# Futaba Corporation > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Futaba_Corporation > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Futaba_Corporation.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futaba_Corporation > Source revision: 1350580764 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Manufacturer of radio control devices Futaba Corporation Native name 双葉電子工業株式会社 Type Public KK Traded as TYO: 6986 Industry Electronics Key people Hiroshi Sakurada (President) Products OLED displays Vacuum fluorescent displays Display modules Capacitive Touch panels Radio control equipment Automation equipment Components for press die sets and mold bases Revenue JPY 67,083 billion (FY 2019) (US$ 613.5 million) (FY 2019) Net income JPY 1.79 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 17.45 million) (FY 2013) Number of employees 5,007 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2019) Footnotes [1][2] This article is about the corporation. For the Japanese imageboard, see [Futaba Channel](/source/Futaba_Channel) **Futaba Corporation** (双葉電子工業株式会社, *Futaba Denshi Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha*) is a Japanese company founded in 1948, originally to produce [vacuum tubes](/source/Vacuum_tube).[3] As time passed, production and elemental techniques of the vacuum tube transformed into the manufacturing of [vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs)](/source/Vacuum_fluorescent_display), tool and die set components, [radio control](/source/Radio_control) equipment and [OLED](/source/OLED) displays.[4] ## Company profile Futaba Corporation is divided into three business units — Electronic Components, Electronic Systems Division, and Machinery and Tooling Division. - Electronics Component Division — [VFD](/source/Vacuum_fluorescent_display) and [OLED](/source/OLED) displays and capacitive touch panels - Machinery and Tooling — Press and mold equipment and related components - Electronic Systems Division — Radio control (RC) for both hobby and industrial applications and servomotors. ### Remote control Futaba became one of the first companies of its type to provide comprehensive radio control products, selection and service to hobbyists. Futaba systems and products were quickly accepted and used by serious competitors and casual enthusiasts alike. Futaba products are used in the air, on the water, underwater and on the ground for all types of [radio-controlled models](/source/Radio-controlled_model). Futaba manufactures all components in-house, including tools and manufacturing facilities.[5] The hobby brand is distributed in North America by FutabaUSA, by Ripmax in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria, along with other distributors around the world.[6] ## Gallery - Futaba transmitter for [RC cars](/source/Radio-controlled_car) - A Futaba 2.4GHz 7-channel receiver - [Seven-segment](/source/Seven-segment_display) [vacuum fluorescent display](/source/Vacuum_fluorescent_display) FUTABA 4-LT-46ZB3 - Futaba transmitter for [model aircraft](/source/Radio-controlled_aircraft) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Company Profile"](http://www.futaba.co.jp/en/corporate/company_i/index.html). Futaba Corporation. Retrieved December 15, 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Futaba Corporation — Company info"](http://www.jdmia.or.jp/japanbrand/detailpage.php?C_ID=50). Japan Die&Mold Industry Association. Retrieved March 30, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-history_3-0)** ["Futaba History"](http://www.futaba.co.jp/en/corporate/company_i/history.html). Futaba Corporation. Retrieved 29 March 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Company Snapshot"](https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6986:JP). [Bloomberg Businessweek](/source/Bloomberg_Businessweek). Retrieved March 29, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Milacron's D-M-E Forms Global Strategic Alliance with Japan's Futaba"](https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=axJyMKDqZIiU). [Business Wire](/source/Business_Wire). April 24, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2015 – via [Bloomberg L.P.](/source/Bloomberg_L.P.) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["List of distributors"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150519020615/http://www.rc.futaba.co.jp/english/distributor/index.html). Futaba Corporation. Archived from [the original](http://www.rc.futaba.co.jp/english/distributor/index.html) on May 19, 2015. 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