Furukawa Group formerly Furukawa zaibatsu (古河財閥) is one of Japan's 15 largest industrial groups. Its origins date back to 1875, founder Furukawa Ichibei

Furukawa Ichibei

was a Japanese businessman who founded one of the fifteen largest industrial conglomerates in Japan, specializing in electrical goods, chemicals and metals. He bought the Ashio copper mine from the Japanese government in 1877, which he later organized, with his other holdings, into an industrial...

. This group specialized in mining, electronics, and chemicals industry before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Now, the predominant companies are Fuji Electric

Fuji Electric

, operating under the brand name FE, is a Japanese holding company that retains manufacturing companies of pressure transmitters, flowmeters, gas analyzers, controllers, inverters, pumps, generators, ICs, motors, and power equipments.-History:...

 and Furukawa Electric

Furukawa Electric

Furukawa Electric is a Japanese company. It is listed on the Nikkei 225. Its products include superconductivity cables....

 as well as Fujitsu

Fujitsu

is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....

, FANUC, and Advantest. Other well known companies include Yokohama Rubber.

Member companies

• Furukawa Subgroup
  • 古河機械金属株式会社 Furukawa Co.,Ltd. (Mining)
    • 古河林業株式会社 Furukawa Ringyo Co., Ltd (Home and Wood)
    • 古河産機システムズ株式会社 Furukawa Industrial Machinery Systems Co., Ltd.
    • 株式会社トウペ Tohpe Corporation (Paint)
• Furukawa Electric Group
  • 古河電気工業株式会社 The Furukawa Electric Co
    • 古河電池株式会社 Furukawa Battery Co
    • 日本製箔株式会社 Nippon Foil Mfg. Co
    • 古河産業株式会社 Furukawa Sangyo Kaisha
    • 古河物流株式会社 Furukawa Logistics Co
    • 古河総合設備株式会社 Furukawa Engineering & Construction
    • 株式会社古河テクノマテリアル Furukawa Techno Material Co
    • 古河AS株式会社 Furukawa Automotive Systems
    • 岡野電線株式会社 Okano Electric Wire Co.
    • ミハル通信株式会社 Miharu Communication Inc
    • 古河サーキットフォイル株式会社 Furukawa Circuit Foil Co
    • 超音波工業株式会社 Ultrasonic Engineering Co.
    • 関東電化工業株式会社 Kanto Denka Kogyo Co
  • 株式会社ADEKA Adeka Corporation
    • 日本農薬株式会社 Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.
  • Yokohama Rubber Company
    Yokohama Rubber Company
    is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company founded and started in 1917 in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich. In 1969 the company expanded to the United States as Yokohama Tire Corporation. The Aspec A300 was the driving force behind its tremendous...
    
    
  • Fuji Electric Holdings Co (Group)
    • Fuji Electric
      Fuji Electric
      , operating under the brand name FE, is a Japanese holding company that retains manufacturing companies of pressure transmitters, flowmeters, gas analyzers, controllers, inverters, pumps, generators, ICs, motors, and power equipments.-History:...
      
      
    • 富士電機リテイルシステムズ株式会社 Fuji Electric Retail Systems Co.
    • 富士電機アドバンストテクノロジー株式会社 Fuji Electric Advanced Technology Co
    • 富士電機ITソリューション株式会社 Fuji Electric IT Solutions Co.
    • 富士物流株式会社 Fuji Logistics Co., Ltd
  • Fujitsu
    Fujitsu
    is a Japanese multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the world's third-largest IT services provider measured by revenues....
    
     (Group)
    • Fujitsu Ten
      Fujitsu Ten
      is a Japanese company developing and manufacturing car audio, video, navigation and control systems. The headquarters is located in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan...
      
      
    • FANUC Robotics
      FANUC Robotics
      FANUC or is a Japanese electromechanical manufacturer specializing in robotics. It is one of the largest maker of industrial robots in the world. It is part of the Furukawa Group. FANUC had its beginnings as part of Fujitsu developing numerical control and servo systems...
      
      , world's largest robotics company
    • Advantest
      Advantest
      is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment for the semiconductor industry, and a manufacturer of measuring instruments used in the design, production and maintenance of electronic systems including fiber optic and wireless communications equipment and digital consumer products...
      
      , largest DRAM
      Dram
      Dram or DRAM may refer to:As a unit of measure:* Dram , an imperial unit of mass and volume* Armenian dram, a monetary unit* Dirham, a unit of currency in several Arab nationsOther uses:...
      
       testing company
    • 株式会社富士通ビジネスシステム FUJITSU BUSINESS SYSTEMS LTD.
    • 株式会社富士通アドバンストエンジニアリング FUJITSU ADVANCED ENGINEERING LIMITED
  • 日本軽金属株式会社 Nippon Light Metal Co.,Ltd (Group)
    • 日本ギア工業株式会社 NIPPON GEAR CO.,LTD.
    • 日軽産業株式会社 Nikkei Sangyo Co., Ltd.
  • 日本ゼオン株式会社 Zeon Corporation (Group)
    • 渋沢倉庫株式会社 Shibusawa Warehouse Company, Limited
  • Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co
    Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co
    is a Japanese insurance company, headquartered in Tokyo. The company was founded in 1888 and is, today, one of the largest insurers in Japan....
    
    
  • Mizuho Corporate Bank
    Mizuho Corporate Bank
    , or MHCB, is the corporate and investment banking subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, the second-biggest Japanese financial services conglomerate...
    
    
  • Sompo Japan Insurance
    Sompo Japan Insurance
    , or Sompo Japan , is a Japanese insurance company. It is the second-largest property insurance company in Japan only behind Tokio Marine, with market share of 19.3% in 2007....