hard-fitted (or pressure welded) to make motor shafts with splines.   Bearing bushings with outer circumference protrusions are parts that are cast and fixed to the portion of the aluminum housing where the bearings are mounted, and protrusions are formed on the outer circumference by centrifugal casting to prevent slippage.   Both the hollow motor shaft and the bearing bushing with outer projection are being produced by TPR's joint venture in...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/17

the widest range in its class, resulting in excellent fuel economy. Main vehicles equipped: Corolla Sport, C-HR (Toyota), UX (Lexus). In January 2025, the company announced that it would close its Gamagori Plant. The plant produces AT and CVT parts such as differential gears, oil pumps, and valve bodies. Production will be transferred to other plants and affiliated companies, and the plant will close in March 2027. Approximately 250 employees wil...

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

mpany also sells active parts for motors (stators and rotors only). Exhibited at the Show were 110kW oil-cooled and 120kW water-cooled rotors and stators based on the OD180 rectangular wire platform. 180mm rectangular wire platform   Oswell also carries out in-house press processing and die casting, which are part of the upstream supply chain for e-Axles and motors, and is capable of stamping motor cores from 0.15mm to 0.5mm electroma...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/21

ng character of the Superscreen, centre console and door centre panel. VW Tayron The Tayron is a D-segment SUV with five or optional seven seats, positioned between the Touareg and the Tiguan. It is based on the modular transverse platform (MQB evo) and is equipped with a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbo diesel, a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder turbo gasoline engine, and a 1.5-liter 4-cylinder turbo gasoline engine with a 48-volt mild hybrid system. It was launc...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/20

Remarks TPR Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo) Products for new energy vehicles (drive, battery, thermal management) Piston rings ・Cast iron liners ・Seal rings, etc. Performance improvement Piston rings PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) Performance improvement Cast iron liner Long centrifugal casting ・Outer circumference is ASLOK finished Cost reduction Seal ring Machining-less injection molding Cost reduction NEV products (drive, ...

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

these changes.   Sensing technologies are also being developed to improve occupant protection by detecting collisions in advance and deploying airbags earlier. Exterior airbags that predict a collision through advance sensing and inflate at the front or sides of the vehicle body are also being studied, and the applications of airbag technology are rapidly expanding.   Moreover, the installation of emergency notification systems for accidents a...

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

rolytic corrosion, and a grounding ring is also installed.   The bearing has a cantilevered rotor structure with only one bearing on the non-output side, and the output side is automatically aligned by spline engagement with the reducer.   The housing is made of cast aluminum (HPDC, high pressure die casting), and the stator core is fixed by shrink-fitting.   The housing does not have a water jacket, and instead uses an oil-cooling system in w...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/14

% of sales in the automotive business in the fiscal year ended March 2025. The company’s business is broadly classified into the automotive, industrial vehicle (forklifts, etc.), and textile machinery divisions, with the automotive division further consisting of engine, car electronics, and press die business units in addition to compressors. [Recent Activities] Since Denso has a 100% share of the air conditioners supplied to Toyota, which i...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/07

kWh using second-generation 4680 battery cells, giving it a driving range (EPA) of 547km.   The disassembled vehicle is an AWD model with an induction motor with a maximum output of 226kW at the front and a magnet-type synchronous motor with a maximum output of 221kW at the rear.   Large aluminum casting parts made using a 9,000-ton Gigacast process are used at the front and rear of the vehicle body, and various parts are attached to the Gigaca...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/19

commercial vehicle. The truck is equipped with two Mirai fuel cell stacks and six high-pressure hydrogen tanks (50kg of hydrogen) and has a driving range of approximately 600km. Hydrogen refueling time is about 30 minutes, while twin refueling takes about 15 minutes (the refueling time for current diesel trucks is about 10 minutes). However, there are not many hydrogen stations that can handle twin filling at this time. Because the fuel cell sta...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/14

the Honda booth. Also on display at the white-body exhibit venue was the “N-VAN e:” electric mini-car. Battery packFrame structure ensures both safety and light weight Thin and lightweight battery packs realized through innovations in production technologyIntroduction of large aluminum die-casting and joining technology, and battery degradation suppression technology   The “N-VAN e:", an electrified version of the engine...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/27

s by applying collision mitigation braking, and leading to spontaneous risk avoidance. Video from a public road demonstration using camera recognition (left) and video of the actual demonstration in the booth at the expo (right)   Completely horizontal circulation technology for aluminum die casting Aluminum die-castings (right) produced from die-cast scrap (left) by completely horizontal circulation technology   At the Carbo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/25

ture) Founded in 1928. Major products include mufflers, exhaust pipes, exhaust manifolds, body parts, and door beams. Lexus LFA titanium muffler, Subaru BRZ muffler, etc. Toyoda Iron Works Co., Ltd. (Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture) Founded in 1946. Automotive parts manufacturing, press and plastic die and welding equipment design and production, etc. 1470MPa cold-formed ultra-high tensile strength components, original technology "Toyototsu", alu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/24

rsify into body parts, chassis parts and electrification parts for these eco-friendly vehicles. Exhaust system components covered in this report Components covered in this report Exhaust manifolds Exhaust pipes (*) Mufflers (*) Catalyst substrates Catalyst washcoat Catalytic converters / canning Diesel catalytic converters (including SCR systems) Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) (*) Unless otherwise noted, exhaust pipes/tubes are referred to ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/19

ing Technology, and EV Materials (Jun. 2024)   2025 JSAE Automotive Engineering Exposition: Archives of past exhibits reports 2024 JSAE Automotive Engineering Exposition: Archives of past exhibits reports   Gigacast* is the name of a technology that uses ultra-large, 6,500 to 8,000 ton aluminum die-casting machines, which are about the size of a single train car, to form ultra-large parts such as automobile frames. It was a newly adopted stre...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/06/03

merly Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. ) Resonac Corporation(formerly Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.) Resonac Brake Corporation Continental Automotive Corporation (Japanese subsidiary) Brembo S.p.A. (European supplier) Bosch Corporation(Japanese subsidiary; system supplier)   Brake discs, brake drums (Casting products) Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd. Kiriu Corporation Asama Giken Co., Ltd. Yoshiwa Kogyo Co., Ltd. Daihatsu Metal Co., Ltd.   Click...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/05/29

nese Ministry of Finance issued the Notice on Expanding the Scope of Implementation of Large-Scale Equipment Renewal and Consumer Goods Replacement Policies in 2025. The scope of support for automobile disposal/renewal will be expanded by enlarging the scope of eligibility for disposal/renewal subsidies for ICE passenger vehicles that meet certain China-4 emission standards. Related reports:Alliances of Major OEMs in the Chinese Market (Apr. 202...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/04/24

Prefecture AT assemblies, AT components Gamagori Plant Gamagori City, Aichi Prefecture AT components (scheduled to close in 2027) Shiroyama Plant Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture Kira Plant Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture Ogawa Plant Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture Nishio Engine PlantNishio Die Cast Plant Nishio City, Aichi Prefecture AT components Aisin Chemical Co., Ltd. Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture Friction materials (merged in Apri...

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

ent suppliers and their OEM customers VI. Europe and Americas footprint of major suppliers (Detail) Brake systems and foundation brake suppliers Bosch Continental ZF Hitachi Astemo(former Chassis Brakes International) Brembo AP Racing HL Mando Corporation Knorr-Bremse Brake disc rotors (casting products) suppliers Buderus Guss Fritz Winter Eisengiesserei Rassini Fremax Brakes   Click here for Brake (Japanese Market)   Bra...

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

Body details except Gigacast section   The SU7 is the first model launched into the EV market by Xiaomi Corporation (Xiaomi), known as a global smartphone manufacturer. Gigacast is used for the rear structure, but its shape and thickness are similar to those of other companies' previous models. A die-casting machine with a clamping force of over 9,000 tons is used, and the material Titans Metal is unique to Xiaomi.   Apart from Gigacast, anoth...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/04