November 13, 2025
TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) announces that it has won the “Best IR Award” at the IR Excellent Companies Conference 2025, at the 2025 IR Award, organized by the Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA). This marks the first time TDK has received this award in 20 years, the previous award win took place in 2005.
The IR Award is designed to recognize companies which have been highly accredited in the investment community for their understanding and promotion of IR activities. This year marks the 30th year since the first IR Award. Of the JIRA member companies, 371 publicly-traded companies applied for the 2025 IR Award and a total of 13 companies were selected and received awards: the “IR Grand Prix” was given to two companies, the “Best IR Awards” to six, the “IR Special Awards” to three, and the “Best IR Awards for Encouragement” to two.
Major Reasons TDK was Selected for the Award
- In recent years, the company has expanded opportunities for dialogue between management and investors and has strengthened its IR activities
- The company has worked to deepen investors’ understanding in various ways through hosting events including factory tours combined with business strategy briefings and meetings with outside directors
- The company demonstrates a strong consciousness of cost of capital and stock price. By disclosing business-segment ROIC and explaining management policies derived by backcasting from its long-term vision, the company makes it easier for investors to understand its business-portfolio optimization and medium- to long-term projections
- Through its Integrated Report and “Pre-Financial Capital Briefings,” the company is actively explaining how human capital and corporate culture contribute to enhancing its corporate value
TDK continues to place importance on active information disclosure and mutual communication with stakeholders to enhance its corporate value.
More details about the awards can be found at the website below:
Japan Investor Relations Association
https://www.jira.or.jp/english/
About TDK Corporation
TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) is a global technology company and innovation leader in the electronics industry, based in Tokyo, Japan. With the tagline “In Everything, Better” TDK aims to realize a better future across all aspects of life, industry, and society. For over 90 years, TDK has shaped the world from within; from the pioneering ferrite cores to cassette tapes that defined an era, to powering the digital age with advanced components, sensors, and batteries, leading the way towards a more sustainable future. United by TDK Venture Spirit, a start-up mentality built on visions, courage and mutual trust, TDK’s passionate team members around the globe pursue better—for ourselves, customers, partners, and the world. Today, the state-of-the-art technologies of TDK are in everything, from industrial applications, energy systems, electric vehicles, to smartphones and gaming, at the core of modern life. TDK’s comprehensive, innovative-driven portfolio includes cutting-edge passive components, sensors and sensor systems, power supplies, lithium-ion and solid-state batteries, magnetic heads, AI and enterprise software solutions, and more—featuring numerous market-leading products. These are marketed under the product brands TDK, EPCOS, InvenSense, Micronas, Tronics, TDK-Lambda, TDK SensEI, and ATL. Positioning the AI ecosystem as a key strategic area, TDK leverages its global network across the automotive, information and communication technology, and industrial equipment sectors to expand its business in a wide range of fields. In fiscal 2025, TDK posted total sales of USD 14.4 billion and employed about 105,000 people worldwide.