Analysis Report: Air Conditioning System (European and North American Markets) Structural changes to air conditioning systems to accommodate electrification List of Suppliers Introduction I. Overview of air conditioner market and technology in Europe and the U.S. II. Overview of major air conditioning suppliers (Europe & U.S.) III. List of major air conditioning suppliers by OEM (EU and U.S. production) IV. Product installation status by model V....

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/22

ntroducing AmpR platform - AESC, a battery cell (NMC lithium-ion battery) manufacturer, plans to build a 9 GWh gigafactory at its Douai plant in 2024 and expand its production capacity to 24 GWh by 2030. - Start of production: 1970 Groupe Renault presents its draft plan to reduce fixed costs by more the EUR 2 Billion over three years Renault all-new Megane E-Tech electric pre-production cars going on open roads Renault Group, Douaisi...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

use of electrical bypass plates and conductive brushes to prevent electrolytic corrosion in bearings.   The electrical bypass plate was developed by NSK-Warner K.K. It suppresses electrolytic corrosion by creating a bypass path for current using conductive paper near the bearing, making it a lower-cost solution to electrolytic corrosion than bearings that use ceramic balls.   The conductive paper is about 0.15mm thick, and including the spring ...

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

e of engineering and services. It is expected to start operations with a workforce of 100 employees in early 2008. The workforce will be increased to a level of 1,500 in 2010. The new business center will provide services including vehicle development, production engineering, purchasing, designing, cost management, information systems development to global facilities of both partners. Mahindra withdrew from the joint venture project. The joint ve...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

ile strength steel sheets. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on June 11, 2014) NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Communications), Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd. (Pacific Industrial), and Gifu University started verification testing for predicting failures in production machines through analysis of operating noise and production machine vibration data with artificial intelligence (AI) and detection of changes in operation noise and vi...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/17

esults (cumulative) G-Tekt expands line for Subaru at Gunma Plant G-Tekt to establish new plant in Guangzhou, China G-Tekt to exhibit EV battery housing concept and lightweight technologies at Automotive Engineering Exposition 2021 Online G-TEKT to develop EV platforms by applying vehicle structure analysis technology G-TEKT to join EV motor core market G-TEKT accelerating development of EV products G-TEKT to acquire shanghai research office to s...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/17

Industry Co., Ltd. announced the outcome of its treasury stock acquisition and declared its intention to close the transaction. Aichi Machine Industry repurchased its common stocks, 1million shares in total, May 22 - June 14, 2007, through the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. The aggregated repurchase cost amounted to 690,560,000 yen. Aichi Machine Industry decided at the Board of Directors meeting held on May 18, 2007 to acquire its common stocks, ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/17

otive production, as a pilot project in the paint shop of the BMW Group’s Munich plant has demonstrated. Every freshly painted car body must undergo an automatic surface inspection in the paint shop. Data gathered in these inspections are used to develop a comprehensive database for dust particle analysis. The specialists are now applying AI algorithms to compare live data from dust particle sensors in the paint booths and dryers with this data...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/16

ndonesia Commercial-vehicle wheels 90.0 Fujian Topy Autoparts Co., Ltd. Fujian Province,China Passenger-car steel wheels 100.0 Ring-Techs Guangzhou Co., Ltd. Guangzhou,China Passenger-car steel wheels 100.0 Guangzhou Asahi Dongling Research & Development Co., Ltd. Guangzhou,China R&D, design, analysis, testing and technical consulting on automotive and other machinery parts etc. 51.0 Asahi Tec Aluminium (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. Chonburi,Thail...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/16

6 billion increase over the previous year's JPY 214.2 billion. 2) Operating profit-Operating loss was JPY 289 million. While the previous year's operating income was JPY 1.7 billion, the company posted an operating loss for the current fiscal year.-The loss resulted from lower sales in Asia, higher costs incurred to launch new vehicle models, and rising inflation. 3) Ordinary profit-Ordinary loss was JPY 1.3 billion. The previous year's ordinary ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/16

d to 320 billion yen Bosch to increase production of electronic stability control unit in Tochigi, as installation becoming mandatory in Japan Bosch expands R&D center in Yokohama, Japan Bosch exploring optimal global production scheme in mid-term management strategy to gain a competitive edge in cost Bosch Japan to make ordinary-level facility investment of 12 billion yen in 2010 Bosch to restrengthen proposals for diesel passenger car dissemi...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/16

(currently called Tohoku KAT) from Kasai Kogyo, making Iwate Kasai the Company's subsidiary. Mar. 2016 Completed the Komaba Plant, which is a hub supplying parts throughout the Company. TactoTek, Finland and KIC, Japan sign agreement for IMSE technology Kojima Industries wins supplier award in cost category for Toyota Lexus RZ project Kojima Industries wins supplier award for Alphard and Vellfire from Toyota and Toyota Auto Body Kojima Indus...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/16

ts Kashiwazaki Plant (Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture). In the period from September 2022 to March 2023, Riken plans to conduct a durability test for the hydrogen engine, assuming it will be mounted on vehicles. Riken intends to develop hydrogen engine parts, conduct performance evaluation and analysis, and actively branch out into the driving evaluation of replacement fuel such as biofuel and new energy. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidos...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/16

Analysis Report: Cockpit Module (Japanese Market) Display transformation and switch function evolution List of Suppliers I. Introduction II. Japanese car cockpit trends to date III. Trends in cockpits in Japanese passenger cars IV. Future HMI trends V. Vehicles for the Chinese Market VI. Trends in new HMI technologies VII. Overview of major cockpit component suppliers (Japanese alphabetical order) VIII. Cockpit component suppliers and their custo...

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

Analysis Report: EV/HV Drive Motor (Chinese Market) Evolution of Core Technologies and Supply Chain Landscape Insights List of Suppliers Introduction - Overview of China's NEV drive motor industry I. Development and market status of NEV drive motors in China II. Main classifications of drive motors for NEVs in China III. Product structure of main NEV drive motor manufacturers in China and installation status by automaker IV. Supply relationships ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/11

Mexican automotive market faces uncertainty for 2026 On December 10, it was reported that the automotive sector is entering 2026 under continued cost pressure and cautious investment strategies, according to Deloitte’s latest analysis. Alberto Torrijos, Automotive Sector Lead Partner at Deloitte LatAm, explained that uncertainty surrounding global economic conditions, stricter regulations, and the upcoming review of the USMCA have led manufactu...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/11

fuel cell vehicle with plug-in functionality that has been available for lease since July 2024. It has a hydrogen range of approximately 621km on a single fill-up and an electric range of approximately 61km on a single charge.   By adopting a new cell unit structure and improving productivity, the cost of the FC stack has been reduced to one-third that of the conventional system used in the Clarity Fuel Cell vehicle. Also, the use of its durabil...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/12/11

t of the company's Manufacturing Execution System (MES), which manages manufacturing site information in real-time, to establish a common traceability management system on a global basis. Detailed traceability per item, not per lot, will be standardized to keep problems from worsening through early analysis of the root cause of issues like defects and horizontal expansion of the countermeasures globally. The standardized traceability management s...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/12/10

l also conduct research on innovative scenarios for applications of 5G technologies and form a partnership in 5G+V2X (vehicle-to-everything), car-road coordination and autonomous driving. In addition, the companies will cooperate in such fields as big data infrastructure, big data storage, big data analysis, high-performance computing and informatization. On December 18, Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. (Chery) launched the Arrizo 5 PLUS, a new edition...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/10

sales were down 5.9% year-on-year, Ford's up 1.5%, and Stellantis' up 0.3%. Ford's EV sales were down 24.8%, with the E-Transit in particular down 76.1%. Tesla's sales increased for the first time in 11 months in September, but again fell sharply in October, down 30.4%. The company announced lower-cost versions of the Model Y and Model 3 with reduced specifications in October following the expiration of federal tax credits, but future developmen...

Automotive Sales Data  Updated at: 2025/12/09