TDK Corporation (TSE: 6762) has partnered strategically with iCAN Innovation Contest (hereinafter referred to as “iCAN”) for the fifth consecutive year. As a strategic brand partner, TDK will support the 2025 iCAN to further boost innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship among Chinese college students. This sponsorship also includes entrepreneurship mentorship provided by TDK Ventures, the corporate venture capital subsidiary of TDK Corporation.
iCAN is a comprehensive innovation contest that encourages originality, fosters innovative thinking, and enhances practical skills among college students. Embracing the spirit of “Confidence · Persistence · Dream”, it champions tech innovation for social good, motivates students’ creativity, and helps identify promising innovators
The competition also enhances collaboration between academia and industry in cutting-edge fields like IoT, smart manufacturing, and AI, while building a platform for tech talent innovation. TDK sees a strong alignment between iCAN’s spirit and its own Corporate Principles of “Vision, Courage, Trust”, alongside its Corporate Motto “Contribute to culture and industry through creativity”.
Through continued strategic partnership, TDK aims to raise awareness and understanding of its brand, technologies, solution and values among young people, while also enhancing campus recruitment efforts in China to attract young talents to .
In 2025, as the strategic brand partner of iCAN, TDK will create a TDK exclusive brand landing page, TDK technical articles, etc. on the iCAN ecosystem platform to strengthen its presence and brand impact in colleges. The sponsorship includes the mentorship support from TDK Ventures though live-streamed courses for competing teams. Additionally, TDK Ventures will also participate as a guest judge at the offline iCAN finals in November 2025.
Today, TDK has near 60,000 team members in Greater China. TDK has a long history in China. As early as the 1960s, TDK had established joint ventures in Taiwan and later set up sales networks and production lines in Hong Kong. By the 1980s.
TDK had established sales and large-scale production sites in multiple regions including East China, South China, and North China. In 2004, TDK China Regional Headquarter was established in Shanghai. Moving forward, TDK is committed to extend its business portfolio in China, continue to develop products specifically for the China market, and gradually localize the development and production of products, contribute to society with practical actions.
