ent with Maruti Udyog Ltd. (presently Maruti Suzuki) Oct. 1987 Sona Steering Systems Ltd. commences production. May 1988 Sona Steering Systems Ltd. lists through the issuance of an IPO. Jul. 1992 Koyo Seiko (presently JTEKT) acquires an 8% stake in Sona Steering Ltd. Aug. 1994 Sona Steering certified as an approved vendor to Koyo Seiko (presently JTEKT) Sep. 1994 Incorporation of Mahindra Sona Ltd. Mar. 1995 Mahindra Sona acquired the...

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st Sections of both the Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges. Feb. 1960 Headquarters moved to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. June, 1964 Established Nippon Ring Service. May, 1998 Headquarters moved to Yono, Saitama. Oct. 1998 NPR Fukushima and NPR Iwate received the TPM Award. Jan. 1999 Yono Plant ISO9001 certified. Nov. 1999 Tochigi Plant received the TPM Award. Jan. 2000 Automotive piston ring business received QS9000 certification. Feb. 2000 NP...

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ht reduction by adopting plastics for rear hatch and window - First exhibit of dry type tanks as opposed to wet type tanks that have been conventionally developed. The production speed can be expected to be improved by tow prepreg (preimpregnating fiber bundles with resin). -Hydrogen tanks to be certified in 2024 and mass-produced in 2025. The center tank has a capacity of 67 liters and the shorter one 33 liters, for a total of 100 liters. The...

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iness base. (From a story in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on Dec. 14, 2007) Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd. set up a transmission assembly line dedicated to Nissan's new sports car "GT-R" at its Eitoku Plant in Minato ward, Nagoya. The higher-skilled worker who has received a special training and is certified as "Master" is each allocated one transmission unit to conduct its main assembly work alone, technically replacing the assembly line concept...

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erica: 6 South America: 2 Asia, Middle East, Oceania: 24 New R&D building for lighting technologies in Spain -Valeo Martos, located in Andalusia, Spain has inaugurated a new building to house the Company's R&D teams responsible for imagining and designing lighting technologies. The A energy-class certified building can accommodate up to 400 engineers from various disciplines, including electronic, mechanical, and optical engineering. Valeo Mart...

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acquisition. Nov. 2002 Integrated the Osaka office in its relocation to Ibaraki-city, Osaka Dec. 2002 Integrated the Nagoya office in its relocation to Toyoda-city, Aichi. Dec. 2002 Integrated the Tokyo office in its relocation to Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Jan. 2003 The entire company is ISO14001 certified. Jan. 2004 The entire company is ISO9001 certified. Jun. 2004 Established a joint venture, Precision Sintered Products (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. ...

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rvi and Tampere in Finland, and Sao Paulo in Brazil. (From a press release on February 3, 2010) Pilkington Automotive announced that its Tianjin plant in China obtained ISO14001 and ISO/TS16949 certifications. Thus, all three Chinese plants in Tianjin, Changchun and Guilin have now become ISO14001 certified. (From a press release on Aug 4, 2009) Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (NSG) announced plans for a significant expansion of its windscreen gla...

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nt venture, Ack Controls Inc. in U.S.A. (a subsidiary since Jan, 1992). Apr. 1990 Invested in P.T. Tri. Satria Utama in Indonesia. Jun. 1996 Established Chu-O Thai Cable CO., LTD. (became a subsidiary in September 1997). Jun. 1996 Established a subsidiary Gifu Chuhatsu Co. Jun. 1997 ISO9001 certified for designing and developing automobile engine valve springs and knit mesh products. (Completed compliance in all divisions and plants by Ma...

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solidated subsidiary) in Indiana, USA. Oct. 2002 ISO14001 obtained at the head office, Asahi Plant and Mino Plant. Dec. 2002 Established Owari Precision (India) Private Limited (currently a consolidated subsidiary) in Bangalore, India. Sep. 2003 Head office, Mino plant and Asahi plant were re-certified under the year 2000 version of ISO9001. Jun. 2004 Established a joint venture, Hexas Precision (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd., in Jiaxing, Zhejiang P...

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g Prize. Jul. 1991 Acquired stock in Enshu Kuromu Ltd. Oct. 1991 Renamed to Fuji Univance Corporation. Oct. 1993 Awarded PM Excellence Award. Jul. 1995 Established its subsidiary, Univance Inc., in the U.S.A. Mar. 1996 Established P.T. Univance Indonesia (subsidiary). Jul. 1996 ISO 9001 certified. Oct. 1997 Awarded prize for continuous TPM. Sep. 1998 Completed a special plant for production of drive force distribution systems. N...

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81 Established Taiho Corporation of America (TCA) in the U.S.A. to market TAIHO products. Apr. 1985 Set up Shinohara Plant which processes precision machines. Oct. 1996 Started operation of the U.S. affiliate, Taiho Corporation of America. (currently, a consolidated company). Sep. 1997 QS9000 certified, which was needed to do business with the Big Three. Aug. 1998 Started the construction of its main technical center. Aug. 1998 Establis...

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intly established Changchun TBK Shili Auto Parts Co. Ltd., which is currently a consolidated subsidiary, with Changchun Shin Automobile Brake Parts Co., Ltd. May, 2006 Started production at its Fukushima Daini Plant. Nov. 2006 Started operation of Richmond Plant of TBK America, Inc. Jan. 2007 Certified ISO/TS16949 Mar. 2007 Certified ISO14001 May 2007 The Company established TBK China Co., Ltd. Feb. 2011 Established Qiaotou TBK Co., L...

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i Heavy Industries.Established P.T. Otics Indonesia in Indonesia. 1998 Takaoka plant obtained ISO9001.Established Hazu plant.Started business with Isuzu Motor. 2000 Capital increased to 303 million yen. 2001 Otics USA was established. 2002 Received a Quality Control Award from ToyotaQS-9000 Certified 2003 Received a Quality Control Award from ToyotaQS9001 Certified 2004 Started business with Mitsubishi Motors.Otics Mechanical Industry...

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became operational. Dec. 2003 Gwangju plant obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification Feb. 2004 Changed its English name to Global Battery Co., Ltd. Mar. 2006 Completed a Ni-MH battery plant in Gwangju. Dec. 2009 Yearly production volume at the Gwangju Plant reached 11 million units. Dec. 2013 Certified under OHSAS 18001. Dec. 2013 Certified under Volkswagen’s Proceed Audit “A”. Jun. 2015 Established Sebang Batteries Europe GmbH in...

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shed the Central Technical Center in Gwangju. Oct. 1989 The Company completed construction of its plant in Gokseong, Jeollanam-Do. Oct. 1990 The Company established Kumho American Technical Center (KATC) in Ohio, U.S.A. Feb. 1994 The Company became the first Korean tire supplier to be ISO9001 certified. Nov. 1996 The Company established Nanjing Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. to manufacture tires in China. Jun. 1998 The Company established Kumho T...

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ogies. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on September 8, 2015) Pioneer Corporation and Baidu, Inc., the largest Internet-related company in China, will cooperate in the field of in-vehicle telematics in China. Pioneer China Holding Co., Ltd., Pioneer's wholly owned subsidiary, has been certified as the first contract developer and manufacturer of on-board equipment supporting the telematics service "Baidu CarLife." Pioneer China will...

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re of the PACE Telematics. In future, PACE cloud-based mobility solutions will enable networking between Eberspaecher products themselves as well as with other functions within the vehicle. PACE was founded in 2015 and has over 30 employees. Since summer 2016, the company has offered a cloud-based, certified connected car retrofit solution for motorists. (From a press release on July 5, 2018) Eberspaecher announced that it will be presenting inno...

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nd HD Hyundai OCI Co., Ltd. have developed three types of carbon black using refined oil obtained from the pyrolysis process of end-of-life tires. These carbon black have received ISCC Plus certification, an international certification system for sustainable carbon. Hankook Tire will start applying certified carbon black to its mass-production tires and continue to expand the application in the future. (From a press release on October 29, 2024) T...

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intly with Anqing Huanxin Group Co., Ltd. Nov. 2003 Established a manufacturing and sales company for cylinder liners in Turkey. The company is called Federal-Mogul TP Liners Europe Limited Sirketi, which was jointly established with Federal Mogul and a local company, Dereli Holding. June, 2004 Certified ISO/TS16949:2002. June, 2004 Relocated the head office to Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo July, 2004 Established a manufacturing and sales company f...

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onal safety ASIL-C standard Development completed HYCET 220 flat wire motor project research and development Aiming for mass production In production GSEV drive motor development -A00 Drive motor platform for small cars-In mass production In production   R&D Facility -The Company has been certified as a technology enterprise by the Chinese government, and its R&D center has been certified by Zhejiang Province. The Company has a post-doc...

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