DENSO TEN Limited. (Formerly Fujitsu Ten Limited)
Company Profile
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■Address
1-2-28, Goshodori, Hyogo-ku, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken 652-8510, Japan
Business Overview
-A supplier of car-navigation systems, car audio, engine ECUs, airbag ECUs and other products. The Company was formerly Fujitsu Ten, prior to becoming Denso Ten.
-The Company operates in the following business segments.
- Cn business (automotive communication devices): Telematics for managing safe driving (communication-based drive recorders), emergency warming systems.
- CI business (Multi-media devices for automobiles): visual audio displays, car-navigation systems, CD tuners.
- AE business (automotive electronic devices): engine-control ECUs, air-bag ECUs, ECUs for hybrid vehicles.
Shareholders
-Unlisted company
Products
-Car navigation systems
-Car audio systems
-Rear seat displays
-Telematics units for the eCall emergency call systems
-Vehicle Security Systems: VSS
-Cloud connected taxi dispatch systems
-Cloud connected drive recorders
-Hybrid module ECU
-Electric power steering ECU
-Engine control ECU
-Airbag control module ECU
-Power management ECU
-Remote engine starters
-Remote engine starter systems with smartphone connectivity
-Drive Recorder
-Front-eye Cameras
-Back-eye cameras
-Film antennae
-Speaker amps
-Antenna amps
-Stop & Start ECUs
-Electric-charger ECUs
-Transmission ECU
-VCU (Vehicle Control Unit)
History
| 1920 | Kawanishi Machine Works established. |
| 1949 | Kobe Industries Corp. established. |
| 1955 | Started delivery of car radios for Toyota Motor Corporation's Crown. |
| 1959 | Developed Japan's first all-transistor car radio. |
| 1967 | Ten Onkyo Co., Ltd. established. (currently Tochigi Fujitsu Ten Ltd.) |
| 1967 | Marketed Japan's first 8-track car stereo system. |
| 1968 | Kobe Industries Corp. merged with Fujitsu Limited, and the car radio and car stereo department belonged to the Kobe Industries Division of Fujitsu Limited. |
| 1972 | The car radio and car stereo department was separated from Fujitsu Limited, and established as Fujitsu Ten Ltd. |
| 1973 | The capital was increased to JPY 1,000 million with investment by Toyota Motor Corp., Nippondenso Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited. |
| Started delivery of electronic devices for controlling safety belts and gas emission to Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| 1975 | Nakatsugawa Ten Ltd. established. (now Nakatsugawa Plant) |
| 1977 | Marketed a component car stereo. |
| 1978 | Started delivery of electronic devices for cruise control to Toyota Motor Corp. |
| 1979 | Started delivery of car stereos equipped with electronically tuned radio and recording functions to Toyota Motor Corp. |
| 1981 | Started delivery of the electronic device for electronically controlled automatic transmission to Aishin Seiki Co., Ltd. |
| 1982 | Jointly developed an electronic mobile height control device with Aishin Seiki Co., Ltd. and started delivery of the product to the company. |
| 1983 |
Started delivery of preheat timer devices for diesel engines to Toyota Motor Corp. |
| Jointly developed the world's first in-car use CD player with Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| Started delivery of a control unit for an electronically controlled fuel injection device (EFI) to Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| 1984 | Vehicle electronics building constructed in the main plant. |
| Started delivery of a mobile security system to Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| 1985 | New production facilities constructed in the main plant. |
| Jointly developed the "Live Sound System" with Toyota Motor Corp. and started delivery of the product to Toyota. | |
| 1987 | Nakatsugawa Ten Ltd. merged with Fujitsu Ten Ltd. |
| Rushville Indiana Operation of Fujitsu Ten Corp. of America established. | |
| 1991 | Production facilities built an extension in the Nakatsugawa plant. |
| New manufacturing building constructed for Fujitsu Ten Corporation of the Philippines. | |
| 1992 | Started delivery of anti-lock braking system (ABS) control units to Toyota Motor Corp. |
| 1994 | Marketed the world's first multimedia player for in-car use, "Car Marty." |
| Marketed the following distance warning device, "Laser Alarm." | |
| 1996 |
Started producing car audio in Europe. |
| Started delivery of VICS units for car navigation to Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| Developed black smoke purification ECUs for diesel engines jointly with Toyota Industries and began supplying the ECUs to Toyota Industries. | |
| 1997 |
Construction of the plant of Fujitsu Ten de Mexico. S.A. de C.V. completed. |
| Nakatsugawa Technical Center constructed. | |
| Construction of the plant of Tianjin Fujitsu Ten Electronics Co., Ltd. completed. | |
| Started delivery of the world's first 1DIN 6-disk CD changer to Toyota Motor Corp. | |
| Marketed CTI (Computer Telephony Integration) Automatic Dispatching system for Taxi Companies. | |
| 1998 |
Obtained QS-9000 quality control standard certification, meeting criteria established by America's Big Three (General Motors, Ford and Daimler Chrysler). |
| Developed the world's smallest 60GHz scan-type millimeter-wave radar for automobiles and began sample shipment of the rader system. | |
| Developed CRAMAS (ComputeR Aided Multi-Analysis System), a real-time simulation tool for developing automotive ECUs. | |
| 1999 | Developed the world's smallest 76GHz scan-type millimeter-wave radar for automobiles and began sample shipment of the radar system. |
| In-car use Engine Control System Electronic Equipment has achieved the total of ten millions units. | |
| 2000 | Started supplying DVD-AVN that integrate world's first DVD Navigation and Audio Visual System in 2DIN size to Toyota Motor Corp. |
| 2002 | Constructed its plant in Fujitsu Ten (Thailand) Company Limited. |
| Marketed a car navigation system equipped with two units of 20GB hard disk for the first time in the world. | |
| 2003 | Started delivery of "76GHz band millimeter-wave radar" to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| 2004 | Construction of the plant of Fujitsu Ten Electronics (Wuxi) Ltd. completed. |
| Developed the world's first Integrated Film Antenna for Car-TV and GPS. | |
| 2006 | Joint development with Toyota Boshoku Corporation of the world's first "headliner speaker system" that creates sound by vibrating the roofing material of a car. |
| 2007 |
Started sales of ECLIPSE 2007 summer models that can download site information to car navigation from mobile phone. |
| Marketed detachable navigation section integrated into audio unit in U.S., Europe and Australia. | |
| Started supplying ECUs for hybrid vehicles to Toyota Motor Corporation. | |
| Released AVN with a built-in DTT tuner and a B-CAS card slot. | |
| 2008 | Developed a Next-generation Acoustical Space Control System. Adopted for Toyota Premium Sound System of Toyota "Crown". |
| Delivered the "Display Audio" for new "Life" of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | |
| 2009 | Delivered 76GHz millimeter-wave radar for the world's first "Front-side Pre-crash Safety System" developed by Toyota Motor Corporation. |
| 2010 | Multi-Angle Vision developed, the world's first peripheral monitoring system displaying a three-dimensional bird's-eye view from various perspectives around the vehicle. Adopted by Toyota Motor Corp. as a dealer option. |
| 2011 | Unveils Vivid View Processor 3, the World's First LSI with Color Correction in Direct Sunlight for Vehicle-Mounted Displays. |
| 2012 | Established Fujitsu Ten (China) Ltd. to oversee the Group’s operations in China. |
| Established Fujitsu Ten Minda India Private Limited., a production subsidiary in India. | |
| 2013 | Established Kawasaki Sensor Development Center. |
| 2014 | Established Fujitsu Ten Manufacturing Ltd. combining Nakatsugawa Plant in Nakatsugawa, Gifu, and Tochigi Fujitsu Ten Limited in Oyama, Tochigi. |
| 2016 | Established V-ICT Division. |
| 2017 | Adopted the corporate name Denso Ten. |
