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- Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. designs, manufactures and sells ceramic-based passive electronic components and multi-functional modules for applications in communications equipment, mobility, data centers, industrial equipment, personal electronics and wellness devices. The company produces multilayer ceramic capacitors, chip inductors, chip ferrite beads, noise suppression components, high-frequency components including ceramic filters and antenna duplexers, timing devices such as ceramic resonators, sensor modules including piezoelectric gyroscopes, connectivity modules for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, power supply modules, batteries, thermistors and RFID solutions; it operates through component and module business segments with manufacturing facilities and over 70,000 employees worldwide including plants in Japan, China, the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia, Mexico and India. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto, Japan, Murata holds a leading position in the global capacitor market and targets automotive, consumer electronics, IoT and infrastructure markets. In April 2024, the company executed an absorption-type merger integrating its consolidated subsidiary Asuwa Murata Manufacturing into Fukui Murata Manufacturing to streamline management, enhance production efficiency and improve quality, cost, delivery and service; recent strategic efforts include expanded partnerships such as with Autotalks for V2X communication modules supporting vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure technologies, reinforcement of its battery business, heavy R&D investments exceeding 180 billion yen annually focused on IoT, ADAS and EV components, and production capacity expansions in Southeast Asia amid growing demand for 5G RF filters and hybrid multiplexers for smartphones.