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{{Short description|Japanese multinational corporation}} {{multiple issues | {{Primary sources|date=August 2009}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2009}} }} {{Infobox company |name = Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. |image = Head Office of Alpus Alpine Feb2024.jpg |image_caption = Headquarters in [[Ota, Tokyo]] |former_name = Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. (1946-1964)<br>Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (1964-2019) |native_name = アルプスアルパイン株式会社 |romanized_name = Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha |logo = Alps Alpine logos.gif |type = [[Public company|Public]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha|K.K]]) |traded_as = {{TYO|6770}}<br>[[Nikkei 225|Nikkei 225 Component]] |foundation = {{start date and age|1948|11|01|df=yes}} (as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd.) |location = 1-7 Yukigaya-otsuka-machi |location_city = [[Ota, Tokyo]] |location_country = Japan |key_people = Toshihiro Kuriyama, ([[President (corporate title)|President]])<br>Masataka Kataoka, ([[Chairman#Public corporations|Chairman]]) |num_employees = 36,199 (as of the end of March 2013) |revenue = {{US$|link=yes}}5.806 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2012) ([[Japanese yen|¥]] 546.423 billion) (FY 2012) |net_income = {{US$|link=yes}}75.18 million (FY 2012) (¥ -7.075 billion) (FY 2012) |industry = [[Electronics]] |products = {{Unbulleted list|[[Electronic component]]s|[[In car entertainment|Automotive infotainment systems]]|[[Logistics|Logistic services]]}} |subsid = [[Alpine Electronics]]<br>[[Cirque Corporation]]<br>[http://www.alps-logistics.jp/eng/index.html Alps Logistics]<br>[http://www.alpsgd.com/eng/index.html Alps Green Devices] |homepage = {{URL|http://www.alpsalpine.com/j/}} |footnotes = <ref name="Alps Electric Corporate Facts">{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_data.html |title=Corporate Facts |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223011350/http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_data.html |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/pdf/ir/annual/annual2013_e.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> }} [[File:Pioneer XD-J110 - volume control board - Alps ACX1053-A-8130.jpg|thumb|A [[Motorized potentiometer]] from Alps Electric used in a [[music center]]]] [[File:Alps-Denki-Logo.svg|thumb|150px|Logo used from 1964 to 2020]] {{Nihongo|'''Alps Alpine Co., Ltd'''|アルプスアルパイン株式会社|Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha|lead=yes}}, previously known as {{Nihongo|'''Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'''|アルプス電気株式会社|Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[multinational corporation]], headquartered in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], producing [[electronic device]]s, including [[switch]]es, [[potentiometer]]s, [[sensor]]s, encoders and [[touchpad]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140417162334/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |title=Corporate Profile |publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |access-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref> The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964. Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka.<ref name="Alps Electric Corporate Facts"/> Alps is also well known for the [[Alpine Electronics|Alpine]] brand of [[car audio]]. The Alps Electric Group has R&D, production and sales bases located in Japan and around the globe—in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Greater China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/networkmap.html |title=Alps Global Network |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414223216/http://www.alps.com/e/company/networkmap.html |archive-date=April 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since its founding, Alps Electric has supplied around 40,000 types of electronic components to over 2,000 manufacturers of home appliances, mobile devices, automobiles and industrial equipment worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140409005801/en/Alps-Electric-Bolsters-Infotainment-Systems-aptX%C2%AE-Integration#.U0_wjFdQiK8 |title=Alps Electric Bolsters Infotainment Systems with aptX® Integration |publisher=[[Businesswire]] |date=April 9, 2014 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Alps Group comprised 84 [[subsidiary]] companies, 25 through Alps Electric, 32 through [[Alpine Electronics]] and 27 through [[Alps Logistics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_group.html |title=Alps Group |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414223226/http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_group.html |archive-date=April 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company is listed on the [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] and a constituent of the [[Nikkei 225]] [[stock index]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#23 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> After integrating its business with its previous subsidiary [[Alpine Electronics]] in January 2019, the company was renamed Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alpsalpine.com/j/company/tougou.html|title=【会社概要】 経営統合について {{!}} アルプスアルパイン|website=www.alpsalpine.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> Alpine had originally been established as a joint venture with [[Motorola]] in 1967, but had been a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps since 1978.
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