Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
Company Profile
■URL
https://www.aichikikai.co.jp/en/
■Address
Business Overview
-A wholly owned subsidiary of Nissan. Main products include engines, manual transmissions, transmissions for EVs, etc.
Shareholders
-Unlisted company | (As of Mar. 31, 2024) |
Name or Company name | Investment Ratio (%) |
Nissan | 100.0 |
Products
Engines
-HR engine series
- HR12DE e-POWER engines
- HR14DD Series
- HR15DE engines
- HR16DE engines
-QR engine series
- QR25DE engines
-PR engine series
- PR25DD engines
Manual transmissions
-For FWD vehicles
- F30A transmissions
- F52A transmissions
-For RWD vehicles
- Z30A transmissions
- R31A transmissions
- GR6 transmissions
- R30B transmissions
Automobile Parts
-Cylinder blocks
-Cylinder heads
-Head covers
-Front covers
-Oil pans
-Water outlets
-Bearing caps
-Cylinder liners
-Crankshafts
-Camshafts
-Connecting rods
-Transmission cases
-Manual Transmission cases
-Housings
-Shift forks
-Mission gears
-Ring gears
-Clutch gears
-Final Gear and Main shaft
Electric vehicle parts
-Reduction gears
-Multipliers/reducers gearbox
-Power-Generating accelerator
History
Nov. 1944 | Acquired all shares of a consolidated subsidiary, Aichi Kikou (formerly Shimamura Kikai) |
May, 1949 | Established Shinaichi Kigyo with capital of 60 million yen as a result of Corporate restructuring maintenance. |
Sep. 1951 | Listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange. |
Jul. 1952 | Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. |
Dec. 1952 | Changed Company name to Aichi Machine Industry Co., Ltd. |
Jul. 1953 | Listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange. |
Nov. 1962 | Technical tie-up with Nissan Motors. |
Mar. 1965 | Business tie-up with Nissan Motors. |
Apr. 1977 | Matsusaka Plant started operations. |
Dec. 1983 | Minato Plant started operations. |
Nov. 1985 | Oe Plant started operations. |
Dec. 1991 | Tsu Plant started operations. |
Aug. 1993 | Acquired shares of Shinwa Seiko (currently a consolidated subsidiary) |
Jan. 1995 | Established Adax Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary. |
Oct. 1998 | Established Aichi Kikai Techno System Co., Ltd. as a consolidated subsidiary. |
Jul. 2000 | AK Business Service Co. Ltd., a surviving consolidated subsidiary, merged with AK Industries Co., Ltd. |
Jan. 2001 | Atsuta Plant and Matsuzaka Plant obtained ISO14001 certification. |
Jan. 2001 | Established a non-consolidated subsidiary, AK North America Corporation in U.S.A. |
Mar. 2001 | Withdrawal from automobile manufacturing and discontinuation of operations at Minato Plant. |
May, 2001 | Obtained ISO9001 certification company wide. |
Jun. 2001 | Liquidation of AK Business Service Co. Ltd completed. |
Nov. 2001 | Obtained QS9000 certification company wide. |
Jan. 2002 | Acquired further shares of Shinwa Seiko. |
Mar. 2003 | Delisted from Osaka Securities Exchange. Aichikiki Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Richmond Auto Part Technology Inc. were no longer consolidated subsidiaries after the Company sold their shares. |
Dec. 2003 | Sold off the Minato plant site. |
Jan. 2004 | Obtained ISO14001 certification company wide. |
Aug. 2004 | Started production of the HR series engines, strategic engines jointly developed by Nissan and Renault and targeted to the global market. |
Oct. 2005 | Transferred sales to Yorozu Aichi Corporation, a subsidiary established by Yorozu Corporation. Land and building still will be owned by Aichi Machine Industry. |
Feb. 2006 | Obtained ISO/TS 16949 certification company wide. |
Oct. 2006 | Shinwa Seiko Co., Ltd., merged with Aichi Kiko Corporation, becoming the surviving company. |
Oct. 2007 | Started production of the GR6 dual clutch transmission being mounted on the Nissan GT-R. |
May 2009 | Constructed a new facility in the Atsuta Plant as part of the Company's plant reorganization initiatives. |
Feb. 2010 | Developed and produced HR engine parts for Nissan's March and Mirca, compact cars designed for sale globally. |
Mar. 2010 | Surpassed the production mark of 20 million manual transmissions |
May 2010 | Developed and produced HR engine parts for the Nissan Juke. |
Nov. 2010 | Developed and produced gear reducers for Nissan's electric vehicle, the Leaf. |
Mar. 2012 | Delisted from stock exchange due to becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nissan Motor. |
Jul. 2012 | Commenced production of the HR12DDR engine for Nissan "Note". |
Jun. 2013 | Commenced production of the QR engine. |
Sep. 2016 | Production of electric vehicle "Note e-POWER" HR12DE engine for power generation, and started production of increase / reduction gear. |
Jun. 2019 | Surpassed the production mark of 30 million engines |
Supplemental Information 1
>>>Business report FY ended Mar. 31, 2007
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>>>Business report FY ended Mar. 31, 2010
>>>Business report FY ended Mar. 2012-2015
>>>Business report FY ended Mar. 2018
>>>Business report FY ended Mar. 2019
Note: Figures in brackets ( ) indicate a loss