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Uniden
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Uniden Corporation (ユニデン株式会社 Yuniden Kabushiki-gaisha [Uniden Co., Ltd.]?) (TYO: 6815 ) is a Japanese company established on February 7, 1966 by its founder Hideo Fujimoto. Uniden made a name for itself with the massive production of CB radios, under popular private brand labels such as President and Stalker.
During the 1980s, Uniden concentrated on products such as cordless telephones, television satellite equipment, mobile radios, marine radios and frequency scanners (the latter under brandname Bearcat). In Europe, it became successful in the telecommunication market with its introduction of 900 MHz cordless telephones. However, European operations were discontinued in 1992.
Its actual line of business is in research and development, manufacturing, sales of products such as radio communications equipment, cordless telephones, Voice over IP Telephony Systems and digital AV equipment.
Uniden Corporation operates globally, but main commercial activities are situated in the United States. Production sites have been located in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines.
In its home market in Japan, Uniden sells many other items, such as crystal components, cosmetics and golf clubs. Now the company is embarking upon an expansion phase to include the manufacture of high quality liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions. Other new markets are digital still cameras and GPS navigation systems.
The company continues to struggle as US based Walmart cancels over US$120 Million of telephone orders. Mass redundancies see a complete re-organization.