# DENSO and IBIDEN form capital and business alliance for exhaust systems

DENSO Corporation and IBIDEN Co., Ltd. formed a capital and business alliance to jointly develop next-generation vehicle exhaust systems, combining DENSO's systems expertise with IBIDEN's ceramic materials.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2017-04-27
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: vehicle exhaust systems, ceramic materials
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [DENSO](https://endata.com/companies/2901.md) (partner)
- [IBIDEN Co., Ltd.](https://endata.com/companies/23859.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [denso.com](https://www.denso.com/global/en/news/newsroom/2017/20170427-g01/), 2017-04-27: "This collaboration will combine IBIDEN’s advantages in high-performance ceramic materials with DENSO’s advantages in developing products as systems to synergistically develop high-performance yet simple and low-cost vehicle exhaust systems."

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