrolytic capacitors between 2002 and 2013 in a criminal lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California by the United States Department of Justice, and was required to pay a fine of $13.8 million USD.[3]
In April 2017, KEMET purchased a 61% controlling interest, making Tokin its wholly owned subsidiary. Once the purchase was complete, the company changed its name to "TOKIN Corporation".[4]