{{Short description|Manufacturer of radio control devices}} {{Infobox company | name = Futaba Corporation | native_name = 双葉電子工業株式会社 | logo = Futaba Corporation company logo.svg | logo_size = 260px | type = [[Public company|Public]] [[Kabushiki gaisha|KK]] | traded_as = {{Tokyo Stock Exchange|6986}} | location = [[Mobara|Mobara, Chiba Prefecture]] 297- 8588, Japan | key_people = Hiroshi Sakurada<br /><small>([[President (corporate title)|President]])</small> | industry = [[Electronics]] | products = {{unbulleted list|[[OLED]] displays|[[Vacuum fluorescent display]]s|Display modules|[[Touchscreen|Capacitive Touch panels]]|[[Radio control|Radio control equipment]]|[[Automation|Automation equipment]]|Components for press die sets and mold bases}} | revenue = {{increase}} [[Japanese yen|JPY]] 67,083 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2019) ([[United States dollar|US$]] 613.5 million) (FY 2019) | net_income = {{increase}} JPY 1.79 billion (FY 2013) (US$ 17.45 million) (FY 2013) | num_employees = 5,007 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2019) | homepage = {{Official website|http://www.futaba.co.jp/en/index.html}} | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.futaba.co.jp/en/corporate/company_i/index.html |title=Company Profile |publisher=Futaba Corporation |access-date=December 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jdmia.or.jp/japanbrand/detailpage.php?C_ID=50 |title=Futaba Corporation — Company info |publisher=Japan Die&Mold Industry Association |access-date=March 30, 2015}}</ref> | foundation = [[Mobara|Mobara, Japan]] ({{Start date and age|1948|02|03}}) }}{{Hatnote|This article is about the corporation. For the Japanese imageboard, see [[Futaba Channel]]}} {{Nihongo|'''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 tube]]s.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.futaba.co.jp/en/corporate/company_i/history.html |title=Futaba History |publisher=Futaba Corporation |access-date=29 March 2015}}</ref> As time passed, production and elemental techniques of the vacuum tube transformed into the manufacturing of [[Vacuum fluorescent display|vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs)]], tool and die set components, [[radio control]] equipment and [[OLED]] displays.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6986:JP |title=Company Snapshot |publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>

==Company profile== Futaba Corporation is divided into three business units&nbsp;— Electronic Components, Electronic Systems Division, and Machinery and Tooling Division.

* Electronics Component Division&nbsp;— [[Vacuum fluorescent display|VFD]] and [[OLED]] displays and capacitive touch panels * Machinery and Tooling&nbsp;— Press and mold equipment and related components * Electronic Systems Division&nbsp;— 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 model]]s. Futaba manufactures all components in-house, including tools and manufacturing facilities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=axJyMKDqZIiU |title=Milacron's D-M-E Forms Global Strategic Alliance with Japan's Futaba |date=April 24, 2008 |publisher=[[Business Wire]] |via=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rc.futaba.co.jp/english/distributor/index.html |title=List of distributors |publisher=Futaba Corporation |access-date=March 30, 2015 |archive-date=May 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519020615/http://www.rc.futaba.co.jp/english/distributor/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Gallery== {{Gallery|width=200| |A Futaba transmitter with color display| File:Radio commande 05133.JPG|Futaba transmitter for [[Radio-controlled car|RC cars]] | |A Futaba 2,4GHz 8-channel receiver| File:Futaba receiver.jpg|A Futaba 2.4GHz 7-channel receiver| File:FUTABA 4-LT-46ZB3 front.jpg|[[seven-segment display|Seven-segment]] [[vacuum fluorescent display]] FUTABA 4-LT-46ZB3 |File:Futaba T7C.jpg|Futaba transmitter for [[Radio-controlled aircraft|model aircraft]] }}

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==External links== {{Portal bar|Japan|Electronics|Companies}} *[http://www.futaba.co.jp/en/index.html Futaba official site] {{in lang|en}}

{{Japanese Electronics Industry}} {{Radio-controlled models}} {{Authority control}}

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