Featured Blogs

Vehicle Autonomy and the Changing Landscape Between Automotive OEMs and Component Manufacturers

Prateek Gogte, Product Engineer | 22-12-2023

At this moment, the automotive industry is experiencing two substantial revolutions that are completely redefining the very concept of a vehicle.

How RFID Can Help the Fashion Industry Win the War Against Counterfeit Goods

Antonio Rizzi, VP of Murata ID Solutions | 12-11-2023

Fashion lovers know it costs to be stylish, which is why so many counterfeit operations have emerged to allow people to enjoy the cachet of top brands without paying top-brand prices.

How small capacitors are creating a sizeable increase in EV performance

Moaz ElGhazali, Product Engineer | 14-06-2023

Hybrid and battery-powered electric vehicles (EV) are revolutionizing the automotive industry, but the combined effort of moving away from internal combustion engines and the pace of EV development are creating some serious headaches.

Understanding the Challenges Faced when Developing Capacitors and How they Affect Your Next Design

Christian Merkel, Product Manager | 19-05-2023

Capacitors are one of the fundamental passive electronic components and on the surface seem incredibly simple.

How to take care of button cells so we don’t all end up paying

Sebastien Musq, Product Manager Micro Batteries | 22-03-2023

Caring for the environment often involves making logical assessments about the impact an individual can have ¬– and then doing the right thing anyway.

Making the IoT a reality, now that the hype is past

Shohei Kawanaka, Product Manager, Europe, Connectivity Module | 16-02-2023

Where are all the Things that we were promised would be linked to make an Internet of Things (IoT)?

Protecting our supply chain from conflict-affected minerals

Erika Hirata, Planning & Administration Dept. | 05-12-2022

Global companies often rely upon extremely long supply chains that draw in raw and partly finished goods from all over the world.

Protecting local environments through sustainable resource use

Keitaro SUZUKI, Sustainability Department & Maï FUJIWARA, Climate Action Division | 11-11-2022

Growing concern about climate change, and increasing commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, has made this coupling between local action and global impact ever more explicit.

Shift to renewable energy puts Murata ahead of the curve

Nobuhiko IIDA, Corporate Communications Dept. | 03-08-2022

Responding to the climate emergency has always seemed like a double-edged sword for business.

Murata IoT solution boosts logistics company’s efficiency and sustainability

Tsuyoshi Yamashita, IoT Solution, Product Manager | 03-10-2022

The concept of the Internet of Things (IoT) is so broad that successful developers need to collaborate with customers to adapt IoT designs to each target market.

Shedding light on effectively tracking and tracing heritage arts assets

Grethe Bonde, Marketing Specialist, Murata ID Solutions | 15-09-2022

Opera for many people is the greatest of art forms: singing, orchestral music, drama, acting, dance and visual arts are brought together in one complete spectacle.

Towards smarter waste management

Tsuyoshi Yamashita, IoT Solution, Product Manager | 19-05-2022

Effective waste management is a crucial contributor to the quality of life in our cities however managing the collections can present municipalities with significant logistical challenges.

Tackling food shortages with data-driven farming

Juli Ban, Product Manager, Function Devices | 07-07-2022

With the global population expected to hit nearly ten billion by 2050 , the agricultural industry is set to see unprecedented pressure with almost two billion more mouths to feed.

Understanding the Essentials of DC-DC Conversion

Ann-Marie Bayliss, Product Manager | 21-06-2022

It is acknowledged that DC-DC conversion is fundamental to modern electronic system design.

Murata on Mars: Exploring the red planet with Ingenuity

Heino Härkönen, Product Engineer | 20-04-2022

Space might be the final frontier, but thanks to advances in technology over the past decades, humanity is taking significant steps in exploring it.

Enabling the EV revolution

Rina Fujiwara, Product ENGINEER | 15-03-2022

Engineering advances over the past decade have seen vehicle electrification claim its place as an essential building block for a sustainable future.

15 minutes with Toshio Nakamoto, President for Murata Electronics Europe

Toshio Nakamoto, CEO | 16-12-2021

Having taken over the role of President for Murata Electronics Europe in 2020, Toshio Nakamoto has had an interesting year, marked by the industry struggling to accommodate the challenges of Covid-19.

Murata Sensor Technology Pivotal to EV Battery Temperature Monitoring

Rui Ramalho, Product Manager | 12-11-2021

The Formula Student contest has been running for over twenty years. It brings together teams from universities across the entire European continent to compete against one another, with over 100 different teams participating each year.

The invention of mercury free watch batteries

Sebastien Musq, Product Manager | 12-09-2021

Watches are still a common sight on many wrists. Stylish, sporty, accurate: for most consumers, these features are on their mind when choosing their timepiece.

Combatting COVID-19 through ozone generation

M. Miyazaki, Product Manager | 30-08-2021

It seemed as if the COVID-19 pandemic was all we talked about in 2020 and 2021 and indeed, it still dominates our lives and the media in 2021. SARS-CoV-2 is the respiratory virus that causes people to contract COVID-19.

The automotive trends shaping the future

Rüdiger Scheel, VP sales | 28-06-2021

Electric, autonomous, shared, connected, and yearly updated (EASCY), some of the features that industry analysts associate with the car of the future. While some of these trends are already evident today, others will take significantly longer to cement their place on our roads.

Facemasks of the future

Joe Murakami, senior product manager | 28-05-2021

During a turbulent year marked by the global pandemic, many countries have seen facemasks become mandatory in public spaces. Offering a varying degree of protection, the range of masks available continues to grow while the industry strives to optimize their performance.

Revolutionising the pharmaceutical supply chain

Grethe Bonde, Murata ID-Solutions | 30-04-2021

Bayer S.p.A. is an Italian division of Bayer AG, the global pharmaceutical company. It serves more than 17.000 customers in Italy and relies on an extensive supply chain of logistics and transport partners.

How startups can collaborate and innovate with Murata

Mitch Nozaki, business innovation | 01-04-2021

As part of Murata’s commitment to make the world a better place through innovation, we have launched our Open Innovation website to engage with startups and develop solutions together.