TDK Corp : TDK Named as One of Thomson Reuters The World's Top 100 most innovative organizations for 2012
January 10, 2013 at 10:10 pm
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TDK Named as One of Thomson Reuters The World's Top 100 most innovative organizations for 2012
2013/01/10
TDK Corporation announces today that it has been selected as one of the 2012 Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters (headquartered in New York with a Japan office in Minato-ku, Tokyo).
This award is based on an analysis of patent information held by Thomson Reuters, which looked at trends in intellectual property and patents, beyond merely patent filing volume. The corporations and research organizations selected as the Top 100 Global Innovators have been commercializing notable inventions on a global scale. Criteria for selection included: number of patents, success rate, global reach of patent portfolio, and influence of patents in citations. TDK received an especially high rating for number of patents, along with a high rating for the other three criteria.
TDK was established in 1935 to commercialize the electronic material ferrite, used today in a wide range of electronic devices. The company has since developed and sells a wide range of products focusing on magnetic materials, achieving numerous technical innovations. To further develop business with a global perspective focusing on passive components, TDK aims to continue doing research and development and improving its intellectual property strategy sources of its competitiveness.
About TDK Corporation
TDK Corporation is a leading electronics company based in Tokyo, Japan. It was established in 1935 to commercialize ferrite, a key material in electronic and magnetic products. TDK's portfolio includes electronic components, modules and systems which are marketed under the product brands TDK and EPCOS, power supplies, magnetic application products as well as energy devices, flash memory application devices, and others. TDK focuses on demanding markets in the areas of information and communication technology and consumer, automotive and industrial electronics. The company has a network of design and manufacturing locations and sales offices in Asia, Europe, and in North and South America. In fiscal 2012, TDK posted total sales of USD 9.9 billion and employed about 79,000 people worldwide.
TDK Corporation specialises in the design, manufacture and sales of electronic products and recording equipment. Net sales break down by family product as follows:
- rechargeable batteries and energy converters (46.9%);
- electronic equipment and components (33.1%): ceramic capacitors, ferrites, magnets, inductors, high-frequency components, transformers, converters, thermistors, etc.;
- recording equipment (13.5%): recording appliances (notably magnetic heads for hard disks, heads for disk drives and thermal printer heads), recording equipment (audio and video cassettes, optical disks, computer data storage tapes, PC cards, etc.);
- other (3.5%): rechargeable batteries, memory cards, displays and mechatronic equipment.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (8%), China (56.8%), Asia (18.7%), Europe (10%) and Americas (6.5%).
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