About Us
Corporate Outline / History
| Company name | NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC. |
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| Address | 2701-1 Higashi-bun, Omine-cho, Mine-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture 759-2212, Japan |
| Establishment | March, 1991 |
| Paid-In Capital | 3,450 million yen |
| Net Sales | 15.638 billion yen (as of the end of fiscal year March, 2022) |
| President | HIDEKI SHIMIZU |
| Employees | 500 (As of July, 2022) |
| Business |
Ceramic Packages Chip package for SMT, CMOS/CCD. MEMS package, Micro-wave package, Optical package, Package for RF power device, LED package Functional Circuit Boards and Electronic Functional Components Press molded ceramic products, DCB and AMB Substrates For Power Modules, Aluminum nitride, RF parts /materials, Piezoelectric parts / materials |
| Shareholder | NGK Insulators, Ltd. |
| Main delivery destinations |
Japan: Seiko Epson Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc. Overseas: NXP |
| Network | For the corporate network, refer to “Network.” |
NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES (M)SDN.BHD.
NGK GLOBETRONICS TECHNOLOGY SDN.BHD.
NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES ASIA SDN.BHD.
History
| 1970 | Established "Mine Electronic Ceramics Factory", a plant specialized in electronic ceramics, in Mine City of Yamaguchi Pref. and started this business. |
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| 1991 | Separated from Narumi China Corporation and independently founded Sumitomo Metal Ceramics, Inc. as a 100%-owned subsidiary company of Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. |
| 1993 | Obtained ISO9002 certification. |
| 1994 |
Entrusted product inspection to Globetronics Technology Bhd., a semiconductor part manufacturing company based in Penang, Malaysia, and established SMCi Globetronics Technology Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture company with Globetronics Technology Bhd. |
| 1995 | Established SMCi Globetronics Technology Industries Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture company with Globetronics Technology Bhd. in Penang, Malaysia. |
| 1996 | Transfered the business right of the ceramic electronic component business from Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. Established Sumitomo Metal (SMI) Electronics Devices Inc. |
| 1997 | Obtained ISO 9001 certification. |
| 1998 | Founded SMI-ED Ogaki Ceramics, Inc. (Head office, Ogaki City) as a 100%-owned subsidiary company of Sumitomo Metal (SMI) Electronics Devices Inc. |
| 2000 | Inherited Electronics Functional Components business from Sumitomo Metal Industries and integrated into our business. |
| 2001 | Established a sales office in Germany (Frankfurt) |
| 2002 |
Purchased the stocks of joint venture SMCi Globetronics Technology Industries Sdn. Bhd. from Globetronics Technology Bhd., and turned it into our 100%-owned subsidiary. Founded Suzhou SMI Electronics, Co., Ltd. (Head office: Suzhou City, China) as a 100%-owned subsidiary company of Sumitomo Metal (SMI) Electronics Devices Inc. |
| 2004 |
Entered into a joint venture agreement with Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. for our subsidiary SMI-ED Ogaki Ceramics Co., Ltd. Obtained ISO14001 certification. Established US sales office in Phoenix, Arizona. |
| 2006 | Renamed SMCi Globetronics Technology Industries Sdn. Bhd. to Sumitomo Metal (SMI) Electronics Devices (M) Sdn. Bhd. |
| 2010 | Relocated the plant of founded Suzhou SMI Electronics, Co., Ltd. |
| 2012 | Renamed to Nippon Steel & Sumikin Electronics Devices Inc. due to the integration of parent company. |
| 2014 | Closed a sales office in Flankfurt, Germany. |
| 2015 | Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation sold all stocks of our company to NGK Insulators, Ltd. Renamed to NGK ELECTRONICS DEVICES, INC., and started as a member of NGK Group. |
| 2016 | Acquired the certification of ISO/TS16949 on our DCB substratesproducts. |
| 2017 | Closed NGK Electronics Devices Suzhou Co., Ltd. |
| 2019 |
Closed down Malaysia sales company Kuala Lumpur branch and integrated it into Malaysia sales company headquarters in Penang. Obtained ISO45001 certification. |
| 2022 | Acquired the ISO/TS16949 certification on our crystal package products. |