ion bases are former Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors plants, and have a history of AT production since 1967. Along the way, Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd. was jointly established with capital investments by Nissan, Mazda Motor Corporation (then: Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.), and Ford Motor Company in 1970, but these latter two companies left. Production at the Kakegawa Plant ended in July 2024. This is part of the consolidation of production in res...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/15

tive advantage (Source: Automotive World presentation materials) 1-4) 04 Openness (Source: Automotive World presentation materials)   05 Restructuring through "abstraction”   To first explain what abstraction is, a case study of Busicom Corporation and Intel Corporation was presented. Around 1970, Busicom Corporation, the world's number one developer of calculators, asked Intel Corporation, a semiconductor chip contractor that had just bee...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/09

first time to the public.   The company Sonatus had an excellent definition of SDV printed in large letters on their booth: “SDVs are Platforms for Innovation” (and definitely not functions or features). In order to create awareness of the potential of SDV technologies, the company restored a 1970 Ford Bronco and equipped it with a range of SDV technology elements that included the functional safety module Automator Safety Interlock that is...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/21

upplier of mechanical CVTs. Sales (consolidated): JPY 563.7 billion (fiscal year ended March 2024), 12,500 employees. (As of March 31, 2024) Ownership ratio: Nissan 75%, Mitsubishi Motors 15%, Suzuki 10% Usage status: CVT: Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, Dongfeng Motor, Renault, etc. History In 1970, "Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd." was established as a joint venture of Nissan, Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Mazda Motor Corporation (...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/11/21

its business in areas other than navigation going forward in partnership with Denso. One such example is the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) installed in Toyota Motor Corporation's C+pod, an ultra-compact EV that went on sale in December 2020 on a limited basis. The company began developing ECUs in the 1970s and continues to work on a variety of ECUs today. The company is in the process of expanding its business to VCUs, taking advantage of the ECU d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/10/03

(Japanese Market).   There are also signs of electrification being applied to the power steering systems of heavy-duty commercial vehicles. This report will include industry trends such as coordinated control with braking, formation driving (platooning) and autonomous driving. 1. History   Before 1970, power steering was a luxury feature that was only available on some luxury cars. From the mid-1970s, as front-wheel drive vehicles became common...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/07/19

with minimal energy and aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 200,000 tons/year (equivalent to 14,200 hectares of forest area), with full-scale operation scheduled for 2035. Exhibitor overview Company name Overview Exhibited item Hoei Metal Co., Ltd.(Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture) Established in 1970. Production and sales of molten aluminum, recovery, processing and sales of scrap iron and nonferrous metals. Aluminum upgrade recycling technolo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/06/07

Environmental Technologies Segment accounts for 10% of company-wide sales. Products: The company has strong technical expertise in automotive products such as display glass and catalytic honeycomb substrates and DPFs. Customers: Corning was one of the first to develop a honeycomb substrate in the 1970s, when pellet catalysts were the norm, and today Corning's catalyst substrates are used in many models in the U.S., Europe, and Asian markets inc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/05/30

ases are former Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors plants, and have a long history of AT production since 1967. Along the way, Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd. was jointly established with capital investments by Nissan, Mazda Motor Corporation (then: Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.), and Ford Motor Company in 1970, but these latter two companies left. Overseas production began in Mexico in 2003 and then expanded to Guangzhou in China and Thailand. The lates...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/03/21

only be utilized through close exchange of information with the vehicle dismantling industry, and it is hoped that the sharing of information to the level of drawings will lead to more precise disassembly and automated dismantling operations.     In Japan, pollution became a social problem in the 1970s, resulting in a flurry of solutions to deal with the issues. In the 1990s, however, a unified approach to waste was sought, and a coherent polic...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2024/01/30

supplier of mechanical CVTs. Sales (consolidated): JPY 540 billion (fiscal year ended March 2023), 11,800 employees. (As of March 31, 2023) Ownership ratio: Nissan 75%, Mitsubishi Motors 15%, Suzuki 10% Usage status: CVT: Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Suzuki, Dongfeng Motor, Renault, etc. History In 1970, "Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd." was established as a joint venture of Nissan, Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently Mazda Motor Corporation (...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/16

gh-speed rotating bearings: Bearing cartridges for turbine spindles (MinebeaMitsumi)   MinebeaMitsumi Inc. was established in 1951 as Nippon Miniature Bearing Co., Ltd. Based on its earning power, this JPY multi-trillion company has grown to become a giant through aggressive acquisitions since the 1970s.  In January 2017, Minebea Co., Ltd. and Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. merged their operations and changed the company name to Minebea-Mitsumi Inc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/11/08

lights.   Concept Vision One-Eleven   Undoubtedly, among the standout exhibits in the Summit area of IAA 2023 was the Vision One-Eleven. Its striking bright orange hue and eye-catching design truly attracted the attention of visitors. This all-electric concept vehicle draws inspiration from a 1970s icon, the C111.   The Vision One-Eleven's design captivates with its standout elements, including the distinctive gullwing doors and a sleek, s...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/11

tery paper ceramics   The company exhibited paper ceramics. Paper facings (0.4 to 1.2 mm) are used as the friction material for F.C.C.'s main product, wet clutches. Wet clutches are used in automatic transmissions; between a few dozen and a hundred pieces can be used in one transmission. Until the 1970s, when manual transmissions were in their heyday, the company relied on imported products, but in 1984 F.C.C. began domestic production of paper ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/10/02

ynamic design language with gullwing doors and innovative all-electric powertrain technology. The Vision One-Eleven supercar is characterized by the signature Mercedes-Benz One-Bow design that is a marker of its 21st century style. Inspired by the tradition of the legendary C111 sports car of the 1970s, it combines breathtaking design with groundbreaking powertrain technology. The weight of the axial-motor is 1/3 of that of the radial-flux moto...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/28

es, Inc. Teijin Limited / Asahi Kasei Corporation   Read the European and U.S. Market Airbag report here. This report is for paid subscribers only. 25 pages remainingBy registering as a free member, you can continue reading for a limited time.   The airbag was first adopted in the U.S. in the 1970’s as a device to protect a vehicle’s occupants not wearing seatbelts while driving, and its installation later expanded from not only the dri...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/21

rnational investors for the purpose of cultivating crops to produce biofuels. BRAZIL: GLOBAL MARKET LEADER IN BIOETHANOL   Brazil is one of the largest users of alternative fuels in the world. The country has large quantities of cane sugar at its disposal and, following the oil crises of the 1970s, opted to move in a different direction and invest in domestic fuel production with the help of state subsidies. In 1975, after the first global...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/09/11

as JTEKT Corporation, Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd. (NSK), and Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. (former Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. and former Showa Corporation), which are also installed in vehicles produced in the U.S. and European markets, please refer to Power Steering (Japanese Market). Background   Before 1970, power steering was a luxury feature that was only available on some luxury cars. From the mid-1970s, as front-wheel drive vehicles became common...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/07/06

its business in areas other than navigation going forward in partnership with Denso. One such example is the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) installed in Toyota Motor Corporation's C+pod, an ultra-compact EV that went on sale in December 2020 on a limited basis. The company began developing ECUs in the 1970s and continues to work on a variety of ECUs today. The company is in the process of expanding its business to VCUs, taking advantage of the ECU d...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/08

e Environmental Technologies Segment accounts for 10% of company-wide sales. Products: The company has strong technical expertise in automotive products such as display glass and catalytic honeycomb substrates and DPFs. Customers: Corning was one of the first to develop a honeycomb substrate in the 1970s, when pellet catalysts were the norm, and today Corning's catalyst substrates are used in many models in the U.S., Europe, and Asian markets inc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/05/18