Hardware & devices · Japan

Furuno Electric

Pioneer of the commercial fish finder and a leading maker of scanning sonars and echosounders for fishing and merchant fleets; top-10 international patent applicant here.

Headquarters
Nishinomiya, Japan · East Asia
Value chain
Hardware & devices(Products)
What that means
Makes physical products under its own name: computers, robots, vehicles, aircraft, drones, satellites, batteries, solar modules, reactors and medical devices.
Founded
1948
Staff
3,300 (2024)
Ownership
Listed
Listing
TSE:6814 on Google Finance
Website
furuno.com
Relevance
Moderate at its strongest, in Acoustic & Undersea Sensing

In 3 capabilities

Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.

  1. Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #22 of 50

    Pioneer of the commercial fish finder and a leading maker of scanning sonars and echosounders for fishing and merchant fleets; top-10 international patent applicant here.

    Relevance: Leading commercial marine sonar and fish finder maker

    Source · furuno.com

  2. Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #33 of 50

    Supplies GNSS timing receivers and GNSS-disciplined oscillators (GF-8x series) used for base-station and broadcast synchronisation.

    Relevance: Established GNSS timing receiver supplier for telecom

    Source · furuno.com

  3. Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #34 of 50

    One of the world's largest marine radar makers, also producing solid-state X-band weather radars.

    Relevance: Major marine radar maker worldwide

    Source · furuno.com