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NEC Corporation

Information Technology

NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. It was founded in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Limited, a joint venture with the American company Western Electric, making it one of Japan's oldest electronics manufacturers still operating under a continuous corporate lineage. NEC's history spans early telecommunications equipment manufacturing and a long-running personal computer business that dominated the Japanese PC market for years; today the company concentrates on IT services, telecommunications and networking equipment, biometric and artificial intelligence technology, and public safety systems.

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Company Type
Public 1
Founded Year
1899 1
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A major consumer electronics manufacturer; classified in the atlas consumer-electronics-industry.

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1. Wikipedia, NEC
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  • Infobox company, type field
    type = [[Public Company|Public]]
  • Infobox company, founded field
    founded = {{Start date and age|1899|7|17|df=yes}} (as Nippon Electric Company, Limited) in [[Tokyo]], Japan
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