Taiyo Yuden is a manufacturer of passive electronic components, and is well known for the successful development of CD-R. The company was founded in 1950 by researcher Hikohachi Sato. The headquarters is located in Tokyo, Japan, and the main production plants are concentrated in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, China and other places. The company's main products are passive components mainly composed of ceramic capacitors and ceramic resistors, as well as assemblies that are assembled with high density using related technologies of electronic components.