hoku Corporation announced on March 21 that its seat and door trim have been adopted for Toyota Motor Corporation's new Lexus LC. The seat features a layered structure of stacked Y-shaped seat back components that extend beyond the shoulder area on the main component. The seat itself weighs only 20 kg or less even if it is equipped with six power-controlled functions. The door trim achieves the world's first drape form with Alcantara fabric. The ...

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om recycled materials. With Re-Liner, Autoneum took advantage of its existing capacity on carpet extrusion lines to make an innovative, lightweight, and stiff material. These wheelhouse outer liners based on this technology are expected to reduce waste generated by bumper covers by nearly 1 million kg in 2023. (From a press release dated August 15, 2023) Autoneum Holding Ltd. (Autoneum) presented its sustainable, textile, and lightweight Propylat...

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l Co., Ltd. (Aisin Chemical), group companies of Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd., held a joint press conference in Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture on August 24. At the conference, Kazuhisa Ozaki, who recently became president of Aisin AW, explained the company's policy to focus on adapting to changes in the background to management, noting that, "We will carefully determine the extent of expansion of automatic transmission production capacity, one of the com...

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e SKF Low Friction Hub Bearing Unit, an energy efficient wheel end for cars. The product reduces friction by more than 20 percent compared to previous generations of SKF standard hub units, and provides CO2 savings of up to 0.6 g per km. When based on an annual mileage of 14,500 km, the saving is 9 kg CO2 per year. (From a press release on December 3, 2012) AB SKF announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with US-based Protea...

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evelopment facility in Shibuya, Tokyo to contribute to the evolution of mobility. It will be located in the Shibuya Sakura Stage large complex facility with operations scheduled to commence in April, 2025. The new development facility will bring engineers and creators with a variety of technical backgrounds together to develop the latest technologies and software to contribute to the evolution of mobility. Through these activities, the Company wi...

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ty in Selangor, Malaysia. The MYR 160 million investment project has been approved by the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) and is scheduled to commence in April 2021. Denso Malaysia would be venturing into the production of automotive semiconductors, ASIC named Exposed Package (Ex-PKG), which is superior and competitive in terms of high functionality, efficient high heat dissipation, miniaturization, and cost reduction. The proje...

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d the ECS Division responsible for Electronics and Connection Systems. (Based on Yazaki press release on April 2, 2024) Yazaki EMEA (Y-EMEA), a subsidiary of Yazaki Corporation, inked an agreement to acquire the Junker & Halverscheid Group, which includes Junker & Halverscheid Formenbau GmbH & Co. KG and JuHa Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG. This acquisition is subject to approval by competition authorities. Junker & Halverscheid Formenbau,...

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HLC tires were launched as a new tire size in the passenger car tire category of ETRTO (European Tire and Rim Technical Organization) standards with a higher load capacity than conventional extra load (XL) tires. Comparing the load capacities of 275/35R23 size tires, conventional XL tires weigh 900 kg (load index 104), while HLC tires weigh 1,000 kg (load index 108). HLC tires, which require advanced technology to ensure quietness and handling st...

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ric vehicles in 1990. Today, it owns various e-compressor patents. Behr Hella Service’s Premium Line, which is a new product marking system in early 2017, identifies some 4500 products made by manufacturers with Original Equipment (OE) expertise. In addition to various articles produced by Behr, AKG and Visteon, the latest Sanden compressor generation now also forms part of it. It comprises different vehicle models, among the Mercedes-Benz B-Cl...

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uction facilities across the world, with four facilities in Germany and one each in Mexico, Poland, China and India. 1938 Founded industrial forge Hammerwerk Hirschvogel OHG. 1963 Constructed new facility at Denklingen which serves as current headquarters. 1971 Renamed Company to Hirschvogel KG. 1981 Renamed Company to Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH. 1988 Founded first overseas facility, Hirschvogel Inc., in Columbus, Ohio, US. 2001 ...

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  -The Company is privately held, with majority ownership by Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, a charitable foundation. (As of Dec. 31, 2024) Shareholders Ownership Interest (%) Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH 93.99 ERBO II GmbH 5.36 Treasury Stock 0.64 Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG 0.01 Total 100.00 Electrified MotionBattery-electric powertrains for passenger cars and commercial vehicles-e-motors-Hybrid and electric drive...

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System, a subsidiary of the Wanxiang Group has been awarded a contract to supply 2.6 million units of 48V lithium-iron phosphate battery packs to SAIC GM. The business is worth over USD 1 billion in sales. The new battery consists of fourteen 8Ah cells, and is 96mm in height. Its cell power is 3kW/kg and battery power is 2kW/kg. Adopting this battery is expected to contribute to a 15% reduction in fuel consumption. A123 has already won a program...

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er lighting conditions. (From a press release dated September 30, 2024) Hydrogen storage systems Renault Master H2-tech -The Company will supply HYVIA, Renault and Plug Power's joint venture, with complete hydrogen storage systems for the Renault Master H2-Tech van. The system can onboard up to 9 kg of hydrogen. It includes valves and up to five second-generation composite carbon fiber tanks. It is designed to fit conveniently under the van’s...

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Automotive GmbH customers during the insolvency procedures. At present, the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process is progressing with several interested parties, and details about these negotiations will be communicated when finalized. (From a press release dated October 9, 2024) Recaro GmbH & Co. KG announced that its driver seats and passenger seats are installed on the Volkswagen Scirocco R as an option. (From a press release issued in Novemb...

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t Honeywell’s Chinese plant and delivered to the Japanese plant, where it is then stored in smaller, mobile tanks and shipped to automakers. The new facility has a capacity of 3 tons per day which can fill up approximately 6,000 passenger vehicles. The facility has already started to supply 5-100 kg Solstice yf-filled tanks to Japanese automakers' facilities in Japan and Thailand. The Solstice yf refrigerant has a GWP of less than one while the...

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Eberspächer Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG Germany Martin Peters (Chairman of Executive Board and Managing Partner) -The Company develops and supplies exhaust aftertreatment systems, thermal management systems, and automotive controls for a range of vehicles.-The Company is organized into three divisions and one business area as follows: Purem by Eberspaecher: This division provides exhaust aftertreatment systems for vehicles, lowering emissions and nois...

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ng the IMC500 concept for in-motion charging of battery buses at a rate of up to 500 kW. (From a press release on August 28, 2018) Knorr-Bremse announced the launch of new disc brake “NEXTT” for trailers and light commercial vehicles. With its single-piston design and resultant low weight of 29 kg, backed up by Knorr-Bremse’s hallmark reliability proven millions of times over in the field, NEXTT sets new standards of economy in the class up...

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Kautex Textron GmbH & Co. KG Germany Joerg Rautenstrauch (President and CEO) -The Company is a leader in developing and manufacturing plastic fuel systems, including blow-molded plastic fuel tanks for conventional vehicles and pressurized plastic fuel tanks for hybrid vehicles. The Company also develops clear-vision systems for automotive safety and ADAS applications, plastic tanks for selective catalytic reduction systems, engine camshafts, and ...

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pany invested EUR 107.5 million in property, plant, and equipment, with a focus on facility expansions at the following locations: Antolin Interiors México, S.A. de C.V. (México) Grupo Antolin Sibiu, S.R.L. (Romania) Grupo Antolin Turnov, s.r.o. (Czech Republic) Grupo Antolin-Bamberg, GmbH & Co. KG (Germany) Antolin Liban, s.r.o. (Czech Republic) Grupo Antolin Tlaxcala, S. de R.L. de C.V. (México) '-The Company invested EUR 102.8 million in ...

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oduction of rubber-to metal-elements.Starting of vibration control technology. 1960 Acquired holdings in the Japanese company NOK (owned 25%). 1989 Established the Freudenberg-NOK joint venture in the USA. 1991 Acquired Woodland Molded Plastic Corp., YOM of France and Carl Bartsch GmbH & Co. KG.Sold Wheaton Health Care Products and Pharma Tech GP 1992 Acquired Freudenberg Dichtungs und Schwingungstechnik GmbH and Formenbau und Kunststoff...

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