Faurecia Clarion Electronics Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.faurecia-clarion.com/home

■Address

7-2 Shintoshin, Chuo-ku Saitama-shi, Saitama-ken, 330-0081, Japan

Business Overview

-A major car-audio and car-navigation systems manufacturer under the umbrella of Faurecia.

-Major business segments:

Safety and information systems
Automotive cloud-information network services
Drive-management systems for commercial/business vehicles
Car navigation, car audio

-The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Faurecia in March 2019 and changed its current name to "Faurecia Clarion Electronics" in January 2021.

Shareholders

-Unlisted company

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Products

-Speakers
-Active noise control systems
-Exciters for automotive interior sound surfaces to create a speakerless solution
-Digital sound tuning systems
-Sound and smart headrests with integrated speakers and microphones
-Near infrared cameras
-Thermal cameras
-Radar sensors
-Biometric sensors
-Sensor data fusion systems
-Artificial intelligence technologies
-Cockpit domain controllers utilizing system-on-a-chip architecture
-In-vehicle infotainment systems
-Rear seat infotainment systems
-Quadview multi-view graphical interface
-Infotainment systems compatible with virtual personal assistants
-HMI systems
-Universal remote tuners
-Android-based app library
-Rear and surround view systems
-E-mirrors
-Camera and lidar cleaning systems
-Automated parking assist systems
-Autonomous pickup solutions
-Large display systems up to 1.5 meters in length
-Flexible display appearances including flat and curved structures
-Color matching display technologies
-Advanced backlighting display technologies
-Touch-sensitive displays
-Force sensing displays
-Displays with active and passive haptic feedbacck technologies
-Optical bonding technologies

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History

Dec. 1940	Founded as Hakusan Wireless Electric Company in Hakusan, Tokyo, to manufacture battery-operated radios for household use.
Nov. 1943	Renamed as Teikoku Radio Wave Company, after merging with Takizawa Radio Equipments Ltd.
Oct. 1948	Became the first company in Japan to develop, manufacture, and sell car radios and loudspeakers for buses.
Aug. 1962	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Oct. 1963	The first company in Japan to develop car stereos.
Apr. 1995	Established a manufacturing company, Dongguan Clarion Orient Electronics Co., Ltd. in China.
Oct. 1996	Spun-off its Advertising Division and established Clarion Ad Planning Co. Ltd.
Oct. 1997	Established a manufacturing company, Clarion Hungary Electronics Kft. in Hungary.
Dec. 1997	Established a parts manufacturing company, Precision Metal S. A. de C. V. in Mexico.
Jan. 1998	Jointly developed the world's first in-vehicle computing system, "Clarion AutoPC" with Microsoft.
Mar. 1998	Jointly developed GPS receivers with Rockwell company, in USA.
Oct. 1998	Spun-off its Distribution division and established Clarion Logistics Co. Ltd.
Jan. 1999	Developed disc drives for in-vehicle computing system in technological cooperation with IBM.
Aug. 1999	Jointly developed ETC (Electronic Toll Collection System) with Hitachi, Ltd.
Oct. 1999	Became an OEM supplier for AutoPC for Citroen
Mar. 2000	Established Clarion sales Co., Ltd..
Apr. 2000	Established Clarion Device Co., Ltd.. Obtained ISO-14001 certification.
Sep. 2000	Jointly announced with Aisin AW, Xanavi Informatics, Denso, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Microsoft Product Development Ltd. that they would standardize components for "Microsoft Windows CE for Automotive" that will be the basis for in-vehicle communication systems. The company also announced they would establish "Windows CE for Automotive Forum," with the goal of achieving component compatibility among the manufactures.
Dec. 2001	Established a joint venture for in-vehicle information equipment between Hitachi, Clarion and Xanavi Informatics.
May 2001	Relocated headquarters to Hakusan Branch (5-35-2, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo).
Jul. 2001	Introduced executive officer system. Sanwa Clarion and Nihonmatsu Clarion merged into Clarion Tohoku manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2001	Consolidated 4 manufacturing companies in Mexico into one company.
Mar. 2002	Started sales of North American Sirius satellite broadcast radio receivers.
Sep. 2002	Moved the head office to Toda-city in Saitama prefecture.
Oct. 2002	The Production dept. from Clarion Co. Ltd. and Clarion Logistics Co. Ltd. were consolidated into Clarion Tohoku Seizo Co., Ltd., which then adopted the name Clarion M&L Co., Ltd.
Dec. 2002	Released the first AutoPC called the CADIAS in the Japanese market.
Feb. 2003	Started supplying the world's first rear overhead-camera systems to Nissan.
Jun. 2003	Released a HDD AV navigation system.
Aug. 2003	Supplied CD car audio systems to Shanghai-GM of China.
Feb. 2004	Developed the world's first in-vehicle terminals using Linux and Java (TM). (The J2ME CDC for commercial vehicles.)
Jun. 2004	Released an AV navigation system with a seven-inch wide screen.
Jan. 2005	In North America, released an AV unit that offers a "virtual" iPod screen display, making it possible to control iPods.
Mar. 2005	The Company developed AV navigation systems for all Porsches sold by Porsche Japan.
May. 2005	The Company developed the industry's first iPod compatible integrated AV HDD navigation system for the domestic market.
Jun. 2006	The Company developed car navigation systems for the aftermarket in China and North America.
Dec. 2006	Hitachi, Ltd. became the Company's parent corporation.
Jan. 2007	The Company acquired 100 percent of the capital in Xanavi Informatics Corporation, making it its wholly owned subsidiary. The Company supplied its car audio systems to Toyota brand vehicles assembled by Daihatsu on an outsourcing basis.
Aug. 2007	The Company relocated its headquarters to Saitama Shintoshin, naming the new facility its Corporate Headquarters & Technology Center.
Dec. 2007	NASA selected to use the Company's AV center unit, which comes with a DVD system that includes a 7-inch wide monitor and a 6-disk DVD changer.
Nov. 2008	Released the Clarion MiND mobile communication device in North America.
Apr. 2009	Took over Xanavi Infomatics, which was its wholly owned subsidiary, and absorbed the operations into it own.
Apr. 2010	Merged Clarion Manufacturing Protech Co., Ltd. and Clarion Service Co., Ltd. and renamed the combined company Clarion Manufacturing and Service Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2010	Company's headquarters were located to Saitama Shintoshin City and were renamed the Headquarters & Technology Center.
Mar. 2011	Developed the world's first full-digital speaker designed for vehicles.
Mar. 2011	The Hakusan Branch and Zama Office were consolidated and relocated at Saitama Shintoshin city, becoming the new Headquarters Offices.
Jun. 2012	Created Smart Access, a cloud-based information network service designed for automotive use, launching the service in Japan and North America. Launched sales of a car navigation system designed to work with Smart Access, a cloud-based information network service.
Dec. 2012	Launched a series of new, fully digital speaker systems. Developed an onboard, fully digital AV navigation/speaker system; and portable fully digital speaker.
Jun. 2013	Developed a speaker to be fully built into cabin-interior ceilings.
Oct. 2013	Developed car navigation system that can be operated with cloud-based speech-recognition query function.
Apr. 2014	Developed two 2.4GHz digital, wireless camera systems for commercial vehicles.
Jun. 2014	Developed navigation systems compatible with Intelligent VOICE, a voice recognition system compatible with natural, conversational speech. Developed Surround Eye, a safety-assist system for trucks and buses.
Apr. 2015	Launched sales of SOLID-AD1, an onboard Android unit for commercial/business-use vehicles.
Apr. 2016	Released "Full Digital Sound" on-board sound system in Japan, the U.S., Europe, and Australia.
May. 2016	Established Wuhan Clarion Kotei Software Technology Co., a joint-venture company with Wuhan KOTEI Informatics Co., Ltd., a software-development company based in China.
Oct. 2017	Supplied ECUs for automatic parking systems to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Mar. 2019	Became a wholly owned subsidiary of Faurecia.
Jan. 2021	Changed the current name to "Faurecia Clarion Electronics".