the fiscal year ended March 2024) and the number of employees was 407 (as of March 2024). The company supplies interior and exterior plastic parts such as instrument panel parts, consoles, glove boxes, and meter hoods to Suzuki. The company’s overseas manufacturing footprint consist of a plant in Indonesia that launched in 2006. Sanko Gosei, Ltd. Headquartered in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, the main products of Sanko Gosei, Ltd. (Sanko Gos...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/15

roximately 20 are approved every day. The company remains at the forefront of areas such as automotive electric drive systems and driver assistance systems. BYD is also continuing to promote its global expansion strategy, and has begun or is pursuing the construction of plants in Thailand, Hungary, Indonesia, Brazil, and other countries. Its Rayong plant in Thailand began operations in 2024. For its electric drive system technology platform, BYD ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/11

Ts, manufactured for Daihatsu, are for mini-vehicles and compact vehicles. The company provides end-to-end manufacturing of CVTs, from casting, fabrication, gear cutting, and heat treatment to final assembly. [Manufacturing related] The company has 6 manufacturing sites in Japan and 2 overseas (Indonesia and Malaysia), but only two sites are dedicated to the manufacturing of CVTs: the Kyushu Plant in Japan (Asakura City, Fukuoka Prefecture) a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/08

of 2024, only USD 30 million had been spent. The review of the funding allocation policy was temporarily suspended in 2025, limiting construction.   Emerging markets are catching up fast. In Brazil, the number of public charging stations will be over 12,000 by the end of 2024, while the total for Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam will be 24,000, nine times the number in 2022. Colombia and Mexico have seen increases of 60% and 20%, res...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/02

Europe, production of battery pack assemblies began at the Cologne Plant in Germany, and the Puma Gen-E was newly launched.   In materials procurement, the company has long-term contracts with Lake Resources of Australia, Albemarle of the USA, and five other companies for lithium, and with PT Vale Indonesia Tbk of Indonesia and one other company for nickel. Ford Puma Gen-E (Photo:Copyright ©Ford) Tesla   The construction of a Gigafa...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/01

iland, Malaysia and Vietnam include revisions from past periods. 2025 Q3 ASEAN Countries Sales Comparison (units) Country Sep. 2025 Sep. 2024 Y-o-Y Jul.-Sep.2025 Jul.-Sep.2024 Y-o-Y Jan.-Sep.2025 Jan.-Sep.2024 Y-o-Y Thailand 48,350 39,048 23.8% 145,074 130,632 11.1% 447,969 438,659 2.1% Indonesia 62,071 73,108 -15.1% 184,726 223,640 -17.4% 561,819 633,660 -11.3% Malaysia 58,490 58,351 0.2% 204,432 204,432 0.0% 579,336 595,883 -2.8% ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/25

the Russian dandelion contains the same rubber components as rubber trees, and is attracting attention as a substitute for rubber trees.   Although tires cannot be made without rubber trees, its production areas are concentrated in tropical regions directly under the equator (such as Thailand and Indonesia), and there are concerns that the supply of natural rubber may become unstable due to geographical constraints and the effects of climate ch...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/14

CKenwood is also jointly developing low-priced navigation systems with companies outside of Japan. In March 2023, the company announced that it will transfer the R&D function for in-vehicle equipment from Singapore to Japan. While the production of car navigation systems for the consumer markets in Indonesia and China has returned to plants in Japan, the development function of in-vehicle equipment in Singapore was also to be transferred to Japan...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/11

66 13,698 18,314 36,596 37,911 38,311 Egypt Nissan Nissan 30,056 25,441 22,425 22,182 17,453 18,220 17,349 Malaysia Nissan Nissan 8,918 8,110 6,800 7,198 9,765 9,718 12,440 Slovenia Nissan Nissan 0 0 0 0 8,954 11,334 11,435 Nigeria Nissan Nissan 9,001 9,961 10,013 10,010 9,773 9,481 9,312 Indonesia Nissan Nissan 2,438 2,693 3,483 2,590 4,725 4,726 4,838 Iran Nissan Nissan 0 0 0 2,680 2,192 2,660 1,596 Argentina Nissan Nissan 19,103 ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

issolve its UK subsidiary, Toyoda Gosei UK Ltd. (TGUK), as planned. With the dissolution of TGUK, Toyoda Gosei's only production base in Europe will be in the Czech Republic, and European production will be consolidated at the Czech site. In August 2023, the company announced the dissolution of its Indonesian subsidiary, PT Toyoda Gosei Safety Systems Indonesia. According to the company, the consolidation of production to PT Toyoda Gosei Indonesi...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/27

hou Koito) was established in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. 2014: Hubei Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd. (Hubei Koito) was established in Xiaogan, Hubei Province, China. Asia: The company’s production in Asia is carried out by a subsidiary in India and joint ventures in Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. Americas: Koito manufactures automotive lighting equipment at four plants in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. Mexico: I...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/20

. The driving range (WLTP mode) is 502/540/585km. Pre-orders began in July 2025 in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Germany. 2025 model year G9 X9   The X9 is the flagship electric MPV, primarily targeting families. It is already being sold in Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia. It has a large three-row seating arrangement, a large ceiling-mounted screen in the second row and a dua...

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ncept one step further, attempting to create a global standard for structural seat frame parts for export to the entire Asia region including Japan.   Regarding the trends to establish new and expanded production bases and open development functions in the growth markets of China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Brazil, there was a move to establish a joint venture between Toyota Boshoku and Germany's AUNDE Group SE seen in 2019 and it has devel...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/27

,974 110,284 112,046 Acura Acura 11,395 12,091 11,980 12,830 12,412 12,916 12,561 Afeela Afeela 0 0 0 0 267 514 1,693 Honda Acura 14 1 0 0 0 0 19 Canada sub-total 103,295 124,628 135,691 131,352 119,653 123,714 126,319 India Honda Honda 95,022 84,289 68,650 78,517 97,401 101,136 121,814 Indonesia Honda Honda 131,280 138,967 94,742 76,089 73,715 67,639 104,949 Brazil Honda Honda 56,619 72,041 91,457 109,147 106,108 96,938 99,549 Ho...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/26

GAIKINDO Indonesia International Auto Show 2025 Chinese and Indonesian manufacturers, VinFast and more Summary Chinese automakers Indonesian manufacturers VinFast Hyundai Japanese automakers   The 32nd GAIKINDO Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) was held at ICE BSD in Tangerang, near Jakarta, from July 24 to August 3, 2025. The event is organized annually by the Indonesian Automotive Industry Association (GAIKINDO), and other events inclu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/19

(Akita Plant, and Niigata Plant); former Showa 2: (Gotemba No. 1 Plant and Gotemba No. 2 Plant) Americas 4 (former Showa 4 (U.S. (Ohio) 2, Canada, Mexico)) China 3 (former Hitachi AMS (Chongqing); former Showa 2 (Guangzhou, Wuhan)) Asia 7 (former Hitachi AMS (Thailand); former Showa 6 (Thailand 2, Indonesia, Vietnam 2, India)  KYB Corporation (KYB) Click here to see recent developments. Overview In February 2022, KYB Corporation (KYB) d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/09/18

ta for Thailand and Malaysia include revisions from past periods. 2025 Q2 ASEAN Countries Sales Comparison (units) Country Jun. 2025 Jun. 2024 Y-o-Y Apr.-Jun.2025 Apr.-Jun.2024 Y-o-Y Jan.-Jun.2025 Jan.-Jun.2024 Y-o-Y Thailand 50,079 47,662 5.1% 149,501 144,271 3.6% 302,694 308,027 -1.7% Indonesia 57,760 74,615 -22.6% 169,577 194,770 -12.9% 374,740 410,020 -8.6% Malaysia 54,832 58,142 -5.7% 185,786 188,296 -1.3% 373,636 391,451 -4.6%...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/28

s (2 in Europe, 8 in the Americas, 5 in China, 4 in Asia, and 1 in Africa). Europe 2 (Poland 2) Americas 8 (U.S. 2, Mexico 2, Brazil 2) China 5 (Suzhou, Jiangsu Province; Chongqing; Wuhan, Hubei Province; Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Changyang City, Jiangsu Province) Asia 4 (India 3, Indonesia 1) Africa 1 (Morocco) China Opened a new EPS production plant in Liuzhou, ChinaIn 2018, to meet the growing demand for EPS in China and t...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/21

Electrification in Indonesia From the Periklindo Electric Vehicle Show Summary From an interview with Periklindo (the Indonesian Electric Vehicle Industry Association) Electric vehicles Electrified motorcycles Electrified tricycles   There is currently no significant movement in Indonesia to switch from BEVs (battery electric vehicles) to HEVs (hybrid electric vehicles). BEV prices are approaching those of ICE (internal combustion engine) powere...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/20