company will develop high-value-added products that meet the needs of automakers and increase orders. Specifically, the company will collaborate with Scotland-based company designLED Products Ltd. (designLED) to reduce the weight of displays and develop curved liquid crystal displays. DesignLED was acquired by Clarion’s France-based parent company, Faurecia, in 2021. It will also utilize the technology assets of Faurecia IRYStec Inc. of Canada,...

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

d testing, and develop an automotive semiconductor industrial organization that builds and improves automotive IP (intellectual Property) and EDA (Electronic Design Automation) toolchain capabilities. In-vehicle OS Establish an environmental foundation for technological construction capabilities, acquire a certain level of technological innovation capabilities, and acquire core technology for system software. Develop an environment for technolo...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/27

ade in August, Zhengzhou FinDreams Battery Co., Ltd., a BYD subsidiary, will begin work on a drive battery production line expansion project with a total investment of CNY 5 billion and an associated liquid cooling plate production line construction project. From June through September, the company acquired more than 5,000 mu (about 333 hectares) of land in Zhengzhou for about CNY 1.1 billion. The site will be used as a production base for finish...

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

ier, the keyword NOA is attracting much attention. As of 2016, Tesla was already developing autonomous driving systems under this name, but recently, Chinese companies have started developing autonomous driving capabilities as part of their AI utilization. Until now, China's automotive industry has acquired automotive development technology through joint ventures (JVs) with companies based in Japan, the United States, and Europe, but the fact tha...

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

and TRW Automotive of the U.S. (now ZF of Germany). However, following the auto industry’s largest recall ever of former Takata-made inflators (using phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant), the company filed for bankruptcy protection to restructure and all Takata assets and businesses were acquired by Key Safety Systems (KSS), and renamed as Joyson Safety Systems. Also, the industry's landscape changed dramatically with events such as th...

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

ith 11 Chinese brands, including BYD, Chery, Great Wall, and Changan.   FTX is a LiDAR that uses solid-state vision to complement images, employs an electronic scanning method, and has a field of view of 180°×140°. It can measure distances of up to 30 m under conditions of 10% reflectivity, and acquire point cloud data at a rate of 492,000 points per second. Resolution has been improved by more than two times compared to the previous generati...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/10/16

gion. Furthermore, the company is restructuring its production system in anticipation of expanding its commercial rights in Europe. (Details to follow.)   New alliances and business transfers have begun among Japanese suppliers as well. In 2017, Toyota Boshoku began an alliance with Tachi-S, which acquired all the shares of TF-Metal Co., Ltd., a new company formed by splitting off the seat components division of Fuji-Kiko Co., Ltd., making it a ...

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

Systems Private Limited (RSSL). RSSL will continue its existing technology licensing and supply agreement with NSK Steering & Control. The total sale price was INR 450 million (approx. JPY 870 million). In May 2025, NSK Ltd. (NSK) announced that it will conclude a 50.1% share purchase agreement to acquire shares of NSK Steering & Control, Inc. (NS&C), and make it a wholly owned subsidiary effective September 1, 2025. The company repurchased the ...

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

s in the mobility and storage sectors.   In November 2024, IBC and Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) signed agreements to form a joint venture in India. They plan to set up a state-of-the-art giga factory in Bangalore to manufacture prismatic NMC Li-ion cells for mobility and energy storage. MGL aims to acquire at least a 40% stake in the venture, which is currently a subsidiary of IBC US. Mahanagar Gas Limited is one of India's leading Natural Gas Di...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/27

panies are consolidating capital, technology, and human resources through business retrenchment and corporate integration.   Examples include Bosch of Germany, which dissolved its power steering joint venture (JV) with ZF of Germany and made it a wholly owned subsidiary; Nexteer of the U.S., which acquired the steering division of the former GM/Delphi; and ZF, which absorbed TRW of the US. ZF is strengthening its steering business in India throu...

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

holding a 50% stake in May 2024, which is responsible for development and production of ICE and HEV systems among the Group’s five business areas. In June 2024, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco), Saudi Arabia’s state-owned petroleum company, announced that it would make an investment to acquire a 10% stake in HORSE Powertrain. The remaining 90% of stakes will be held by the Renault Group and Geely with each retaining 45%.   On June 1...

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

and listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Following the spin-off from Johnson Controls, Adient’s major acquisitions, divestments, partnerships and business joint ventures in reverse chronological order are as follows: In August 2024, Zhejiang Tiancheng Controls Co., Ltd. announced that it had acquired a 48% stake in Changsha Andaotuo Auto Parts Co., Ltd. held by Adient Asia Holdings Co., Limited. Accordingly, Changsha Andaotuo Auto Parts Co...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/06

ading heavy-duty truck model with a swappable bottom battery and jointly develop the battery swap business. Geely Zeekr to become a wholly owned subsidiary In May 2025, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited, which owns 65.7% of Zeekr Automobile (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Zeekr), announced that it will acquire the remaining shares of Zeekr to complete the privatization and merger. This will result in the company being delisted from the New York Stock...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/08/01

del 3 Radiator Trends in battery thermal management: In November 2024, Mahle announced a proposed restructuring of its group organization to accelerate the implementation of the Mahle 2030+ strategy, which focuses on increasing efficiency, electrification and thermal management. Mahle GmbH will acquire all remaining shares (approx. 25%) of Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG, a specialist in thermal management. In April 2024, Mahle Behr and Hella (FORVI...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/08

Skill transfer using digital technology (sealer application) Exhibit: System configuration overview (sealer application work) Differences between the movements of skilled operators and the trainee’s own (areas for improvement) can be easily identified, greatly reducing the time required to acquire skills. In the center is a sealer gun equipped with various sensors, on the left is a practice board for applying sealer, and in the top cente...

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

recall ever of Takata-made inflators (using ammonium as a gas generator) that started to explode, first in the U.S., the company filed for bankruptcy protection to restructure. In April 2018, Takata (all Takata assets and businesses excluding those related to ammonium nitrate air bag inflators) was acquired by the fifth largest airbag supplier in the U.S. market, Key Safety Systems (KSS), and renamed as Joyson Safety Systems.   In addition, in M...

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

ation and Communication Technology) companies; and 3) The restructuring of foreign-based OEMs' businesses in China.   Many of the emerging automakers were not qualified for production at the time of their establishment, so they outsourced production to the major automakers. Some emerging OEMs have acquired production credentials through acquisitions and are now producing on their own. As competition intensified in the Chinese automobile market, ...

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

allows practically any central or zonal control unit to be designed. Thanks to the announcement directly before CES opened its doors that NXP is acquiring the Austrian TTTech company, NXP can now also offer the required middleware in the form of TTTech’s Motionwise product, while the company also acquired a large number of system, software, and safety specialists in its expanded development area.   The good news here is that TTTech’s solutio...

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

1990, there have been many business divestitures and management integrations among major manufacturers. The diagram illustrates how technology is passed on, for example. (Click the image to enlarge)   In the Americas, Federal-Mogul Corporation, a major manufacturer of brake friction materials, was acquired by Tenneco Inc. (Tenneco) in October 2018. Since the end of 2019, it has been developed as a business of DRiV Incorporated under Tenneco.   ...

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

ship. The company said it would promote the application of intelligent technologies such as Qiankun (Smart Driving) and Harmony (Cockpit). Acquisition of shares in Huawei subsidiary Changan announced that in August 2024, Avatr Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. (Avatr) invested CNY 11.5 billion to acquire a 10% stake in Shenzhen Yinwang Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a Huawei subsidiary that deals in automotive intelligent systems and parts s...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/03/12