ll build a new plant in Mexico and will start sales business in Brazil.  Mazda updated the framework of its medium-/long-term measures that it had announced in April 2010. The company added future measures as a response to the changing business environment including the strong yen and raw material price hikes, but says that it will not change the FY2015 target (global sales volume of 1.7 million, consolidated operating profit of 170 billion JPY)...

市场技术报告  2011/11/18 更新

is powered up to 75 percent by methane gas. Either natural gas or bio gas is used for methane gas.  Compared with conventional CNG trucks that only use compressed natural gas, the new truck boasts 30-40% higher energy efficiency and reduces fuel consumption by 25%. Biogas enables a new engine to cut emissions by up to 70 percent compared with a conventional diesel engine. Since the price of natural gas is lower than that of diesel fuel, the ma...

市场技术报告  2011/09/06 更新

rom the Detroit Three. Nittan Valve introduces the automatic production line at the US plant  Nittan Valve implemented an automatic production line (NGV line) at its US plant of U.S. Engine Valve (Partnership) in South Carolina (which is in place as of March 2011). The NGV line automatically cuts the materials of engine valves, forges, finishes and inspects the products. This line needs half of the space and the number of operators compare...

市场技术报告  2011/08/29 更新

up companies to increase efficiency in production by promoting coordination toward more consolidated management, thereby contributing to maintaining the domestic production quantity at three million units. A high-efficiency production line was installed in Central Motor's New Miyagi Plant that will cut the investment by 40% and reduce manufacturing costs by 6%. Toyota will also introduce a small-scale, high-efficiency engine production line that ...

市场技术报告  2011/08/26 更新

oint venture  Akiba Die Casting and a local supplier jointly established Thai Akiba, in which Akiba Die Casting takes a 45% stake. Starting in April 2012, the joint venture will supply die-cast aluminum parts to Japanese parts suppliers. Akiba Die Casting aims to acquire demand of parts for low-priced compact cars particularly in emerging countries. The new plant will have an area of 40,000 square meters and a building floor of 3,000 square m...

市场技术报告  2011/07/07 更新

summary of reports on the exhibition by OEMs at the "2011 Automotive Engineering Exposition" (hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc (JSAE). held from May 18 to 20, 2011. Exhibition by each OEM and its participation in the exhibition by JSAE are included).  Toyota exhibited a cutaway model of a 3-row seat wagon model of HEV Prius α, which it started marketing in May 2011 (delayed two weeks due to the Great East Japan Earth...

市场技术报告  2011/06/30 更新

ers on display   Two types of films used as insulator paper in motors  Tsuda Industries Co., Ltd.  (Motor shafts for HEVs)   http://www.tsuda-inc.co.jp (in Japanese)  The HEV motor shaft (cold forged with deep holes) used in the Prius allows net shaping (in place of the conventional cutting and thread rolling process), while the deep holes and narrow holes are being formed by cold forging. This leads to a 15% reduction of manufact...

市场技术报告  2011/03/04 更新

Shanxi province, China, and buys magnesium from leading suppliers in China. The company also buys raw material from POSCO, a Korean company. POSCO is building a refining plant in Kangwon-do, Korea, and has announced plans to start operation sometime in 2011. Fujisougyou anticipates that the market price will go down then. Sankiblast Magnesium die-cast products  Sankiblast is a precision processing manufacturer of molded-magnesium products and...

市场技术报告  2011/02/22 更新

function (with remote foldable lever) (Note 9)   ○     Rear seat (long cushion mode) (Note 10)       ◎ Water repellent/waterproof fabric seat cover material     ◎   Comfort Clean air filter ◎ ◎   ◎ Nanoe drive shower (Note 11)   △   △ Front door glass (super UV cut) (Note 12) ○△       Convenience Multi-information display ◎ ◎     Eco-drive indicator ◎ ◎   ◎ Shift position indicator ...

市场技术报告  2011/02/18 更新

2) is leased to certain users starting at the end of 2009. It will be marketed in the first half of 2012. The model is Toyota's first model that uses a Li-ion battery and can run about 13 miles in EV mode. It takes three hours and 90 minutes to charge the battery on 110V and 220V, respectively. The price of the model is to be set lower than USD40, 000 than the Chevrolet Volt.  Prius c (to be launched in the first half of 2012) is a hatchback t...

市场技术报告  2011/02/01 更新

Daihatsu introduces New Move that boasts fuel consumption of 27km/L Purchasing Reform will reduce parts procurement costs by 30% by the end of 2011 Summary New Move with idling stop system achieves fuel consumption of 27km/L Daihatsu held the largest share of the mini car market for four consecutive years with the Daihatsu estimates consolidated sales volume would increase by 3.4% to 1.317 million for the FY2010 Daihatsu revised upward its foreca...

市场技术报告  2011/01/13 更新

Plug-in hybrid likely priced under 3 million yen   It was found that Toyota is considering pricing of its Prius-based plug-in hybrid "Prius PHV" slated to be launched at the end of 2011 at below 3 million yen. Toyota appears to have determined it possible to reduce manufacturing costs of lithium-ion batteries, leveraging expertise in cost reductions it has acquired through development of hybrid vehicles. With the aim of winning the de facto stan...

新闻  2010/07/21 更新