Aisin Seiki Co.

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  • Kanshiro Toyoda ( Chairman / CEO from June 1985)
  • Yasuhito Yamauchi (President from June 2005 )

Aisin Seiki K. K. (Japaneseアイシン精機.株式会社, Seiki Kabushiki - kaisha Aishin, Eng. Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd. ) is a Japanese automotive company that was founded in 1949 and is part of the Toyota Group. The company specializes in the development and production of components for the automotive industry and supplies, among other gear and navigation equipment to various automobile manufacturers.

Group of companies

The Aisin Group Tier One supplier of automotive components, with worldwide revenues of $ 18.05 billion in 2006. Headquarters is in Kariya, Aichi prefecture in Japan. By Kariya 146 subsidiaries are controlled world. Aisin Seiki is traded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol 7259.

Several brand names on certain fields of application under specialized subsidiaries:

  • Aisin AW ( Aisin - Warner ) - Automatic
  • Aisin AI - Manual
  • Advics, Hosei - Brakes
  • IMRA - Fiber Laser

Aisin also plays in the spare parts and after-market for the distribution of water pumps and hydraulic parts (eg brakes, clutches ) play a significant role.

Another division include sewing machines.

In addition, Aisin is also active in the field of building technology. Mid -1980s Aisin began due to the energy shortage in Japan with the operation of heat pumps by spark-ignition engines ( natural gas engine-driven compression heat pumps; GWP), so as to cool or to heat buildings efficiently. Aisin relies on petrol engines of the Toyota group, which can be operated with conventional natural gas or LPG. A significant advantage of Aisin - gas heat pump over the competition are the efficiency and extremely long service intervals. A major advantage of the technology to other (gas) heat pumps is that these systems in cooling mode can also produce hot water at the same time and without additional energy consumption. In one operation with only one device a building chilled and hot water produced - without additional energy consumption. An offshoot of the developments in the GWP is a gas cogeneration ( CHP ), which can produce electricity and heat from natural gas for heating / Bekühlung simultaneously.

In Europe, the GWP and the CHP are distributed exclusively by the Italian tecnocasa in Loreto (near Ancona). In most European countries there are partners.

Aisin AW

Aisin AW Co. Ltd.. Founded May 15, 1969. The seat is located in Anjo in Japan near Nagoya, it is guided by Haruo Mori ( Chairman ), Kanji Asai (Director ) and Takao Taniguchi (President). 11,028 employees generated sales of about 770 billion yen / Euro 4.9 billion with production and sales of automatic transmissions, navigation systems, hybrid systems and air filters 2005.

Production began on the basis of BorgWarner designs, but continued to develop rapidly. The transmission of the hybrid car Toyota Prius comes from Aisin AW as well as the first speaking navigation system.

Aisin AW has in Europe two development centers in Belgium ( Mons and Braine -l'Alleud near Brussels, for automatic transmissions and navigation equipment ) and three manufacturing locations: Birmingham ( UK), Pisek (Czech Republic) and Istanbul- Tuzla (Turkey). Sales offices are located in Wolfsburg, among other things, Rüsselsheim, Munich, Gothenburg and Turin.

Aisin AI

Aisin AI is responsible as an independent subsidiary of Aisin Seiki mainly for manual transmission. Aisin AI was spun off in July 1991 and moved its headquarters to Nishio.

By 1996, only Toyota was supplied, then DaimlerChrysler and Isuzu were added as customers. Meanwhile include the Mazda Motor Company, Nissan Motor Company, Mitsubishi Motors, General Motors, Daihatsu, Hino Motors and Porsche 's customer base.

Aisin USA

Aisin began to build a factory in the U.S. that their production operation in 1989 1986. This factory in Seymour (Indiana) has been enlarged in the meantime and supplies Honda, Geo, General Motors, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan and Toyota. A branch factory is in Marion (Illinois ).

5 October 2005 at Aisin USA opened a 3.55 km ² ( 878 acre) large test site near Fowlerville ( Mich.). The official line is FT Techno of America ( FTAA ), but it is actually known as Fowlerville Proving Ground. With 554 employees and a total investment of $ 102.7 million the foundation FTAA Aisins is fifth company in Michigan.

The new test site is the third in North America and the first of Aisin world. It serves as a research and development facility, are at the different road surfaces in different lengths and widths are available to develop and to experiment with different Aisin products and applications, such as transmission, brake, power units, car chassis, floor assemblies and components.

Shareholder

As of March 31, 2005

  • Toyota Motor Corporation 23.0%
  • Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.. 7.8%
  • Toyota Industries Corporation 6.9%
  • The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.. 6.3%
  • State Street Bank and Trust Company 3.3%
  • Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd.. 3.1%
  • Nippon Life Insurance Company 2.7%
  • Aisin Development Co., Ltd..
  • Towa Real Estate Co., Ltd.. 2.2%
  • Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.. 2.0%
Types of business entity Kariya (Aichi) Coupling Anjō, Aichi Nishio, Aichi Daimler AG Isuzu Motors Marion (Illinois)
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