List of capacitor manufacturers
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A capacitor is a passive device on a circuit board that stores electrical energy in an electric field by virtue of accumulating electric charges on two close surfaces insulated from each other. This is a list of known capacitor manufacturers, their headquarters country of origin, and year founded. The oldest capacitor companies were founded over 100 years ago. Most older companies were founded during the AM radio era, which includes the World War II era and post war era.
A[edit]
- AVX - United States - founded in 1972.
C[edit]
- Cornell-Dubilier - United States - Dubilier founded in 1920.
E[edit]
- EEStor - United States
- Epcos - Germany
- Europe Chemi-Con (ECC) - Japan
- Elna - Japan - founded in 1937.
H[edit]
- Hitachi - Japan
K[edit]
M[edit]
N[edit]
- Nichicon - Japan
- Nippon Chemi-Con (NCC) - Japan
P[edit]
R[edit]
S[edit]
- Samsung - South Korea
T[edit]
- Taiyo Yuden - Japan
- TDK - Japan
U[edit]
- United Chemi-Con (UCC) - Japan
V[edit]
- Vishay - United States - founded in 1962.
W[edit]
Y[edit]
- Yageo - Taiwan - founded in 1977.
Defunct[edit]
- Mallory - United States - founded in 1916.
- Sprague - United States - founded in 1926.
- Grande Capacité - France [5]
- A. H. Hunts - United Kingdom[6][7][8][9][10][11]
- Procond Oy - Finland
- Marcon - Bought by Nippon Chemi-con[12]
Sources[edit]
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- ^ "Rubycon Corporation – Development, design, manufacture and saleof various capacitors and switching power supplies". Rubycon Corporation. 21 March 2023.
- ^ Products; WIMA.
- ^ History; WIMA.
- ^ "Philips N7300: spurious triggering of autostop - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum". www.vintage-radio.net.
- ^ "A. H. Hunt - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk.
- ^ "webpage". www.voxac30.org.uk.
- ^ "Hunts CRB Capacitor Analyser/Resistance bridge/title>". www.richardsradios.co.uk.
- ^ "Hunts, A.H. Hunt Ltd.; London manufacturer in GB, Model type | Radiomuseum.org". www.radiomuseum.org.
- ^ "Hunts capacitors - what was the full company name? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum". www.vintage-radio.net.
- ^ "UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration - Capacitors". www.vintage-radio.com.
- ^ "History | Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation".