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Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
Native name	ミツミ電機株式会社
Romanized name	Mitsumi Denki kabushiki gaisha
Company type	Subsidiary KK
Traded as	TYO: 6767; Nikkei 225 component
Industry	Electronics
Founded	January 1954; 71 years ago
Fate	Acquired by Minebea
Headquarters	Tsurumaki, Tama-shi, Tokyo, 206-8567, Japan
Key people	Itsuo Moribe; (Chairman); Shigeru Moribe; (President and CEO)
Products	ICs; Power supplies; Electronic components; Communications equipment;
Revenue	JPY 157.3 billion (FY 2013); (US$ 1.54 billion) (FY 2013)
Net income	JPY 3.2 billion (FY 2014); (US$ 31.5 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees	36,417 (consolidated, as of April 1, 2015)
Parent	MinebeaMitsumi
Website	Official website
	Footnotes / references;

Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (ミツミ電機株式会社, Mitsumi Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronic components, founded in 1954.^[3] Mitsumi has been a subsidiary of MinebeaMitsumi since 27 January 2017, when it merged with Minebea to form the parent company.^[4]

Mitsumi is primarily known as an OEM manufacturer of computer peripherals and input devices, floppy and optical disc drives used in laptop computers, desktops, servers and the Famicom Disk System. Prior to its merger with Minebea, the company was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, was a constituent of the Nikkei 225 stock index^[5] and provided its products through its subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America.^[6]

Products

Video game console controllers

One of the company's most noticeable product lines were video game console controllers. Mitsumi manufactured the official controllers for the following consoles:

Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom controller
Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom controller
GameCube controller (Certain revisions only) and the WaveBird Wireless Controller
Panasonic 3DO Controller
Wii Remote and Wii Nunchuk (Certain revisions only)
PlayStation standard and DualShock controllers (Certain revisions only)
PlayStation 2 DualShock 2 controller (Certain revisions only)
Xbox original 'Duke' Controller and early 'Controller S' models

Other

Other products include:

The Wi-Fi sub-PCB for the Nintendo DS family of systems (according to the FCC ID on the bottom of each system), and at least some of the Nintendo DS Lite consoles manufactured for Nintendo.
Remote controls for several home electronics brands.
Computer keyboards, mice, and floppy drives for a number of computer manufacturers. These include the Apple Pro Keyboard and the Mighty Mouse, the keyboards, mice, and floppy drives for the Amiga, the keyboards for the VIC-20, TI-99/4A, and Amstrad CPC, etc.
Certain hardware parts^[which?] for the Nintendo Wii U system.
Some components^[which?] of the XM Satellite Radio system.

References

^ "Company Information". Mitsumi Electric. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
^ "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
^ Emma Boyes (February 8, 2007). "Wii Remote maker profits soar". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 8, 2007.
^ "History – MinebeaMitsumi".
^ "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
^ "MegaChips and Mitsumi Simplify IP Camera Deployment". PR Newswire. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

External links

[1] "Company Information". Mitsumi Electric. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

[2] "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

[3] Emma Boyes (February 8, 2007). "Wii Remote maker profits soar". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 8, 2007.

[4] "History – MinebeaMitsumi".

[5] "Components:Nikkei Stock Average". Nikkei Inc. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

[6] "MegaChips and Mitsumi Simplify IP Camera Deployment". PR Newswire. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 16, 2015.

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