Featured Blogs

Protecting our supply chain from conflict-affected minerals
Erika Hirata, Planning & Administration Dept. | 05-12-2022Global companies often rely upon extremely long supply chains that draw in raw and partly finished goods from all over the world.
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Protecting local environments through sustainable resource use
Keitaro SUZUKI, Sustainability Department & Maï FUJIWARA, Climate Action Division | 11-11-2022Growing 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.
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Murata IoT solution boosts logistics company’s efficiency and sustainability
Tsuyoshi Yamashita, IoT Solution, Product Manager | 03-10-2022The 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.
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Shedding light on effectively tracking and tracing heritage arts assets
Grethe Bonde, Marketing Specialist, Murata ID Solutions | 15-09-2022Opera 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.
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Shift to renewable energy puts Murata ahead of the curve
Nobuhiko IIDA, Corporate Communications Dept. | 03-08-2022Responding to the climate emergency has always seemed like a double-edged sword for business.
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Tackling food shortages with data-driven farming
Juli Ban, Product Manager, Function Devices | 07-07-2022With 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.
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Understanding the Essentials of DC-DC Conversion
Ann-Marie Bayliss, Product Manager | 21-06-2022It is acknowledged that DC-DC conversion is fundamental to modern electronic system design.
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Towards smarter waste management
Tsuyoshi Yamashita, IoT Solution, Product Manager | 19-05-2022Effective 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.
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Murata on Mars: Exploring the red planet with Ingenuity
Heino Härkönen, Product Engineer | 20-04-2022Space might be the final frontier, but thanks to advances in technology over the past decades, humanity is taking significant steps in exploring it.
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Enabling the EV revolution
Rina Fujiwara, Product ENGINEER | 15-03-2022Engineering advances over the past decade have seen vehicle electrification claim its place as an essential building block for a sustainable future.
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15 minutes with Toshio Nakamoto, President for Murata Electronics Europe
Toshio Nakamoto, CEO | 16-12-2021Having 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.
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Murata Sensor Technology Pivotal to EV Battery Temperature Monitoring
Rui Ramalho, Product Manager | 12-11-2021The 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.
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The invention of mercury free watch batteries
Sebastien Musq, Product Manager | 12-09-2021Watches are still a common sight on many wrists. Stylish, sporty, accurate: for most consumers, these features are on their mind when choosing their timepiece.
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Combatting COVID-19 through ozone generation
M. Miyazaki, Product Manager | 30-08-2021It 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.
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The automotive trends shaping the future
Rüdiger Scheel, VP sales | 28-06-2021Electric, 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.
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Facemasks of the future
Joe Murakami, senior product manager | 28-05-2021During 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.
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Revolutionising the pharmaceutical supply chain
Grethe Bonde, Murata ID-Solutions | 30-04-2021Bayer 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.
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How startups can collaborate and innovate with Murata
Mitch Nozaki, business innovation | 01-04-2021As 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.
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