TAIYO YUDEN's Strength and Uniqueness1

The Technical and Knowhow Ability to Develop and Bring to Market
World-leading Innovative Products

Since its founding, TAIYO YUDEN has followed a credo of starting from material development to complete end products. Our research and development activities have been producing numerous world-first innovations and products for many years.

  • 1984 Commercialized the world's first nickel-electrode high-capacity multilayer ceramic capacitor
  • 1988 Commercialized CD-R, the world's first recordable optical media
  • 2006 World's first mass production of the groundbreaking EOMIN™ embedded-parts multilayer wiring substrate with a copper core
  • 2013 Achieved the world's first 330μF multilayer ceramic capacitor
  • 2013 Commercialized the world's first multilayer metal power inductor
  • 2014 Achieved the world's thinnest (0.11mm) multilayer ceramic capacitor

TAIYO YUDEN's Strength and Uniqueness2

Global Production and Extensive Sales Network

  • Ratio of overseas production (Year ended March 31, 2014) 66.3% / Ratio of overseas sales to net sales (Year ended March 31, 2014) 82.3%

  • TAIYO YUDEN began its global expansion in 1967 with a subsidiary in Taiwan and has continued developing operations focused on North America, Europe, and East Asia. This led to its current development, production, and sales network to 16 countries and regions worldwide, including Japan. Today, the Company continual works to improve its reach throughout the world markets and in particular, regarding its production activities, the Company is stepping up the development of high-end products abroad to make maximize use of its overseas bases as it formulates the optimal global production network of bases in Japan and around the world.

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