2012
- December 3, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Lab Dedicated at Clemson's Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies - December 6, 2012
- Notice of Business Transfer to Consolidated Subsidiary (Furukawa Electric Power Systems Co., Ltd.) through Demerger (Simplified Absorption-Type Demerger) (PDF 98KB)
- December 5, 2012
- Furukawa Electric Successfully Produces Polymer-Free Carbon Nano Tube Fibers with High Electric Conductivity by Using Wet-spinning Method
- December 3, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Lab Dedicated at Clemson's Center for Optical Materials Science and Engineering Technologies - November 29, 2012
- The First Electrodeposited Copper Foil Factories in Japan to Obtain ISO/TS16949 Certification
- Improving the quality of rapidly-growing lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and meeting customer demand - - November 6, 2012
- Kyowa Electric Wire's Corrugated Cables Selling Well
- High Productivity and Reliability: Full-Scale Production of Corrugated Cables for Mega Solar Power Plants and Wind Power Generation Begins - - November 1, 2012
- Financial Summary for First Half of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2013 (PDF 95KB)
- Notice of Differences Between Forecast and Actual Results for First Half of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2013 and Revision to Full-Year Forecast (PDF 39KB)
- Notice of the Outline and Effects of the Business Structural Reform (PDF 31KB)
- Notice of Application for Delisting of Company's Stocks on Osaka Securities Exchange (PDF 47KB)
- October 16, 2012
- Development of the Industry's First Package-type Power Storage System
~ Facilitating automatic power supply in the event of a disaster and efficient use of electricity under normal operating conditions ~ - October 12, 2012
- Okano Cable Begins Sales of Cable Guide Ideal for Industrial Robots, etc.
~ Structure Incorporating Resin Creates Lightweight, Low-Noise, and High-Durability Cable Guide that Generates Less Dust ~ - September 24, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
HomeRun™ Indoor MDU Cabling Solution Reduces Installation Steps, Helps Save Time and Laber - September 24, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
Enhancements to Fitel® Fusion Splicer Line From OFS
- Promote Ease of Use - - September 20, 2012
- Furukawa Electric Develops Optical Amplifiers for Multi-Core Fibers to Support High Capacity Optical Communications
~ Substantial Energy Savings Achieved by using Collective Excitation to Amplify Signals in Seven-Core Optical Fibers ~ - September 17, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Announces New Dispersion Slope Compensating Module for Cable Television Networks - September 17, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Announces New RightWave™ EDF MP980-II Product for Higher Power Range, Increased Efficiency and Reduced Transient Response - September 17, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Announces Commercial Availability of Ez-bend® Invisilight™ Optical Solution for Nearly Invisible Fiber in the Home
- Can increase take-rates and speed deployment - - September 5, 2012
- Kyowa Electric Wire Develops Special Plating Ideal for Connecting Rod Bearing Retainers in Motorcycles
~ No Sulfuration Due to Engine Oil, Low Friction Coefficient and Excellent Abrasion Resistance ~ - August 29, 2012
- Notice of Execution of Basic Integration Agreement between Furukawa Electric's Consolidated Subsidiary Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation and Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd. (PDF 114KB)
- August 27, 2012
- Ichijikan Pipe, a Fire Prevention Kit for Penetrating Steel Cable Conduits, Goes on Sale
~ Easy to install, low-cost sheet material and installation method developed and commercialized ~ - August 23, 2012
- Development of Small and Lightweight Stand Kicker Heat Pipe Radiator for High-Power LED
- August 7, 2012
- 2012 R&D 100 Award Granted to SuperPower Inc., a Subsidiary of Furukawa Electric, for Practical Application of a Superconducting Wire
~ Winning the award together with the University of Houston as co-developers of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory ~ - August 2, 2012
- Financial Sumry for First Three Months of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2013(PDF 62KB)
- July 26, 2012
- Furukawa Electric receives order for assigned research for verifying introduction of Smart Energy System advertised by Electricity Storage System Promotion Division, New Energy and Global Warming Countermeasures Department, Environment and Agriculture Bureau, Kanagawa Prefecture
~ Developing the industry's first system to enable electricity discharge from EVs connected to commercial AC line ~ - July 20, 2012
- Furukawa Electric Group's Comprehensive Technology Exhibition Held in Jakarta, Indonesia
~ Furukawa aims to expand its business territory and enhance its presence in Indonesia and other ASEAN countries ~ - July 9, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Brands EDF Products as Rightwave™ EDF Product Family with Over 20,000km Shipped - July 5, 2012
- Establishing a company integrating three of our electric component companies
-To offer solutions for power transmission/distribution systems as a complete electric component manufacturer.- - June 22, 2012
- Volume production started for world's first vehicle-mounted lead battery status detection sensor equipped with pulse discharging circuit
- June 21, 2012
- Delivery of high-withstand voltage rectangular wires for the Aqua compact hybrid vehicle
~ Contributing to the miniaturization of EV and HV drive motors ~ - June 7, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
Furukawa, OFS Executives To Address CRU's 6th Wire & Cable Conference in Vienna - June 5, 2012
- Optimal Gigabit-Ethernet-Compliant IPsec Access Router for Small Offices and Stores FITELnet F60 to go on sale
- Product lineup includes model with integrated wireless LAN access point - - May 31, 2012
- Development of lightweight and environmentally durable fluorocarbon resin-covered aluminum wire
- May 30, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
Extending the Distance in Russia: T8 and OFS Demonstrate Successful Error-Free 100Gb/s Uncompensated Transmission Together with 40Gb/s Transmission Over 4000km in 8Tb/s DWDM System - May 22, 2012
- Furukawa Electric Launches Roof-Affixing Parts for Plafleky Products
- Jointly develops parts for affixing pipes used in solar power generation - - May 18, 2012
- Nine Japanese Companies Launch Japan-U.S. Collaborative Smart Grid Demonstration Project in Business District of Albuquerque, New Mexico
- First in the World to Manufacture Ultra-High Voltage High-Temperature Superconducting Power Cables
- Conducting long-term loading cycle tests at Shenyang City in China - - May 14, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
Alliance of Leaders in Russia: T8 and OFS Demonstrate Successful Error-free 100Gb/s Transmission Together with 40Gb/s Transmission Over 2000km in 8Tb/s DWDM System - May 10, 2012
- Financial Summary for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012 (PDF 63KB)
- Notice of Differences Between Full-Year Consolidated Results Forecast and Actual Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012 (PDF 38KB)
- Notice of Reduction in Amount of Capital Reserve (PDF 16KB)
- Information on the Changes of Officers (PDF 25KB)
- April 26, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Labs Adds Patent to Intellectual Patent Portfolio - April 23, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
Accutether™ Fiber Performance Excels in Payout, Tether and Sensing Applications - April 12, 2012
- Furukawa announces First in the World to Develop and Commoditize Reflective Sheet MCPOLYCA Optimized for LED Lighting Equipment - Following on from the MCPET, we are releasing a reflective sheet with a polycarbonate microcellular foamed structure -
- April 2, 2012
- Speech by President Mitsuyoshi Shibata at the FY2012 Initiation Ceremony
- March 30, 2012
- World's Highest Reliability and Power Conservation Achieved with Lasers for Supercomputers
- March 28, 2012
- Developing foam molded recycled PET combining lightweight with high rigidity
- Helping to reduce the burden on the environment by broadening applications for recycled PET material - - March 8, 2012
- Notice of Change and Delegated Duties of Directors and Corporate Vice Presidents and Appointment of Senior Fellow
- March 8, 2012
- New Organizational Structure to Promote New Business in the Environmental and Energy Fields
- March 8, 2012
- Participating in the Experimental Offshore Floating Wind Farm Project
- March 5, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Introduces Ultrawave® Sla+ Fiber for Submarine Systems Transmitting at 100Gb/s and Beyond
- Designed for Cost-Effective Coherent Transport over Trans-Oceanic Distances, Fiber Offers Larger Effective Area and Lower Cabled Attenuation - - March 5, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Multicore Fiber Enables World-record Transmission:
120Gb/s Over 100 Meters on Single Multicore Multimode Fiber Strand
- Important Milestone in Development of Next-Generation Supercomputer and Data Center Networks - - March 2, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS and Furukawa Announce Volume Production of HPU 42000 Series Raman Amplifiers with Automatic Gain Cintrol
- Automatic Control Facilitates the Introduction of Systems Communications - - March 2, 2012
- OFS and Furukawa Announce High-output, Narrow-linewidth, Full-band Tunable Lasers and ITLAs for 100 GB/s Ultra-high Speed Optical Digital Coherent Transmission
- February 29, 2012
- Furukawa Electric Launches Outdoor Communications Equipment Cabinet with Temperature Control Feature
~ Jointly develops energy-saving cabinet with Nexco-East Engineering ~ - February 28, 2012
- (FISA News Release)
Furukawa Opens Innovative Showroom for Channels and Customers ~Brazil and other Latin American countries encounter a new atmosphere. It integrates laboratories for practical demonstrations of solutions from the manufacturer which can be accessed “live” on the web. ~ - February 28, 2012
- Notice on Decision to Uphold Basic Patent on Electrodeposited Copper Foil for Lithium Ion Batteries
- February 22, 2012
- Notice of Transfer of Fixed Assets (PDF 32KB)
- February 20, 2012
- FEIC Begins Supply of Railway Carriage Wires Compliant with European Standards
- February 17, 2012
- Notice of Change of Representative Directors (PDF 34KB)
- February 16, 2012
- (FISA News Release)
Furukawa Alerts Channels and Users to Importance of ANATEL Certification in Telecommunication Network products ~Sale and use of non-certified products brings consequences to the entire value chain~ - February 14, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
OFS Announces EZ-Bend® InvisiLight™ Optical Solution for Nearly Invisible Fiber in the Home
~ Can increase take-rates and speed deployment ~ - February 9, 2012
- (FISA News Release)
Increase in Demand for Furukawa Courses ~FCP Fibre Optics and Data Cabling System are the most sought-after. Besides Brazil, the manufacturer already gives courses - in Spanish - in four South American countries~ - February 7, 2012
- (Corrections) Corrections to the Notice of Revision to Full-Year Results Forecast and Expected Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2012(PDF 85KB)
- February 7, 2012
- Financial Summary for First Nine Months of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2012 (PDF 128KB)
- Notice of Revision to Full-Year Results Forecast and Expected Dividends for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2012(PDF 85KB)
- Notice of Acquisition of Shares in Totoku Electric (to Make it a Subsidiary)(PDF 90KB)
- February 7, 2012
- Information on the Resumption of Production at IT-Related Subsidiary Furukawa FITEL (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
- February 6, 2012
- Furukawa Electric Completes Acquisition of ‘SuperPower Inc.’ from the Philips Group
- February 3, 2012
- (FISA News Release)
Furukawa Argentina Grew 55% in 2011 - February 2, 2012
- (FISA News Release)
Furukawa Supports Brazilian Culture ~Network infrastructure manufacturer is one of the contributors at the Curitiba Theatre Festival - 2012 edition~ - February 1, 2012
- (OFS News Release)
Alliance of Leaders in Russia: T8 and OFS Demonstrate Successful Error-free 40Gb/s Transmission Over 2000km in 3.2Tb/s DWDM System - January 27, 2012
- Development of Connector for High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) Power Supply Systems
- January 26, 2012
- FAS Establishes New Wire Harness Manufacturing Base in Philippines
- January 23, 2012
- Kyowa Electric Wire Develops KANZACC ALC-fine Litz77, a Lightweight, Easily Solderable Aluminum Litz Wire
- January 16, 2012
- First in the World to Develop and Commoditize Reflective Sheet MCPOLYCA Optimized for LED Lighting Equipment
- Following on from the MCPET, we are releasing a reflective sheet with a polycarbonate microcellular foamed structure - - January 4, 2012
- 2012 New Year Message from President (Gist of in-house message)