NEC
From WE Computers Museum
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| NEC Corporation | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 17, 1899 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan |
| Key people | Kunihiko Iwadare, founder Takeshiro Maeda, founder |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Products | Electronics |
| Number of people | not disclosed |
| Website | https://www.nec.com/ |
NEC Corporation (日本電気株式会社, Nippon Denki Kabushiki-gaisha, "Japan Electric Corporation") is a Japanese information technology and electronics company.
History
Kunihiko Iwadare and Takeshiro Maeda founded Nippon Electric Limited Partnership on August 31, 1898.
On July 17, 1899, the revised treaty between Japan and the United States went into effect. As a result, on the same day, Nippon Electric Company, Limited was established with Western Electric Company to become the first Japanese joint-venture with foreign capital.
