Azden Corporation

Azden Corporation (アツデン株式会社) is a Japanese company headquartered in Mitaka, Tokyo. Founded on August 16, 1952 by Kohei Sato as Nihon Piezoelectric Co., Ltd., it began by supplying parts for record pickups and later accumulated audio and wireless technologies, including amateur radio and OEM manufacturing of audio equipment. It develops, manufactures and sells its own brand of commercial microphones, which it states has earned worldwide reputation, and supplies OEM products to major audio equipment manufacturers. The company emphasizes domestic production and Made-in-Japan manufacturing.

The company was founded on August 16, 1952 by Kohei Sato as Nihon Piezoelectric Co., Ltd. (日本圧電気株式会社), with capital of 500,000 yen and its head office and factory in Amanuma, Suginami Ward. In 1955 it began production of elastic amateur cartridges and moved its head office and factory to Mitaka City. It joined the Japan Audio Association and the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association in 1958. In 1960 it established a central position in the industry as an audio parts manufacturer. In 1967 it completed an anechoic chamber and entered the wireless technology field. In 1968 it filed a utility model registration for a directional microphone and began research and development of electret condenser microphones. In 1970 it began production of magnetic heads and condenser microphone units. In 1978 it entered the amateur radio industry. In 1980 founder Kohei Sato passed away, and Fuminori Sato became president while Nobuko Sato became chairman. In 1984 it acquired Iwate Hokushin Co., Ltd. and renamed it Iwate Azden Co., Ltd., and established AZDEN CORPORATION in Chicago, USA, which moved to New York in October of the same year. In 1993 the company changed its name to Azden Corporation (アツデン株式会社). In 2001 it established a professional audio sales department. It marked its 50th anniversary in 2002, its 60th in 2012, and its 70th in 2022. In 2016 it absorbed Iwate Azden Co., Ltd. through a merger.

Develops, manufactures and sells its own brand of commercial microphones with a worldwide reputation, while supplying OEM products to major audio equipment manufacturers; emphasizes domestic production and Made-in-Japan manufacturing.

• SGM-PX

  Unidirectional shotgun microphone.

• SGM-250H

  Supercardioid shotgun microphone.

• PRO-XR

  2.4GHz wireless microphone system.

• AZR-1000

  HF+50MHz 1kW linear amplifier.

• 2.4GHz Digital Guide System

  Digital guide system with receiver and transceiver models.

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