History

Get to know our company history and evolution through the years

In the 80’s

Our company history is starting, back in 1980, when Fujitsu Limited decided to establish a European subsidiary. “Fujitsu Mikroelektronik GmbH” (FMG) was born in Frankfurt to provide Europe with Fujitsu’s traditional strengths in ASICs and memory.

During the early 80’s, local sales offices were founded in Munich, Maidenhead near London, Paris and Milan. To support the growing demand for ASIC products, design centers were established in Frankfurt (1984) and Munich (1987).

In the 90’s

During the 90’s European demand for Japanese semiconductor technology boomed. FMG rode the crest of this wave. And FMG extended the product range to include not only traditional ASIC and memory devices but also microcontrollers/graphic display controllers, MPEG decoders and mixed signal products.

A Mixed Signal Design Center was set up in Maidenhead in 1993 while Frankfurt-based MPEG and Wireless Design Center followed in 1993 and 1996 respectively.

A massive investment and clear commitment to the automotive industry was the establishment of the European Microcontroller Design Center 1997. The company was re-named “Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe” (FME) in 1999 to better reflect the territory supported by the company.

Our history since 2000

With the bursting of the dot com bubble in 2001 and subsequent turbulence in the memory market, Fujitsu was forced to make fundamental changes. Changes for instance to its sales and marketing strategy worldwide.

FME’s most recent expansions include a dedicated Graphics Competence Centre in Munich (2006) and a software affiliate in Linz, Austria (2009); thus pushing forward chip and software development, e.g. for in-car entertainment and navigation applications.

The company was named “Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe” (FSEU) in 2010. This new name was to reflect more accurately the focus of its activities, namely semiconductor products, solutions and related services.

In 2013, the product development of microcontrollers and analog devices were sold to Spansion, a former joint-venture of Fujitsu and AMD.

As of March 2015, the SoC development departments were transferred into the newly established fabless company Socionext. This company unifies the SoC businesses of Fujitsu and Panasonic together with the Japanese Development Bank as an additional investor.

For customers, nothing has changed. Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe is still the supplying partner for the products even though the development is now done by Socionext.

Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe was renamed Fujitsu Electronics Europe in January 2016 and since January 2021, Fujitsu Electronics Europe GmbH is now renamed KAGA FEI EUROPE GmbH (KFEU).

Today

Today KAGA FEI EUROPE GmbH forms the value added distribution channel. Not only of the existing product portfolio but also for new high-quality electronical components and services supplied by external partners. KFEU is constantly scouting for best-of-breed technologies to enlarge its product portfolio of external vendors.

In conclusion, our overall strategy is firmly driven by its customers. Therefore our aim is to be an important value-added link in the complete supply chain. Regional commitment is of major importance with regards to delivery. For example, our sales teams are based in offices in Langen, Munich, Milan providing local technical sales and applications support.

“Everything we do is for our customers”