- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan · East Asia
- Value chain
- Components & subsystems(Inputs)
- What that means
- Makes the parts others build into products: chips, sensors, optics, modules, engines and subsystems.
- Founded
- 1935
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- TSE:6762 on Google Finance
- Website
- tdk.com
- Relevance
- High at its strongest, in Superconducting, Magnetic & Photonic Materials
In 2 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.
Advanced Materials & Manufacturing · Manufacture · listed #4 of 50
Founded to commercialise ferrite, TDK makes ferrite and NdFeB magnets and magnetic materials, and is the leading international patent applicant in this capability.
Relevance: Major ferrite and magnet maker
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #18 of 50
Through TDK InvenSense, a high-volume supplier of MEMS IMUs and positioning-fusion software used for sensor-based dead reckoning in automotive, drone and robotics navigation.
Relevance: High-volume consumer MEMS IMU supplier