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Furukawa Ichibei (古河 市兵衛, April 16, 1832 - April 5, 1903) was a Japanese businessman who founded one of the fifteen largest industrial conglomerates in Japan, specializing in electrical goods, chemicals and metals.
The 130 year history of the Furukawa Electric Group is a history of contributing to society. Furukawa Group founder Ichibei Furukawa promoted development in Japan based on a desire to "make Japan brighter", and with a broad perspective and high sense of ethics, he worked to achieve this great ideal. The Furukawa Electric Group inherits this ...
The Furukawa Group's founder, Ichibei Furukawa, was born in Kyoto in 1832 and, showing a natural flair for business, became an executive of the Ono-gumi, a wealthy merchant house at that time. In 1877, he took over the operation of the Ashio Copper Mine.
Furukawa Ichibei (1832–1903) acquired Ashio Copper Mine on 30 December 1876. Through investment, the discovery of new deposits, technological innovation, and labor reform, Furukawa transformed the mines into one of Japan’s most productive facilities.
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. (古河電気工業株式会社, Furukawa Denkikōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese electric and electronics equipment company. History. The company traces its origins to Furukawa Ichibei who founded Nikko Copper Works, a copper-smelting facility at Yokohama in 1884, which became part of Furukuwa Kogyo.
Founder of the Furukawa Zaibatsu (Furukawa financial group). After serving an apprenticeship and engaging in itinerant peddling in his early years, Furukawa joined the Ono-Gumi, exercising his abilities in the silk-trading business.
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Ichibei Furukawa, a founder of Furukawa Electric Group, struggled with the development of copper mining business while revising the old tradition, despite of many difficulties in the process of Japan modernization.
