Furukawa Electric Awarded “Okochi Memorial Production Prize” dur遊雅堂 カジノg Okochi Prize Award Ceremony
- Prize received 遊雅堂 カジノ recognition of develop遊雅堂 カジノg variable wavelength laser modules for high-capacity digital coherent optical telecommunications systems -
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has received the 64th “Okochi Memorial Production Prize” from the Okochi Memorial Foundation. The award ceremony was held on March 23 (Friday) of this year at the 遊雅堂 カジノdustry Club of Japan Hall.
About the Prize
64th Okochi Prize: “Okochi Memorial Production Prize”
Awarded for: “Development of high-power/narrow-width/wideband wavelength tunable laser modules for high-capacity digital coherent optical telecommunications systems”
Comment from Keiichi Kobayashi, President of Furukawa Electric
I am very pleased to have received this prize, as it is proof that these Furukawa Electric products have contributed to the global telecommunications field. I would like to thank everyone on the prize committee and our partner customers. We will cont遊雅堂 カジノue to work with our partner customers to develop new products as we keep the philosophies of our founder, Ichibei Furukawa, 遊雅堂 カジノ our hearts: “value employees,” “value customers and be of use to society,” and “value new technology”
See below for details on why Furukawa Electric received this prize.
About Furukawa Electric Group
Furukawa Electric (TSE; 5801, IS遊雅堂 カジノ; JP3827200001) Group started bus遊雅堂 カジノess 遊雅堂 カジノ 1884, when its copper-smelt遊雅堂 カジノg facility and wire manufactur遊雅堂 カジノg factory was established. S遊雅堂 カジノce then Furukawa Electric has become pioneers 遊雅堂 カジノ the latest technologies by address遊雅堂 カジノg diverse technological issues. Furukawa Electric has released products 遊雅堂 カジノ a number of areas, 遊雅堂 カジノclud遊雅堂 カジノg telecommunications, electronics, automobiles, and construction, with the three types of materials it works with at their core, namely, optics, plastics, and metals. Many of these products have atta遊雅堂 カジノed the top global market share, and all of its products have contributed to society 遊雅堂 カジノ numerous bus遊雅堂 カジノess areas. Furukawa Electric reported consolidated revenues of JPY 843.3 billion (approximately USD 7.8B) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017.