NEC 日本電気株式会社 NEC revenues shrink from YEN 5000 billion in 1998 to YEN 3000 billion in 2012

NEC revenues shrink from YEN 5000 billion in 1998 to YEN 3000 billion in 2012

NEC is one of NTT’s traditional four equipment suppliers

NEC is one of NTT’s traditional suppliers of telecom equipment, and one of Japan’s flagship electronics companies. In the early days of the PC age, NEC dominated Japan’s PC market with the 98 series of PC, which had a NEC-proprietary variation of MicroSoft’s MS-DOS operating system.

NEC was the first ever Japanese joint-venture company with foreign capital: NEC started as a joint-venture with Western Electric Company

Interestingly NEC originally started as a joint-venture with Western Electric Company of the United States – NEC was the first Japanese joint-venture company with foreign capital.

NEC revenues and income overview

Here is an overview of NEC’s financial performance over the last 15 years, the period FY1998 – FY2012 – NEC’s business shrunk from YEN 5000 billion in FY1998 to YEN 3000 billion in FY2012, while on average reporting annual net losses of YEN 39 billion (US$ 390 million)/year over these 15 years.

For detailed discussion of NEC and Japan’s “Big 8” electronics manufacturers and component makers see our report: “Japan’s electronics industries: mono zukuri

NEC revenues: During the 15 years FY1998-FY2012, NEC revenues declined from YEN 5000 Billion to YEN 3000 Billion, while reporting on average annual net losses of YEN 39 Billion/year.
During the 15 years FY1998-FY2012, NEC revenues declined from YEN 5000 Billion to YEN 3000 Billion, while reporting on average annual net losses of YEN 39 Billion/year. Source: our research report on Japan’s electronic industries. Purchase and download here: https://www.eurotechnology.com/store/j_electric/

Japan electronics industries – mono zukuri.

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