Rubycon Corporation Explained

Rubycon Corporation
Native Name:ルビコン株式会社
Native Name Lang:ja
Type:Private KK
Foundation:
Location:Nishi-Minowa, Ina City, Nagano Prefecture 399-4593, Japan
Key People:Hiroaki Akahane
(President and CEO)
Industry:Electronics
Revenue: JPY 44.27 billion (FY 2020)
Num Employees:2,734 (consolidated)
Footnotes:[1] [2]

is a Japanese electronics company, whose main products are electrolytic capacitors, film capacitors and power supply units[2] with a wide range of applications including consumer, industrial, power, lighting and automotive.

Founded in 1952 as Nihon Denkai Seisakusho (有限会社日本電解製作所), it changed its name to Shin-Ei Electronics Inc. (信英電子株式会社) in 1960.[3] [4] The company was formerly known as Seibu Shin-Ei Inc. and changed its name to Rubycon Corporation in December 1990.[2]

Rubycon holds a significant world market share in the capacitor market,[5] and has 11 production sites 10 in Japan and one in Indonesia. Rubycon appointed Supreme Components International, a Singapore-based electronics distributor, as their franchised distributor.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Corporate Overview . Rubycon . June 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: Company Snapshot . . September 23, 2021.
  3. Web site: About Rubycon : History/Hybrid, Capacitor, Power Supply Units RUBYCON CORPORATION.
  4. Web site: ルビコンについて:会社沿革/ハイブリッド、コンデンサ、キャパシタのルビコン株式会社.
  5. Web site: Electronic Component Distributor - Rubycon . AO-Electronics . February 18, 2024.
  6. Web site: Rubycon appoints SCI, Singapore as their authorized distributor . Supreme Components International (SCI) . May 24, 2010 . September 23, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20160410171047if_/http://supremecomponents.com/news-posts/rubycon-appoints-sci-singapore-authorized-distributor/. 10 April 2016. dead.