Asteelflash Group expands capacity at Tijuana, Mexico plant for EV componentry In response to strong demand from North American customers, particularly “a double-digit growth” in the electrified vehicles segment, Asteelflash Group, a French electronics contract manufacturing company, announced it has invested an undisclosed amount for additional output capacity at its Tijuana, Mexico location. Two additional SMT lines (Surface Mount Technolog...

News  Updated at: 2018/07/06

Asteer to use partner plants to expand production network Asteer Co., Ltd. will expand its production network by utilizing the plants of its partners and subcontractors. In Indonesia, Asteer will install a new automotive body parts production line at its local joint venture partner's plant, and start operations in the second half of 2017. The company also started discussions on renting plant space from companies in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, to pro...

News  Updated at: 2016/12/08

Asteer develops new entry-type capless automotive fuel filler Asteer Co., Ltd. has developed a new entry-type capless fuel filler. The new fuel filler will dramatically reduce costs compared to rival products, although its external flap that prevents the entry of dust must be operated manually. The fuel filler will be offered mainly to mini vehicle makers as parts that can be used in low price automobiles. Capless fuel fillers are increasingly us...

News  Updated at: 2016/11/01

a strength level of 1,500 MPa on its new Tanto mini passenger vehicle. The technology is used for the impact beams on the driver's side door. The products are made employing an electric heating method, which offers a high level of collision safety at a low cost. The impact beams are manufactured by Asteer Co., Ltd., an auto parts supplier in the Mitsubishi Motors Group. The components are supplied from Asteer's main factory in Okayama to Daihatsu...

News  Updated at: 2013/10/24

Asteer wins first order from Toyota Asteer Co., Ltd., a body frame parts manufacturer (headquarters: Soja city, Okayama prefecture) affiliated with Mitsubishi motors, has received orders for body frame parts for Toyota's luxury Lexus brand models assembled by Toyota Motor Kyushu, Inc.(headquarters: Miyawaka city, Fukuoka prefecture). The parts will be produced at Asteer's Kyushu plant in Yukuhashi city, Fukuoka prefecture, and supplied to Toyota ...

News  Updated at: 2013/06/18

Asteer wins structural parts program from GM in China, first business with the U.S. automaker Asteer Co., Ltd., a supplier of automotive body structural parts in the Mitsubishi Motors Group, has won for the first time in its history a contract to supply stamped body parts to General Motors. Asteer will manufacture the products at Changsha Asteer WuuShiang Auto Parts Co.,Ltd. in Hunan Province, China, and supply them to the Wuhan Plant (Hubei Prov...

News  Updated at: 2013/05/08

Asteer to win more customers at its U.S. plant Asteer Co., Ltd., an auto parts supplier in Soja city, Okayama prefecture, will make efforts to increase customers at its U.S. plant. Currently Asteer supplies automotive stamped parts mainly to Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s Mizushima plant in Kurashiki city, Okayama prefecture. Eagle Wings Industries, Asteer's stamped parts plant in the U.S., is also producing stamped parts for Mitsubishi Motors' U.S. p...

News  Updated at: 2006/09/05

Asteer Co., Ltd. Asteer Co., Ltd. in Soja city, Okayama prefecture, a manufacturer of body press parts and resin functional parts, aims to go on the market in three to four years to reinforce its operating base. The company will expand its network of overseas plants with new projects which are currently under study, and plans to actively make proposals to automakers other than Mitsubishi Motor, its main customer, to acquire more business. These m...

News  Updated at: 2005/01/14

Asteer Co., Ltd. Asteer Co., Ltd., a supplier of pressed parts for auto bodies and plastic parts, based in Soja city, Okayama prefecture, is going to strengthen its marketing activities to expand its customer base: other than Mitsubishi, Asteer's longstanding customer. Asteer's marketing activities, especially on the introduction of new technologies, have so far focused on Mitsubishi, which is its main customer. But now Asteer has changed its cor...

News  Updated at: 2004/12/20