Yazaki Corporation

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W Building, 7th floor, 8-15, Konan 1-Chome, Minato Ward, Tokyo, 108-0075, Japan

Business Overview

-One of the world's largest suppliers of automotive wiring harnesses.

-The Company is a manufacturer of automotive parts, electric wiring, gas devices, and climate control equipment and machinery.

-The Company's automotive division is organized under the following structure.

Company Name	Business
The Company	Development and sale of Group products
Yazaki Meter Co., Ltd.	Manufacture of automotive meters
Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd.	Development and manufacture of wire harnesses

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Products

Wire harnesses
-Wire harnesses
-Relays
-Connectors
-Plugs
-Noise filters
-Junction boxes
-Battery cables
-In-vehicle network systems
-High voltage power distribution systems

HMI (Human Machine Interface)
-Cockpit with Driver Monitor
-Perspective point meters
-Floating display meters
-Large display meters
-Digital meters
-Full graphic meters
-Heads-up displays
-Ultra High Definition HUDs
-Driver Monitoring Systems
-Charging inlet with lightings
-Illumination type E connectors
-HMI Integrated control units
-HMI integrated control unit meter integrated type

High-voltage products
Battery packs
-Battery busbar module wire types
-Integrated battery busbar module with battery monitoring functions
-High voltage semiconductor junction boxes

Charging systems
-Charging inlet concept S
-Illuminated charging inlets
-DC/DC converter high voltage - 12V

Electronic Products
-Power switch built-in units
-Backup battery control unit
-DC/DC converter high voltage -12 V
-Junction boxes
-Backup Relays
-HMI integrated control units
-HMI integrated control unit meter integrated types
-Power window and door lock control ECUs
-Semiconductor power integrations
-Zone ECUs
-Built-in element connectors
-Oil temperature sensors
-Current sensor wire harness-penetrating types
-Contactless fuel senders

Telecommunications
-In-vehicle routers
-Ethernet switching hubs
-Gateways
-Optical connectors

Lining Materials and Exterior Parts
-0.13 sq Ultra-Thin Low-Voltage Wire CIVUS
-Aluminum Wires
-J-UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) wires with jacket for automobiles
-STP (Shieled Twisted Pair) wires for automobiles
-Aluminum Flat Distribution Materials
-Printed circuit using conductive Nano-ink
-High flexible wire

Electronic components
-Lithium-ion battery voltage monitoring units
-Current sensors
-Power supply distribution boxes

Meters
-Steering column-interlocked meters
-Sporty meters
-EL panel meters
-Liquid crystal panel meters
-Instruments & Heads-up displays

In-vehicle safety & service systems
-Digital tachographs
-Taximeters
-Drive recorders
-Telematics services
-Load indicators

Charge couplers

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History

May 1929	Sadami Yazaki initiates sales of automotive electric wire.
Jul. 1938	Yazaki Densen Eigyo-bu established. Capital: JPY 100,000.
Mar. 1939	Tokyo automotive electric wire factory opened.
Oct. 1941	Yazaki Densen Kogyo K.K. established. Capital increased to JPY 280,000 by absorption Densen Eigyo-bu.
Oct. 1943	Established Washizu plant (Washizu-cho, Hamana-gun, Shizuoka Prefecture) to manufacture wiring harnesses.
Sep. 1945	Started production of Electric cables for general use. (4 types)
Jul. 1948	Shimada Factory established.
May 1949	Vinyl electrical wire production begun at Shimada Factory.
Aug. 1950	Nihon Jidosha Keiki K.K. (now Yazaki Meter Co., Ltd.) established. (Capital: JPY 2,000,000).
June 1951	Numazu copper-smelting factory opened.
Dec. 1957	First "Thomas" furnace introduced into Japan.
Apr. 1958	Numazu factory expansion completed; Yazaki Health Insurance Association formed.
June 1959	Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. established. (Capital: JPY 20,000,000).
Dec. 1959	Production of automobile wiring begun at Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. Tenryu Factory.
Mar. 1960	Yazaki Meter Co., Ltd. production at Shimada Factory begun. Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. Gotemda Factory established.
May 1960	Shimada Factory established for production of automotive components.
Dec. 1960	Tokyo factory established for production of automotive instruments.
Apr. 1962	Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. Ohama Factory established.
Jul. 1963	Adopted the current company name, Yazaki Corp. Spun-off its production division and established Yazaki Wire Co., Ltd., which was capitalized at JPY 50 million.
Dec. 1963	Established a new subsidiary, Thai Arrow Products Co., Ltd., in Thailand. (Paid-in capital of THB 2.5 million)
Jun. 1964	Yazaki Resources Co., Ltd. established. (Capital: JPY 10,000,000); Yazaki Transportation Co., Ltd. (now Syo transportation Co., Ltd.) established (Capital: JPY 10,000,000).
Jan. 1965	Yazaki Mechanical Works Co., Ltd. established. (Capital: JPY 10,000,000); production of the V2 model gas meter begun.
Apr. 1965	Liaison Offices in Los Angeles and Melbourne opened.
Nov. 1966	Liaison Office in Basil, Switzerland opened.
Dec. 1966	American Yazaki Corporation established in Chicago, Illinois.
May 1968	Aluminum wire product line established, Numazu Center opened.
Jun. 1970	Taiwan Yazaki Corporation established.
Jul. 1971	Established Yazaki Resources Co., Ltd. Fuji Factory in Gotemba City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
May 1973	Yazaki Australia Proprietary Ltd. (now Australian Arrow Ply. Ltd.) established.
May 1973	Yazaki Parts Co., Ltd. Tochigi Factory established.
Sep. 1973	Yazaki-Torres Manufacturing, Inc. established in the Philippines.
Dec. 1973	Transferred the operations of Yazaki Resources Co., Ltd. Fuji Factory to Yazaki Electric Wire Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1980	Yazaki United Kingdom Ltd. established. YAZAC System marketed.
Jan. 1982	VDO Instruments Australia Ply., Ltd. established.
Jun. 1982	Yazaki Technical Center (YTC) opened.
Jul. 1982	Autopartes y Arneses de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. established.
Mar. 1986	Transferred American Yazaki Corporation to Canton City, Michigan. A new Engineering Center was established within the site.
Jun. 1986	Established Y and V, which is a joint venture with VDO of Germany. The new entity was capitalized at JPY 150 million, with Yazaki injecting a 60% of the share.
Aug. 1986	Yazaki Saltano de Portugal Components Electricos para Automoveis, L.D.A. established.
Nov. 1986	Yazaki Allied (NZ) Ltd. established.
Dec. 1986	Buenaventura Autopartes, S.A.de C.V. established for manufacture and sales of automotive wiring harnesses.
Jan. 1987	American Yazaki Corporation Plymouth Factory and Autopartes y Arneses de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Asension Plant opened; EDS Engineering GmbH established.
Aug. 1987	YTM Component Inc. established in the Philippines.
Dec. 1987	Established a R&D institution (now YTC America Inc.) for optical technology. (Paid-in capital of USD 3 million)
Dec. 1987	Set up No. 2 plant of Autopartes y Arneses de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Mar. 1988	(Tianjin) Tianmei Automotive Parts Co., Ltd. established in China.
May 1988	Yazaki Monel, S.A. established in Spain.
Jun. 1988	Thai Metal Processing Co., Ltd. established.
Mar. 1989	Opened Chihuahua plant of Buenaventura Autopartes, S.A.de C.V.
May 1989	Opened Manila representative office in the Philippines.
July 1989	Opened Casas Grandes Plant of Autopartes y Arneses de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Oct. 1990	Shantou SEZ Yazaki Auto Parts Co., Ltd. established in China.
Oct. 1992	Yazaki International Corporation established in US.
Jan. 1993	Production of low tension electrical automotive wire in Portugal commences; Yazaki Saltano de Ovar-Cabos Electricos, Lda. (YSE) established in Portugal; Kumamoto Parts Co., Ltd. renamed Kumamoto Industrial Equipment Co., Ltd.; Western Kyushu Parts Co., Ltd. renamed Nagasaki Parts Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1994	Established NACOM in North America for production of automotive components. (Paid-in capital of USD 25 million)
Apr. 1994	Established EWD Limited Liability Company for production of wiring harnesses in North America. (Paid in capital of USD 50 million)
Jul. 1994	Established a subsidiary in Mexico, Cables Axa Yazaki, to produce automotive low pressure cables. (Paid-in capital of USD 11.44 million)
Sep. 1994	Established Yazaki Debnar Slovakia Spol. s.r.o. to produce wiring harnesses in Slovakia. (Paid-in capital of 57 million Koruna)
May 1995	Established a joint venture in Turkey to produce wiring harnesses (Paid-in capital of USD 16 million)
May 1995	Established Yazaki EDS Vietnam Ltd. to produce wire harnesses in Vietnam. (Paid-in capital of USD 6 million)
July 1995	Yazaki-Ciemel Ltda. (YCL) established in Columbia for the manufacture and sales of automotive wiring harnesses.
Dec. 1995	Yazaki Argentina S.A. (YAS) established in Argentina for wiring harnesses production; Chongqing Yazaki Meter Co., Ltd. (CYM) established for production and supply of automotive instruments in Mainland China.
Mar. 1996	Yazaki New Zealand Ltd. (YNZ) established for the sales and production of automotive wiring harnesses.
Apr. 1996	Australian Arrow Pty. Ltd. (AAPL) (formerly Yazaki Australia Pty. Ltd.) established for the sales and production of automotive wiring harnesses.
Dec. 1996	Frankfurt Branch Office established in Germany by Yazaki (UK) Ltd.; AT&T Yazaki Fiber Optic Co., Ltd. renamed Lucent Technologies Yazaki Co., Ltd.
Jun. 1997	American Yazaki Corporation and American Yazaki Corporation Engineering Center renamed Yazaki North America, Inc. and Yazaki North America, Inc. Engineering Center, respectively; Agritecno Yazaki Co., Ltd. established.
Aug. 1997	Tata-Yazaki Autocomp Limited (contract with Tata was signed in August 1997; production began in August 1998) established in India for the production of automotive wiring harnesses (Capital: INR 380 million; Yazaki investment: 50%)
Jun. 1998	Automotive R&D Center established in Y-CITY in Susono.
Jul. 1998	Yazaki (U.K.) Ltd. renamed Yazaki Europe Ltd.
Aug. 1998	Cooperative ITS-related work with Toshiba.
Sep. 1998	Headquarters transferred to Y-CITY in Susono.
Jan. 1999	Yazaki Europe Ltd., Paris Branch opened in France.
Mar. 1999	Y-CITY headquarters received ISO9001 certification.
Jun. 1999	Yazaki (Hong Kong) Limited established in China
Oct. 2002	Established Yazaki Morocco SA in Morocco. This is the first time that the Company established a facility in Africa.
Mar. 2007	The Company developed and released new DTG-3 tachographs.
2011	Established a joint venture "Ning Bo Yazaki Haoda Auto Parts Co., Ltd." with Geely Automobile and Geely's wiring harness supplier.
2011	Acquired Italy-based wire harnesses supplier Cablelettra S.p.A.
2012	Acquired a Russian automotive wire harness company "Industrial Volga Company" Limited Liability Company. Acquired all the shares in Tata Yazaki AutoComp Limited, which is a joint venture with Tata AutoComp, making it its wholly owned subsidiary. Established "Monozukuri Center" in Makinohara City, Shizuoka Pref. Japan.
2016	The Company discontinued production of wire harnesses at its subsidiary in Samoa, Yazaki EDS Samoa Ltd.
2017	Yazaki Serbia d.o.o. is established in Šabac, Republic of Serbia.
2019	Myanmar Yazaki Thilawa Co., Ltd. is established in Thilawa Special Economic Zone, Myanmar.
2022	Established the Guatemala plant