Hosiden
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Hosiden (ホシデン株式会社 Hoshiden Kabushiki Kaisha) (TYO: 6804) Hosiden manufacturers electronic components and devices. They have a strong presence in the Telecommunication and Automotive industry next to the consumer markets. With over 19 factories and more than 12,000 workers.
Products: MOST Connectors, Memory card connectors, LCD displays (Square and Rounded), micro switches and connectors (control switches, multi function switches with center push (Analog and digital)), Mini and Micro-USB, HDMI and mini-HDMI, VESA Display Port technology, touch sensor technology, Bluetooth, Remote controls, popple domes with EL technology, acoustic products (speakers, receivers and microphones).
This Japanese manufacturing company is headquartered in Yao, Japan.
For its application in S-Video, the 4-pin mini-DIN connector is sometimes called the Hosiden 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 2nd March 1990 Hosiden Corporation, acquired the company. It's capabilities now include: Acoustic, Electronic, Research and Development, fire products, transmission products, Manufacture and Assembly, Injection Molding and Distribution.
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