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	[[File:Pioneer XD-J110 - volume control board - Alps ACX1053-A-8130.jpg\|thumb\|A [[motorized potentiometer]] from Alps Electric used in a [[music center]]]]		[[File:Pioneer XD-J110 - volume control board - Alps ACX1053-A-8130.jpg\|thumb\|A [[motorized potentiometer]] from Alps Electric used in a [[music center]]]]
	[[File:Alps-Denki-Logo.svg\|thumb\|150px\|Logo used from 1964 to 2020]]		[[File:Alps-Denki-Logo.svg\|thumb\|150px\|Logo used from 1964 to 2020]]
	{{Nihongo\|'''Alps Alpine Co., Ltd'''\|アルプスアルパイン株式会社\|Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha\|lead=yes}}, previously known as {{Nihongo\|'''Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'''\|アルプス電気株式会社\|Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha\|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[multinational corporation]], headquartered in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], producing [[electronic device]]s, including [[switch]]es, [[potentiometer]]s, [[sensor]]s, encoders and [[touchpad]]s.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140417162334/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=April 17, 2014 \|title=Corporate Profile \|publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] \|access-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref>		{{Nihongo\|'''Alps Alpine Co., Ltd'''\|アルプスアルパイン株式会社\|Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha\|lead=yes}}, previously known as {{Nihongo\|'''Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'''\|アルプス電気株式会社\|Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha\|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[multinational corporation]], headquartered in [[Tokyo]], Japan, producing [[electronic device]]s, including [[switch]]es, [[potentiometer]]s, [[sensor]]s, encoders and [[touchpad]]s.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140417162334/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=April 17, 2014 \|title=Corporate Profile \|publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] \|access-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref>

	The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Gomez \|first=Joey \|date=2015-07-09 \|title=Patridge: Why Alps Electric is a key corporate partner for RGV \|url=https://riograndeguardian.com/patridge-why-alps-electric-is-a-key-corporate-partner-for-rgv/ \|access-date=2025-06-02 \|website=Rio Grande Guardian \|language=en-US}}</ref> Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka.<ref name="Alps Electric Corporate Facts"/> Alps is also well known for the [[Alpine Electronics\|Alpine]] brand of [[car audio]].		The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Gomez \|first=Joey \|date=2015-07-09 \|title=Patridge: Why Alps Electric is a key corporate partner for RGV \|url=https://riograndeguardian.com/patridge-why-alps-electric-is-a-key-corporate-partner-for-rgv/ \|access-date=2025-06-02 \|website=Rio Grande Guardian \|language=en-US}}</ref> Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka.<ref name="Alps Electric Corporate Facts"/> Alps is also well known for the [[Alpine Electronics\|Alpine]] brand of [[car audio]].

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{{Short description|Japanese multinational corporation}}
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{{Infobox company
|name = Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.
|image = Head Office of Alpus Alpine Feb2024.jpg
|image_caption = Headquarters in [[Ota, Tokyo]]
|former_name = Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. (1946-1964) Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (1964-2019)
|native_name = アルプスアルパイン株式会社
|romanized_name = Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha
|logo = Alps Alpine logos.gif
|type = [[Public company|Public]] ([[Kabushiki gaisha|K.K]])
|traded_as = {{TYO|6770}} [[Nikkei 225|Nikkei 225 Component]]
|foundation = {{start date and age|1948|11|01|df=yes}} (as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd.)
|location = 1-7 Yukigaya-otsuka-machi
|location_city = [[Ota, Tokyo]]
|location_country = Japan
|key_people = Toshihiro Kuriyama, ([[President (corporate title)|President]]) Masataka Kataoka, ([[Chairman#Public corporations|Chairman]])
|num_employees = 36,199 (as of the end of March 2013)
|revenue = {{US$|link=yes}}5.806 billion ([[Fiscal year|FY]] 2012)
([[Japanese yen|¥]] 546.423 billion) (FY 2012)
|net_income = {{US$|link=yes}}75.18 million (FY 2012)
(¥ -7.075 billion) (FY 2012)
|industry = [[Electronics]]
|products = {{Unbulleted list|[[Electronic component]]s|[[In car entertainment|Automotive infotainment systems]]|[[Logistics|Logistic services]]}}
|subsid = [[Alpine Electronics]] [[Cirque Corporation]] [http://www.alps-logistics.jp/eng/index.html Alps Logistics] [http://www.alpsgd.com/eng/index.html Alps Green Devices]
|homepage = {{URL|http://www.alpsalpine.com/j/}}
|footnotes = <ref name="Alps Electric Corporate Facts">{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_data.html |title=Corporate Facts |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223011350/http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_data.html |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/pdf/ir/annual/annual2013_e.pdf |title=Annual Report 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Pioneer XD-J110 - volume control board - Alps ACX1053-A-8130.jpg|thumb|A [[motorized potentiometer]] from Alps Electric used in a [[music center]]]]
[[File:Alps-Denki-Logo.svg|thumb|150px|Logo used from 1964 to 2020]]
{{Nihongo|'''Alps Alpine Co., Ltd'''|アルプスアルパイン株式会社|Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha|lead=yes}}, previously known as {{Nihongo|'''Alps Electric Co., Ltd.'''|アルプス電気株式会社|Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[multinational corporation]], headquartered in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], producing [[electronic device]]s, including [[switch]]es, [[potentiometer]]s, [[sensor]]s, encoders and [[touchpad]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140417162334/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?ticker=6770:JP |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2014 |title=Corporate Profile |publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |access-date=April 17, 2014 }}</ref>

The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Joey |date=2015-07-09 |title=Patridge: Why Alps Electric is a key corporate partner for RGV |url=https://riograndeguardian.com/patridge-why-alps-electric-is-a-key-corporate-partner-for-rgv/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=Rio Grande Guardian |language=en-US}}</ref> Since June 22, 2012, the President has been Toshihiro Kuriyama and Chairman is Masataka Kataoka.<ref name="Alps Electric Corporate Facts"/> Alps is also well known for the [[Alpine Electronics|Alpine]] brand of [[car audio]].

The Alps Electric Group has R&D, production and sales bases located in Japan and around the globe—in the Americas, Europe, Southeast Asia, Korea, and Greater China.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/networkmap.html |title=Alps Global Network |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414223216/http://www.alps.com/e/company/networkmap.html |archive-date=April 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since its founding, Alps Electric has supplied around 40,000 types of electronic components to over 2,000 manufacturers of home appliances, mobile devices, automobiles and industrial equipment worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140409005801/en/Alps-Electric-Bolsters-Infotainment-Systems-aptX%C2%AE-Integration#.U0_wjFdQiK8 |title=Alps Electric Bolsters Infotainment Systems with aptX® Integration |publisher=[[Businesswire]] |date=April 9, 2014 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>

In 2014, Alps Group comprised 84 [[subsidiary]] companies, 25 through Alps Electric, 32 through [[Alpine Electronics]] and 27 through [[Alps Logistics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_group.html |title=Alps Group |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414223226/http://www.alps.com/e/company/pro_group.html |archive-date=April 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The company is listed on the [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] and a constituent of the [[Nikkei 225]] [[stock index]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indexes.nikkei.co.jp/en/nkave/index/component?idx=nk225#23 |title=Components:Nikkei Stock Average |publisher=[[Nikkei Inc.]] |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>

After integrating its business with its previous subsidiary [[Alpine Electronics]] in January 2019, the company was renamed Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alpsalpine.com/j/company/tougou.html|title=【会社概要】経営統合について {{!}} アルプスアルパイン|website=www.alpsalpine.com|access-date=2020-02-05}}</ref> Alpine had originally been established as a joint venture with [[Motorola]] in 1967, but had been a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps since 1978.

==Business divisions==
'''Alps Automotive''' division focuses on provision of custom products and modules, including control panels and steering modules, for specific vehicle models, and components compatible with any vehicle.<ref name="Alps Business Areas">{{cite web |url=http://www.alps.com/e/company/business_area.html |title=Company Business Areas |access-date=April 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015032/http://www.alps.com/e/company/business_area.html |archive-date=April 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''Alps Home and Mobile''' divisions focuses on provision of switches, potentiometers, sensors, and other components through to multi-input devices like touch panels and GlidePoint™ to home, mobile and PC markets. Alps Electric focuses on human-machine and machine-machine interfaces for home appliances, mobile devices and PCs.<ref name="Alps Business Areas"/>

'''Alps Industry, Healthcare & Energy''' divisions focuses on provision of a wide variety of products, including sensors, power inductors, switches and communication modules, to industry, healthcare and energy markets.<ref name="Alps Business Areas"/>

Alps touchpad hardware is developed and manufactured by the [[Cirque Corporation]], which they acquired in 2003;<ref name="Cirque Corporation website">{{cite web |url=http://www.cirque.com/company/alpselectric.aspx |title=Cirque Corporation Website: Alps Electric Co. |access-date=April 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627211616/http://www.cirque.com/company/alpselectric.aspx |archive-date=June 27, 2014 }}</ref> however, the parent company continues to write their own drivers. Their drivers are [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] certified. They are mostly found in [[Sony]], [[Toshiba]] and [[Dell]] [[laptop|notebooks]], as well as the [[OLPC XO-1]]. They are considered a major Japanese supplier to Apple<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Tim |last2=Okasaka |first2=Kentaro |last3=Swift |first3=Rocky |date=2025-03-06 |title=Sony and Suntory build U.S. stockpiles as Japan faces Trump tariff threat |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/06/companies/japan-firms-trump-tariff-guard/ |access-date=2025-06-02 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref> and also manufacture keyboards for Apple computers, including the original Macintosh and the first [[iMac]].

== Business integration and name change ==
On January 1, 2019, Alps Electric Co., Ltd. and Alpine Electronics, Inc. integrated the two businesses together under the new name of Alps Alpine Co., Ltd..<ref>{{Cite web|title=[Our Company] About the Business Integration – Alps Alpine|url=https://www.alpsalpine.com/e/company/tougou.html|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.alpsalpine.com}}</ref> Alpine Electronics, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps in 1978 when Alps acquired all shares of Alps Motorola Inc. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Form 20-F|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/900278/000119312519191533/d663806d20f.htm#rom663806_9|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.sec.gov}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Apple IIc (ALPS taxi yellow) 8053557256 2edb8a7843 o.jpg|Alps Amber switch in an [[Apple IIc]] keyboard
Alps SKBM Grey -- top.jpg|Alps SKBM Grey switch
Alps SKBM Grey -- base.jpg|Alps SKBM Grey switch backside with old logo
Alps SKBM Grey -- upper shell.jpg|Alps SKBM Grey – upper shell with simplified mould numbering and more rounded, more heavily embossed Alps logo
Alps SKCM Orange -- fully disassembled.jpg|Alps SKCM Orange switch, completely disassembled
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Japan|Tokyo|Electronics|Companies}}
* [[List of mechanical keyboards]]
* [[Cherry (company)|Cherry AG]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.nccjapan.net/shashiwiki/index.php?title=Arupusu_Denki|title=Company history books (Shashi)|publisher=Shashi Interest Group|date=April 2016}} Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Alps Electric

{{Electronics industry in Japan}}
{{Nikkei 225}}
{{Hard disk drive manufacturers}}
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[[Category:Electronics companies of Japan]]
[[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange]]
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