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DENSO Corporation and BlackBerry Limited announced the first integrated HMI (Human Machine Interface) digital cockpit system with BlackBerry® QNX technology has shipped in the first vehicles by pioneering Japanese automotive manufacturer, SUBARU. The technology, named DENSO ‘Harmony Core™’ will be available first in the United States from Autumn 2019 in the all-new 2020 SUBARU Legacy and Outback (U.S. model). data-driven connected vehicles Co-developed by BlackBerry and...

Beyond Next Ventures Inc. and DENSO Corporation, announced that they have established OPExPARK Inc., a carve-out to develop the businesses utilizing OPeLiNK®. OPExPARK will develop and sell systems that integrate information from surgery equipment, produce educational content for surgeons, and offer distribution services. Business strategies and plans OPExPARK is a carve-out from the first company that utilized this program Beyond Next Ventures, which provides incubation funding for tech...

DENSO Corporation, the world’s second-largest mobility supplier, and Smiths Manufacturing (Pty) Limited, owned by Metair Investments Limited, announced they have established DENSO Sales South Africa (Pty) Limited, a joint venture dedicated to selling aftermarket products and services in Southern Africa. South Africa has one of the largest economies in Africa, and car ownership is the highest in the region. Increase convenience for customers The new company will help ensure safety and in...

DENSO Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation agreed to establish a joint venture for research and advanced development of next-generation, in-vehicle semiconductors. The two companies will study the details and aim to establish the new company in April 2020. in-vehicle semiconductors It is necessary to develop next-generation semiconductors that are integral to technology innovations Recently, electronic controls have been increasingly implemented in vehicles. Furthermore, the number of in...

DENSO Corporation announced that Nippon Wiper Blade Co., Ltd. and Asahi Manufacturing Co., Ltd., both of which are subsidiaries of DENSO Corporation, will merge on October 1, 2019, and make a new start as DENSO Wiper Systems, Inc. With the auto industry undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation, the business environment is changing significantly due to swift innovations in CASE (connected, autonomous, shared, and electrified) technologies. automated driving technologies The wiper system b...

DENSO, the world’s second-largest mobility supplier, has partnered with Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company and aerospace manufacturer, to develop hybrid-electric and fully-electric propulsion systems for urban air mobility. By converging their automotive and aerospace expertises, DENSO and Honeywell seek to create propulsion systems that make air travel cleaner, quieter, more efficient and easier to maintain. Air mobility vehicles Urban air mobility is intended to provide more efficient m...

DENSO, the world’s second-largest mobility supplier, announced that it has developed a high-efficiency diode for alternators for gasoline and diesel engine vehicles with the semi-conductor supplier, Hitachi Power Semiconductor Device, Ltd. Production of alternators equipped with newly developed diodes will start for vehicles to be sold in Europe in FY2019, and will be rolled out to manufacturing group companies around the world. Efficiency of the function Diode is a components of altern...

The second largest global mobility supplier - DENSO and powertrain supplier - Aisan have reached a basic agreement based on the Board of Directors meeting on May 20, 2019, to begin studying the possibility of increasing DENSO’s stake in Aisan and also transferring part of DENSO’s powertrain business to Aisan. This initiative would help strengthen the companies’ competitiveness in powertrain and future growth areas. The auto industry is facing a once-in-a-century paradigm...

Toyota Motor Corp. (Toyota), DENSO Corporation (DENSO) and the SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) announced that they will invest USD 1 billion in Uber Technologies Inc.’s Advanced Technologies Group (Uber ATG). The investment, in a newly formed ATG corporate entity, aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of automated ridesharing services. Under the terms, Toyota and DENSO will together invest USD 667 million and SVF will invest USD 333 million, valuing the new Uber ATG entity a...

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and DENSO Corporation (DENSO) announce that they have made a formal decision and reached an agreement toward concluding a contract to transfer core electronic component operations to DENSO.  In June 2018, both companies reached a basic agreement to consolidate the core electronic component operations of both Toyota and DENSO within DENSO, and began detailed studies. Development functions and operations Currently, Toyota’s electronic component opera...

DENSO, the world’s second-largest mobility supplier, announced it will invest approximately 180 billion yen (USD 1.6 billion) over three years – from FY2018 to late FY2020 – to support its aggressive development and production of electrified automotive products, systems and technologies. To achieve its long-term business goal to create and inspire new value for the future of mobility, DENSO is focused on increasing its performance in the area of electrification. Advancing aut...

DENSO, the world’s second-largest mobility supplier, announced it has taken a USD 5 million stake in Seattle-based Airbiquity Inc., a global pioneer in connected vehicle services and a pioneer in the development of automotive telematics technology. The investment will accelerate the development of over-the-air (OTA) systems for wirelessly updating automotive software from a remote location. Airbiquity’s engineering capabilities DENSO will accelerate the growth of secure and highly...

Founded in 2005, Japan International Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Exhibition (FC EXPO) is the world's largest exhibition of hydrogen energy and fuel cells. The exhibition brings various high-end technologies, materials, components, and advanced equipment related to hydrogen energy and fuel cells. Many companies, such as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, fuel cells, and related core components, participate in this exhibition. products on display Snowman exhibited its first product, a Fuel Cell Air...

To enrich the company staff's spare time life activities, promote friendship and cooperation between employees, and enhance the cohesion of the company. Snowman Group held the 2018 year-end group building activity on January 26, 2019, in Fuzhou Headquarters. Company pioneers and all colleagues gathered together with hopes and dreams for the future.   drop in temperature As the Chinese New Year is coming, the company's senior executives sent their best wishes to all the employees Co...

DENSO Corporation, the world’s second-largest mobility supplier, announced that DENSO Sales Japan Corporation, a subsidiary of DENSO Corporation; DENSO Ten Sales Limited and DENSO Ten Service Limited, subsidiaries of DENSO Ten Limited, will merge to form a new company called DENSO Solution Japan Corporation on April 1, 2019. With the rapid progress of vehicle electrification and automated driving within the auto industry, DENSO has previously announced several organizational changes to in...

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (AISIN), ADVICS Co., Ltd. (ADVICS), JTEKT Corporation (JTEKT), and DENSO Corporation (DENSO) announced they have formally agreed to form a new company to develop integrated control software that will be used for automated driving, vehicle motion control, and other related functions. The new company is named J-QuAD DYNAMICS and will be established in April 2019. In August 2018, the four companies announced their basic agreement to establish a joint venture. Integrated vehi...

In recent years, with the progress of science and technology, hydrogen energy has taken substantial steps in industrial application. Both government and industrial capital are actively promoting the development of the hydrogen energy industry. On November 30th, 2018, the Seminar on Demonstration and Application of Hydrogen Energy Projects was held at Fujian Snowman Co., Ltd. It was also the first seminar on the demonstration and application of hydrogen energy projects in Fujian Province held in...

FUJIAN SNOWMAN CO., LTD made an appearance at the CHILLVENTA HVAC exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany, between 16th October and 18th October 2018. The exhibits include SNOWKEY propane flake ice machine, SRM open-type screw compressor, propane semi-hermetic screw compressor, AC chiller, Two-stage screw compressor package, and 4-cylinder piston compressor, a good opportunity to showcase SNOWMAN's comprehensive capability to provide customized and One-stop solutions in ice making, commercial and indu...

The 2nd Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Industry Development Summit and the 1st International Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell Technology and Product Expo Foshan, China were held at Nanhai Thoughsand Lantern Lake, Foshan, Guangdong Province on Dec 6-9, 2017. Snowman, with its air supply compressors of AUTOROTOR (Sweden) and fuel cell technology of HYDROGENICS (Canada), was present at this Expo. Hydrogen Industry-Hydrogen Life-Hydrogen The theme of the Expo was Hydrogen Industry-Hydrogen Life-...

STULZ Digital Solutions GmbH is the product of a joint venture between STULZ GmbH and Digitronic Automationsanlagen GmbH, a company specializing in software development and control systems. With the all-encompassing CyberHub ECO.DC monitoring system, STULZ Digital Solutions GmbH now presents brand new software for monitoring data centers and server rooms. Integrated functions CyberHub ECO.DC increases transparency in every IT environment, flags up areas for potential savings CyberHub EC...