HASCO Vision Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Formerly Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd.) Business Report FY ended Dec. 2020

New subsidiary

-The Company announced that will establish a wholly owned subsidiary in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. The subsidiary is named HASCO Vision Technology Japan Co., Ltd., with a registered capital of JPY 50 million. Its scope of business includes the design, import and export and sales of automotive components. (From a press release dated September 20, 2019)

Product development

-Recently, Human Horizons Holdings Co., Ltd. (Human Horizons) released a programmable intelligent interactive headlight, and planned to lauch with the mass production model in July 2019. It is reported that this programmable intelligent interactive headlight is jointly developed by Human Horizons and Huayu Vision Technology (Shanghai) Co, Ltd.(HASCO Vision). It includes functions such as smart lights and intelligent projection, and can be continuously upgraded and iterated through programming, highlighting the characteristics of “smart”. It will be more personalized and interesting as a display carrier for high-definition information interaction. (From a press release on April 14, 2019)

Vehicle Model Products Supplied by the Company
SAIC-GM Cadillac XTS LED headlamp with indirect light source
XPeng 1.0 Taillight

(From the Company’s website)

R&D Facility

Facility name Year established Overview
Shanghai Intelligent Automotive Lamps Engineering Research Center Jun. 2018 -The center will develop new products, new technologies and new processes that are applicable to smart driving and smart lighting according to the development trend of smart automotive lighting.
HASCO Vision Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. R&D Center Oct. 2001 -The center is a specialized R&D facility for automotive lamps. 
-The center consists of three departments: Technology Development Department, Tooling Department, and Production Technology Department.
-The company is carrying out joint development projects with a number of universities in China such as Tsinghua University, Fudan University, and University of Shanghai for Science and Technology with an aim to develop new technologies, new light sources, and new materials for headlights.

 

R&D Activities

-The Company has the following technologies.

  • Matrix lighting technology
  • DLP(digital light processing) lighting technology
  • Lighting guide technology
  • Thick wall lighting technology
  • Floating line illumination technology
  • Surface illumination technology

Awards

-The Company announced that it received the Gold Award for the Best Performance of the Year from SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. (SAIC VW) at the 2019 supplier conference held on May 29. SAIC VW presented awards to outstanding suppliers at the conference. (From a press release dated May 29, 2019)