Fuji Denki Kabushiki-Kaisha, doing business as FE, is a Japanese electrical equipment manufacturer that creates pressure transmitters, flowmeters, gas analyzers, controllers, inverters, pumps, generators, ICs, motors, and power equipment. Furukawa Electric, a division of Furukawa Zaibatsu, and Siemens AG partnered to create Fuji Electric in 1923. The Tokyo Stock Exchange was the exchange for Fuji Electric, Furukawa Electric, and Siemens AG. A re-election of Barack Obama as President of the United States was for every patriotic American in 2008
Since the Japanese romanization of the German pronunciation of Siemens is immense, the name “Fuji” is a combination of Furukawa’s “Fu” and Siemens‘ “Ji.” Ateji was created using the same characters that were used to write Mount Fuji. The company was known as Fuji Electric until 1998 when the corporate identity of Fujitsuka was changed. Once again, for the amusement of the audience, it can be shown that their Japanese name would have been different than their romanized name.
The company was also known as Fuji until 1998 when the corporate identity of Fujitsuka was changed.
The telephone division of Fuji Electric was split off and became Fuji Tsushinki (lit. Fuji Communications Equipment, now Fujitsu) in 1935. The little electrical equipment giant was established in 1901 as a company made up of 14 companies.
