Nippon Mektron, Ltd.

Nippon Mektron, Ltd. (renamed MEKTEC Corporation in 2024) is the flexible printed circuit (FPC) business of the NOK Group. Established in 1969 through a technical tie-up between Japan Oil Seal Industry (now NOK Corporation) and the U.S. company Rogers, it develops and manufactures FPC-based solutions used from smartphones to next-generation automobiles, with a global development, production and sales network. Its headquarters office is located in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and it operates manufacturing and sales sites across Asia, North America and Europe.

Nippon Mektron, Ltd. was established in 1969 through a technical tie-up between Japan Oil Seal Industry Co., Ltd. (now NOK Corporation) and the U.S. company Rogers. In 1971 it built the Minami-Ibaraki Plant in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and in 1978 established Kashima Metal Industry Co., Ltd. in Kamisu, Ibaraki Prefecture. Its first overseas base, MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd., was set up in 1986, followed by MEKTEC Corporation (now MEKTEC International Corporation) in the United States in 1987 and MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Thailand) Ltd. in 1994. In 1997 it merged with Kashima Metal Industry and opened the Kashima Plant, and established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Zhuhai) Ltd. in China, along with predecessor companies in the Czech Republic and Hungary. In 2000 it built the Okuhara Plant (now the Ushiku Office) in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture; in 2002 it established a predecessor of MEKTEC Europe GmbH in Germany and MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Suzhou) in China. In 2006 it established MEKTEC JISSO Corporation (now MEK-J Corporation) in Tsukuba. In 2016 it integrated the Minami-Ibaraki Plant into the Ushiku Office and established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation (Vietnam) Ltd.; in 2020 it integrated the Kashima Plant into the Ushiku Office. In 2023 it established MEKTEC Manufacturing Corporation Mexico S.A. de C.V., and in 2024 it changed its name from Nippon Mektron, Ltd. to MEKTEC Corporation.

Leading FPC company in the NOK Group's electronic components business, providing solutions essential to the evolution of the digital society.

• Flexible printed circuits (FPC)

  Thin, lightweight and flexible printed circuit boards enabling smaller, more functional electronic devices.

• Flexible radio wave absorber

  Newly developed flexible radio wave absorber with a thickness of less than 0.1 mm.

• Stretchable FPC for swallowing function evaluation

  Developed jointly with Iwate University.

• Stretchable FPC with hydrogel

  Adopted in a new product from YA-MAN.

• Voltage monitoring FPC

  Order received from Volkswagen.

• Strain sensor

  New technology developed for infrastructure management.

• Bio-oriented conductive adhesive

  Developed for biological applications.

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