Kyocera Company Background.

Kyocera Corporation is a joint stock corporation that was incorporated under the laws of Japan in 1959 with the name Kyoto Ceramic Kabushiki Kaisha. Its name was changed to Kyocera Kabushiki Kaisha or Kyocera Corporation in 1982. Kyocera is engaged in numerous high-tech fields; from fine ceramic components to electronics devices, equipment, services and networks. Fine Ceramic Parts Group include substrates, which are thin ceramic bases used by manufacturers for hybrid integrated circuit 'IC' foundations. Kyocera also produces substrates for thermal printheads, ceramic/alumina tape substrates for thin film chip resistors, substrate for HDD thin film magnetic heads, parts for LCD fabrication equipment, sapphire substrates for LCD projectors and LEDs, parts for semiconductor fabrication equipment, mechanical seals for pumps, engine components for the automobile industry, friction tight discs and thread guides for yarn texturing machines in the textile industry, rings for fishing rods, nozzles and parts for paper-making machinery. Semiconductor Parts Group develops, manufactures and sells inorganic and organic packages. Kyocera develops, produces and sells ceramic packages for ICs or other semiconductors and electronic components.

The most common types of the ceramic IC packages Kyocera develops, makes and sales are multilayer packages, including surface mount device 'SMD' packages and pin grid arrays. Applied Ceramic Products Group consists of four product lines: Solar Energy Products, Cutting Tools, Dental and Orthopedic Implants, Jewelry and Applied Ceramic Related Products. The Company's products are marketed worldwide by its sales personnel, as well as through sales companies and by independent distributors. At March 31, 2006, Kyocera had 61,468 employees.