Kamaya

Kamaya manufactures various resistive products such as chip resistors, solid resistors, chip fuses, carbon composition, and integrated circuits. Kamaya was founded 1957 in Japan. Since then it is specialized in the production of resistors. Nowadays the company focus its competencies on the production and development of Chip Resistors. There is almost no Chip Resistor that can’t be realized by Kamaya. Kamaya manufactures and develops high-end chip resistors. Kamaya Electric Co., Ltd. produces and sells electronic components. It offers chip resistors, lead resistors, chip fuses, ESD suppressors, and attenuators. The company’s products are used in various applications, such as consumer electronics, industrial equipment, business machine, lighting, automotive, communication, medical, fuse, and communication applications. Kamaya Electric Co., Ltd. was founded in 1957 and is based in Kawasaki, Japan. The company has additional offices in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Canada, and the United States. As per the transaction announced on January 27, 2006, Kamaya Electric Co., Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of Walsin Technology Corporation.
Passive components maker Walsin Technology Corp. recently announced its acquisition of 85.84 percent of Japan-based Kamaya Electric Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Materials Corp. (MMC). The agreement also entails Walsin’s purchase of Kamaya’s tangible fixed assets and inventory of the ceramic disc capacitor business of MMC Electronics Taiwan Co. Ltd.
Kamaya is a member of the Passive System Alliance (PSA) who is focused on the development of electronic components and services for the electronic industry. PSA is concentrating its resources mainly on passive components, PCB-, SMT- and testing services.