Private company
Alps Alpine
Logo: アルプスアルパイン, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4
Japanese multinational corporation
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd (Japanese: アルプスアルパイン株式会社, Hepburn: Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha), previously known as Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Japanese: アルプス電気株式会社, Hepburn: Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads. The company was established in 1948 as Kataoka Electric Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Alps Electric Co., Ltd. in December 1964.2 It employed about 42,100 people in 2017.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryelectronics1
- HeadquartersOta1
- Websitewww.alpsalpine.com
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
- LEI529900PWNU4ASLY9VI903
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered address雪谷大塚町１－７, 145-8501 東京都 大田区, Japan3
- Registered withLegal Affairs Bureau, 0108-01-0007233
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Alps Alpine Co., Ltd (Japanese: アルプスアルパイン株式会社, Hepburn: Arupusu Arupain kabushiki-gaisha), previously known as Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Japanese: アルプス電気株式会社, Hepburn: Arupusu Denki Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads.2
Corporate structure
Alps Alpine sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Alps Alpine 東京都 大田区, Japan
- Alpine Electronics Subsidiary · Iwaki
- Cirque Corporation Subsidiary · Salt Lake City
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Alps Alpine reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Products and brands
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.
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.
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.
Alps touchpad hardware is developed and manufactured by the Cirque Corporation, which they acquired in 2003; however, the parent company continues to write their own drivers. Their drivers are Windows certified. They are mostly found in Sony, Toshiba and Dell notebooks, as well as the OLPC XO-1. They are considered a major Japanese supplier to Apple, having manufactured keyboards for computers including the original Macintosh and the first iMac.
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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.. Alpine Electronics, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Alps in 1978 when Alps acquired all shares of Alps Motorola Inc.
From Wikipedia’s article on Alps Alpine, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
Also owns
From Wikidata.1
Employees over time
Timeline
- Nov 1, 1948Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.alps.com1
- Websitewww.alpsalpine.com1
- WikipediaAlps Alpine
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ1611033
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataAlps Alpine on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAlps Alpine on Wikipedia
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- 4Wikimedia CommonsAlps Alpine logo by アルプスアルパイン, CC BY-SA 4.0
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- 6Wikimedia CommonsAlps Alpine photo by Doricono, CC BY 4.0