- CEO
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Full Time Employees
- 2,683
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Address
- 3-6-3 Kitano Niiza ST Japan 352-8666
- IPO Date
- Oct 2, 1961
- Business
- Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells semiconductor devices, power supplies, and related products primarily for power electronics applications in home appliances, automobiles, industrial equipment, and other sectors. The company offers a broad portfolio of core products and services, including motor drivers such as the SAM4 series 3-phase high-voltage drivers for xEVs and SIM262xM series automotive IPMs with reduced switching losses; power management ICs; discrete semiconductors like power transistors, diodes, and rectifiers; power ICs for switching power supplies such as the STR3A42xHD/MD series in thermally enhanced DIP8 packages; and gallium nitride (GaN) devices including epitaxial substrates, GaN-HEMTs, and power transistors/diodes. It operates globally with headquarters in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, where it was founded in 1946, and maintains production facilities, sales offices, and subsidiaries across Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In March 2025, Sanken announced and completed the acquisition of POWDEC K.K. for approximately 1.3 billion yen to accelerate GaN power device commercialization, enhancing its capabilities in high-voltage, low-loss GaN technologies for integration into power modules and driver ICs targeting automotive, white goods, and industrial markets. The company launched its 2024 Medium-Term Management Plan in March 2025, focusing on profitability through new product sales growth, pricing stability, and cost reductions over four years through fiscal 2027, while promoting ESG initiatives and ISO26262 certification for automotive processes. Sanken lists on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market under ticker 6707 and employs over 3,000 people worldwide.