Hosiden

Hosiden Corporation

Native name	ホシデン株式会社
Romanized name	Hoshiden Kabushiki Kaisha
Company type	Public
Traded as	TYO: 6804
Founded	14 September 1950 Japan
Headquarters	Yao, Osaka
Website	www.hosiden.com

Hosiden Corporation (ホシデン株式会社, Hoshiden Kabushiki Kaisha) is a Japanese electronics company. It manufactures electronic components and devices and has a strong presence in the telecommunication and automotive industries prior to the consumer markets. It is headquartered in Yao, Osaka and has over 19 factories and more than 12,000 workers.

Its products include connectors, memory card connectors, LCDs (Square and Rounded) and micro switches.

For its application in S-Video, the 4-pin Hosiden, Oshiden, or Ushiden connector is often wrongly called mini-DIN connector. Hosiden Besson Limited was established in 1957, trading as A P Besson and Partner Limited in the UK, manufacturing earpieces for the National Health Service. It was sold to Crystalate Electronics in 1971 to form the Besson division, and as part of a manufacturing group it assimilated injection mouldings and designed and manufactured printed circuit boards. On 2 March 1990 Hosiden Corporation, acquired the company. Its capabilities now include acoustic, electronic, research and development, fire products, transmission products, manufacture and assembly, injection molding, and distribution.

External links

• Hosiden corporate site (English)
• Hosiden Besson website (English)