- Business
- Kyocera Corporation manufactures and sells advanced ceramics, electronic components, equipment, and solutions worldwide. Founded in 1959 and headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, the company operates through core components, electronic components, and solutions businesses; it produces fine ceramic components including silicon nitride, silicon carbide, and aluminum nitride for semiconductor processing equipment and automotive camera modules; ceramic and organic packages for ICs; electronic devices such as capacitors, connectors, crystal devices, power semiconductors, timing devices, and KYOCERA AVX components; printers and multifunction devices through Kyocera Document Solutions; cutting and power tools; solar power systems and energy management solutions; LCDs and touch panels; optical components; mobile phones and communication modules; medical and dental implants; and kitchen utensils. Kyocera maintains production sites, subsidiaries, and sales offices across Japan, North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other regions, serving semiconductors, automotive, information and communications, industrial equipment, aerospace, and energy sectors. In 2025, Kyocera formed a capital and business alliance with Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, acquiring a 33% stake to collaborate on connector manufacturing, sales expansion in Europe and automotive markets, joint product development, and optical technologies for next-generation computing; it also invested €5 million in TactoTek to advance HAPTIVITY integrated molded structural electronics haptics platform.