Matsuo Electric Co., Ltd.

Matsuo Electric Co., Ltd. is a Japanese company established in December 1949 in Toyonaka, Osaka. Its business covers the manufacture and sale of tantalum capacitors, film capacitors and circuit protection elements such as current fuses. The company's products are used in applications including space development equipment, automotive (driving/safety and car navigation), industrial equipment, fire alarms, power tools, electrically assisted bicycles, personal computers, displays, UPS/electronic devices (SSD/HDD), hearing aids and portable audio equipment. It is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market.

Matsuo Electric Co., Ltd. was established in December 1949 in Toyonaka, Osaka. In January 1950 it began manufacturing and selling tubular paper capacitors. In December 1957 it began manufacturing and selling the MFL-type plastic film capacitor (now type 501). In January 1959 it began manufacturing and selling the TAC-type tantalum wet electrolytic capacitor (now type 301), and in December 1959 it began manufacturing and selling the TAF-type dip tantalum solid electrolytic capacitor, described as the first of its kind in Japan. In August 1960 it began manufacturing and selling the TAX-type metal-case tantalum solid electrolytic capacitor (now type 111). In January 1968 it began manufacturing and selling the molded tantalum solid electrolytic capacitor UNICAP, and in September 1968 the chip tantalum solid electrolytic capacitor MICROCAP. In December 1970 Shimane Matsuo Electronics Co., Ltd. was established in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture (it became the company's Shimane Plant through an absorption-type merger in March 2019). In September 1972 Matsuo Electronics of America was established in the United States (liquidation completed in December 2009). In May 1974 it began manufacturing and selling the UPF-type polypropylene film capacitor (now type 602), and in June 1974 it was listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange. In August 1990 Matsuo Electronics Europe was established in Germany (liquidation completed in March 1999). In July 1994 it began manufacturing and selling the JAA-type chip circuit protection element. In July 2013 it was listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

• Tantalum capacitors

• Film capacitors

• Circuit protection elements (current fuses)

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