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FAQ
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Please tell me about the business and main products of Marubun. |
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Our company consists of two businesses: electronic devices business and electronic systems business. The main products are shown below:
Device business --- Semiconductors, crystal devices, LCD panels, etc.
System business --- Space & defense electronics, Measurement & inspection equipment, Scientific equipment, Laser equipment, etc.
Click ghereh for details of the electronic devices business and ghereh for details of the electronic systems business.
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| Q2 |
What is the advanced technical support? Please be specific. |
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For the device business, we try to understand customer needs, more specifically functions the customers' design engineers wish to develop, at an early stage of production to introduce optimal semiconductor design. We also develop the custom IC design and its software.
For the system business, we develop new technical support to provide system integration combining multiple products according to customer needs, maintenance service including installation and adjustment after delivery, and feedback of customer needs to the supplier to develop new products. |
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| Q3 |
Why is a global sales network one of your strengths? |
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We established a joint venture Marubun/Arrow in 1998 by sharing investment with Arrow Electronics, Inc., which is one of the largest semiconductors trading companies in the world.
The method of developing the products in Japan by the major electrical equipment manufacturers, who are the main customers in the device business, is shifting production overseas, which is the norm these days. Marubun/Arrow builds the sales network to be excellent in quality, quantity, and speed by making the best use of the broad customer base and sales power of Marubun, and also the abundant products and global deployment of ARROW.
In addition, we cope with customers who are shifting production overseas promptly to implement the same fine component supply service as we have been doing domestically, regardless of production bases.
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| Q4 |
I would like to know your joint venture partner, Arrow Electronics, Inc. |
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Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions, with 2009 sales of $14.7 billion. Headquartered in Melville, New York, Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for over 900 suppliers and 125,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 310 locations in 51 countries and territories. |
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Does the company have any other companies in the same trade? |
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Our company is broadly classified as an electronics trading company. Since the composition of net sales of the electronic devices business is high, we are regarded as one of the semiconductor trading companies.
The semiconductor trading companies are classified into two groups: the semiconductor trading companies affiliated with manufacturers producing domestically mainly, and independent semiconductor trading companies not belonging to affiliated companies.
Examples of independent semiconductor trading companies are Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd., Macnica, Inc., Tomen Electronics Corporation, and Tokyo Electron Device Ltd., examples of affiliated companies are Ryosan Company Ltd., Sanshin Electronics Co.,Ltd. and USC Corporation.
Trading companies dealing with electronic equipments are Hakuto Co., Ltd., and Toyo Corporation.
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| Q6 |
Please tell me about the suppliers of the device business. |
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For the device business, there are powerful suppliers leading the semiconductor industry in the world. The main suppliers are shown below:
Overseas makers: Texas Instruments, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Broadcom Corp., Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Etc.
Domestic makers: Seiko Epson Corp., Epson Toyocom Corp., Asahi Kasei EMD Corp., etc.
Please refer to gDevices Productsh for details.
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Please tell me about the customers and use of the electronic device business. |
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The main customers of the electronic device business are the major electrical equipment manufacturers representing Japan.
Our semiconductor and electronic components are adopted in various applications: communication equipment (e.g. cellular phone), consumer electronics (e.g. game machine, digital camera, DVD, and flat TV), and others (e.g. computer/OA equipment, industrial equipment, and car). |
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What kinds of product fields are dealt with in the electronic system business? |
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The electronic system business deals with five fields of electronic products as shown below:
ESpace and defense electronics (space equipment, simulator equipment and sensors)
EMeasurement & inspection equipment (inspection equipment and related manufacturing equipment for semiconductors, etc.)
EScientific equipment (thin film equipment)
ELaser equipment (laser diode, laser processing and optical components)
EMedical equipment (diagnostic imaging equipment, hemodialysis apparatus)
Please refer to gSystems productsh for details of the products.
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