Message from the President

Our company was founded as Kokusai Denki in 1949, and then in 2000, we merged with two other companies, Hitachi Denshi and Yagi Antenna, to form Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. We have maintained our business over these 70 years with a focus on the wireless communications and video solutions industries, and have been contributing to the foundations of a safe, secure, and prosperous society.

In December 2023, we set our sights on further growth and became part of the Nisshinbo Group, but even so, as of December 27, 2024, we have changed our trade name to what it was at the beginning, Kokusai Denki, as we set forth on a new path.

Currently, various efforts are in progress to implement digital transformation (DX) that leverages digital technologies in the Gemba*1. With our core technologies in wireless communications, image processing, and information processing cultivated over 70 years, the Kokusai Denki Group is promoting the support of DX for frontline workers who are active in the Gemba. Specifically, we are working to use sensors to track the state in the Gemba and then to analyze the data gleaned this way through a combination of AI processing and information processing in the cloud. By providing these findings as feedback to the Gemba, we can not only achieve productivity improvements, but also develop innovative solutions for frontline workers that enable them to accomplish things that have never before been possible.
*1: Gemba: A Japanese word meaning “actual workplace”

In addition, we have recently revised our corporate philosophy to “Change and Challenge! For the Creation of the Future of Earth and People.” We in the Kokusai Denki Group, through our continued development and offering of superior technologies, products, and solutions, will endeavor to contribute to the realization of a happy, safe, and secure society.

Going forward, you can expect great things from the new Kokusai Denki.