diary through a share purchase. Aug. 1997 Established Aichi USA in the United States. Aichi USA then established a joint venture company, Louisville Forge and Gear Works, LLC, with LFG. Inc. Aichi USA has 20% ownership of the joint venture company. Jan. 1998 Aichi Steel Works, Ltd. opens a representative office in Seoul, Korea. Apr. 1999 Aichi Steel Corporation has opened a representative office at Dusseldorf in Germany. Dec. 1999 Aichi U...

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s Bosch launches battery for commercial vehicle, first in Japan market Situations of suppliers in Japan after earthquake Bosch to strengthen cross-regional collaboration to improve development and production efficiency Robert Bosch to advance vehicle integrated control technology JMS 2025: Bosch presents hardware and software solutions for software-driven mobility Bosch to begin volume production of 10th-generation ESP at Tochigi Plant in 2026 Bo...

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Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd. Japan Katsuaki Ogiso (Representative Director & President) -A major car-audio and car-navigation systems manufacturer under the umbrella of FORVIA faurecia -Major business segments: Safety & Information Systems Cloud-Based Information Network Services for Vehicles Commercial Vehicle Drive Management Systems Car Navigation Systems, Car Audio -The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Faurecia in March...

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iscal 2024, the company aims to build an integrated development organization that covers everything from design to evaluation. Fukoku will establish a sales office in Gurugram, near New Delhi, which will open in the fall of 2024 to strengthen the sales engineering function in India. Sales engineers sent from Japan will expand customer services and create new business opportunities related to CASE (connected, autonomous, sharing, and electric) tec...

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ck and flexible decision-making. (From a press release dated February 12, 2020) Kinugawa Rubber Industries Co., Ltd. will strengthen its operation in North America to win more orders from Japanese and Korean automakers' local plants. The company began its local marketing activities by US sales representatives in the summer last year and now has a prospect to win new orders within this year from one Japanese or Korean manufacturer, in addition to ...

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UNIPRES Corporation Japan Nobuya Uranishi (President and Representative Director) -Major manufacturer of stamped and machine parts, operating in three areas of the automotive sector: body stamped parts, transmission parts, plastic/resin parts. -Sales to Nissan Group made up about 70% of the Company's overall sales (FY ended March 2025). -Listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (As of Mar. 31, 2025) Name or Company Name Inv...

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Aug. 1977 Established Aisin Asia Pte. Ltd. Sep. 1979 Established Elite Sewing Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd. Apr. 1985 Established Aisin Maintenance Co., Ltd. Apr. 1985 Established Aisin Engineering Co., Ltd. Jul. 1986 Established Institut Minoru De Recherche Avancee S.A. (IMRA Europe S.A. at present) Jul. 1988 Established Aisin America, Inc. Jul. 1988 Established Aisin U.S.A. Mfg., Inc. Nov. 1988 Established Aisin Newhard Co., Ltd. Fe...

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n October. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on July. 15, 2009) Yorozu Corporation, a major suspensions supplier, will reinforce development operations in North America. The company will increase development personnel in the U.S. to 16 from the present 11, to enhance design and analysis capabilities. Yorozu, having sent 5-6 engineers from Japan to cope with each new project in the past, will dev...

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technology infrastructure for EV-specific solutions Parts makers expand production systems in Japan; reassessing investment destinations triggered by weak yen Pioneer and Michinori Holdings to test autonomous route bus service Pioneer starts discussions on business and capital tie-up Pioneer to present its latest car electronics products at IFA 2018 Denso to acquire Tohoku Pioneer EG in Yamagata, Japan Pioneer to receive funds from Kamerig Pione...

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s. With improved positioning accuracy, the new chip will enable determination of the lane in which the vehicle is traveling solely through the use of satellite positioning, and support the realization of more accurate vehicle positioning estimation. The new chip will support reception of L6 signals sent from the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System, which will start service in April 2018, as well as signals from multi-functional satellite systems. L6 si...

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uminum will enable lighter and stronger components that will improve vehicle safety and efficiency. The new manufacturing facility will also enable ILJIN to increase the level of U.S.-made content in its products for the North American market. The raw forgings made from the new Auburn plant will be sent to ILJIN’s plant in Greer, South Carolina for final processing. (Alabama Department of Commerce press release on September 26, 2024) ILJIN Grou...

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joint venture with SK On, has hired about 1,100 total workers with 750 of those assigned to work at the massive battery plant in Glendale. The plant, known as Kentucky 1, is expected to start production in the first quarter of 2025 and should employ a total of 2,500 workers. The announcement represents an advancement of time as the BlueOval SK Battery Park was previously expected to come online in mid-2025. (multiple sources on November 14, 202...

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s to raise sales by 50,000 units or 11% from the 2007 result of 450,000 units. In an aim to enhance training of local dealer staff, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., its local joint venture, opened the same day a new training center in Huadu, Nissan's second largest training center after one in Japan representing an investment of RMB 22 million (approx. 330 million yen). The fiscal year of Dongfeng Motor is from January to December. The 2008 passenge...

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, to be implemented in several expansion stages depending on the energy requirements and availability of second-life batteries. (From a press release on November 6, 2024) R&D Facilities -The Company has 24 locations capable of research and development operations. Product Development Technologies presented at 7th CIIE-At the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE), the Company exhibited the latest innovative automotive technologies for electrif...

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thrie, Kentucky Novelis commissions third automotive finishing line in Oswego, U.S. Novelis breaks ground on USD 365 million aluminum recycling center in Guthrie, Kentucky Novelis investing USD 2.5 billion for new Alabama aluminum mill Novelis, Inc.'s second quarter results (cumulative) Novelis presents its goals and sustainable use of aluminum for OEMs Novelis and SPS start closed loop aluminum recycling partnership in Germany Israel's innovat...

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ownership in its joint venture, Ruedas de Venezuela C.A. from 30 percent to 49 percent. Oct. 1996 Exercised its right to increase its ownership in Hayes Wheels Autokola N.H. a.s. from 45% to 58% in consideration for cash contribution of $6,000,000. Jun. 1997 Acquired Lemmerz Holding GmbH and Present name adopted in Oct.1997. Sep. 1997 Acquired the heavy-duty hub and drum, and also the medium- and heavy-duty steel-wheel business from Bosch B...

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harnesses that include electric wires and can be used to provide ultrahigh-speed communications at a transmission rate of over 10 Gbps. With the aim of starting the supply of samples in 2026, the company intends to build alliances with not only an OEM but also a sensor or chip manufacturer. In a presented configuration sample, the optical harness incorporates a Sumitomo Bakelite-made polymer light waveguide as the function of dividing optical sig...

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Ahresty Corporation Japan Shinichi Takahashi (Representative Director, President and CEO) -An independent manufacturer of die-cast products. All its operations are conducted in house, such as raw-material production, mold making, casting, and machining. -The company's main business is aluminum die-cast products for automobiles. Its operations consist of the following three areas: Die-cast business: Die-cast products, metal molded products, and d...

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Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. (Formerly Alps Electric Co., Ltd.) Japan Hideo Izumi (Representative Director, President & CEO) -The Company is a manufacturer of electronic components. The Company is engaged in three business areas: components, sensors and communications, and mobility. In addition, the Company boasts many types of core technologies such as in mechatronic design, magnetics, high-frequency, electrostatics, acoustics, IC design, and software....

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g the equivalent of 6.6% of the 15 GWh that the plant requires in total for its operations. (From a press release dated March 5, 2024) Product Development Technologies shown at IAA Transportation 2024 under combined company "Schaeffler"-Schaeffler announced that, together with Vitesco, it will present powertrain and chassis solutions for sustainable and highly automated driving commercial vehicles (CVs) at IAA Transportation 2024. This will be ...

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