Funai Electric Co., Ltd. — 3 prefixes (MA-L)

Funai Electric is a Japanese consumer-electronics manufacturer headquartered in Daito, Osaka, best known historically as the world's largest maker of VCRs and TV/VCR combo units before pivoting to LCD televisions, DVD and Blu-ray players/recorders, and printers. The registry holds three distinct MA-L (24-bit) OUI blocks under "FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD." — 00:E0:A9, 04:D6:0E, and 78:80:38 — all registered to the same Nakagaito, Daito, Osaka address (minor formatting variance between the three IEEE rows, not a different entity). Funai's business model leaned heavily on OEM/ODM manufacturing and brand licensing: it built televisions for Sharp, Toshiba, and Denon, produced Kodak-branded and Dell/Lexmark-OEM printers, and for years held the North American license to the Philips, Sylvania, and Emerson consumer-television brands. That licensed TV business is why Funai's OUIs can turn up on hardware badged with other brand names. The company's financial position collapsed in 2024–2025: the Tokyo District Court approved a quasi-bankruptcy petition on 24 October 2024, roughly 530 employees were laid off, a rehabilitation appeal was dismissed in March 2025, and the first creditors' meeting was held 2 July 2025 with liabilities of about JPY 81.9 billion against JPY 1.4 billion in assets. Funai's U.S. trademark and inkjet-cartridge business was sold to Brady in 2025, and Skyworth Group took over the North American Philips-branded TV business on 2 July 2025. The practical takeaway for network operators: devices carrying these OUIs are legacy hardware from a now-liquidated manufacturer, so no further firmware or security patches should be expected directly from Funai.

IEEE assignments

three MA-L prefixes → FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD. [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (lines 8955, 10089, 14128); cross-confirmed against the Wireshark the Wireshark manufacturer database database, which tags all three as "FunaiElectri" / "Funai Electric Co., Ltd."

Prefixes

00:E0:A9, 04:D6:0E, 78:80:38 (all MA-L / 24-bit) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Registered address

7-1/7-7-1 Nakagaito 7-chome, Daito, Osaka, JP (minor formatting differences across the three IEEE rows — same HQ) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Company status

liquidation/bankruptcy — Tokyo District Court approved a quasi-bankruptcy petition 24 Oct 2024; rehabilitation appeal dismissed 14 Mar 2025; first creditors' meeting 2 Jul 2025 (liabilities ≈ JPY 81.9bn vs assets ≈ JPY 1.4bn) [Confirmed] — japantimes.co.jp, businesstoday.com.my, action-intell.com

Device types / products

VCRs and TV/VCR combos (historic market leader), LCD TVs, DVD/Blu-ray players and recorders, printers (OEM for Dell/Lexmark, Kodak-branded); OEM television assembly for Sharp, Toshiba, Denon; former North American licensee of the Philips/Sylvania/Emerson consumer-TV brands

[Confirmed] — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funai

Business transition

U.S. trademark + inkjet-cartridge business sold to Brady (2025); Skyworth Group took over the North American Philips-branded TV business 2 Jul 2025 [Confirmed] — japantimes.co.jp

Allocation dates

Unknown for all three prefixes — IEEE's MA-L registry (the IEEE MA-L registry) publishes no assignment/registration date; third-party MAC-lookup sites show scrape-artifact dates for these prefixes that are database artifacts, not IEEE facts, and are not recorded here

[Confirmed as Unknown] — the IEEE MA-L registry (no date column)

MA-M / MA-S entries

none found for this vendor in the cached registries [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry

Related vendors

none identified as separate OUI registrants; Funai-manufactured/licensed hardware may carry OEM-partner OUIs (Philips, Sylvania, Emerson, Sharp, Toshiba, Denon) rather than Funai's own blocks [Likely] — en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funai