is a
Japanese Company specializing in
Semiconductor s,
Computer s (
Supercomputer s,
Personal Computers ,
Server s),
Telecommunications , and
Services , and is headquartered in
Tokyo .
The company was established in
1935 under the name Fuji Tsūshinki Seizō (富士通信機製造, Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing), a spinoff of the
Fuji Electric Company , this in turn being a joint venture between the
Furukawa Electric Company and German conglomerate
Siemens . Despite its connections to the Furukawa
Zaibatsu , Fujitsu escaped the Allied
Occupation Of Japan mostly unscathed.
By
1954 Fujitsu had rolled out Japan's first computer, the
FACOM 100 , and seven years later its transistorized big brother
FACOM 222 joined the fray. In
1967 , the company's name was officially changed to the contraction Fujitsū (富士通).
The slogan ''"The possibilities are infinite"'' can be found below the company's logo on major advertising and ties up with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word Fujitsu. This smaller logo, similar to a sideways figure of eight represents the symbol for infinity.
Today, Fujitsu employs some 200,000 people and has another 500
Subsidiary companies itself. The active partnership with
Siemens AG has been
revived in the form of
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (est. 1999), Europe's largest
IT supplier owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens. Internationally, Fujitsu considers
IBM to be its main competitior. Its historical domestic rival is
NEC . Major acquisitions include UK-based
International Computers Ltd (ICL) and US-based
Amdahl .
