Furuno

The company also manufactures global positioning systems and medical equipment, and entered the weather radar market in 2013.

In 1973, Furuno created an early iteration of satellite positioning receivers for vessels at sea.

In 2009, Furuno acquired San Francisco based eRide, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company.

[4] Following this acquisition, in 2013, Furuno introduced an X-band weather radar, the smallest of its kind.

[6] Furuno's marine electronic devices has been featured in Licence to Kill (1989) as product placement.