Fukushima Galilei

{{Short description|Japanese manufacturer}}

Fukushima Galilei (until 2019, Fukushima Industries) is a Japanese manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment; particularly for the food industry, but since 1999 also for medical applications. It was founded in 1951 by Nobuo Fukushima in Osaka, where {{asof|2020|lc=yes}} it is still based. In 1994, it went public; and since 2002, it has been listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/companies/6420.T |title=Fukushima Galilei Co Ltd |website=Reuters}} It has offices throughout Japan and also in many parts of Asia, including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/fukuppy-fukushima-mascot-japan-fridge-egg-name |title=Meet Fukuppy, the inadvertent Fukushima mascot |first=Justin |last=McCurry |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 October 2013 |accessdate=19 November 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/on-fukushima-and-mascot-fukuppy-2013-10?r=US&IR=T |title=A Japanese Refrigerator Company Can Now Claim The Title For Branding Blunder Of The Year |author=Agence France Presse |website=Business Insider |date=15 October 2013 |accessdate=19 November 2020}}

In 2013, it gained brief notoriety outside its usual areas of operation when it introduced as corporate mascot a cartoon anthropomorphic egg with the unfortunately-chosen name Fukuppy; a name which it quickly withdrew.{{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/10/15/national/firms-mascots-name-earns-ridicule/ |title=Japanese firm's mascot name earns ridicule |first=Tomoko |last=Otake |newspaper=Japan Times |date=16 October 2013 |accessdate=20 November 2020}}