Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

Aisin Seiki and Anhui Ring New Group formed a joint venture in China to manufacture aluminum die-cast parts for automatic transmissions. Aisin Seiki will invest 85% and Anhui Ring New Group 15%.

Aisin Seiki and Denso Corporation agreed to form a joint venture named BluE Nexus to develop and sell driving modules for electric vehicles. The new company will be established in April 2019.

Aisin Seiki and DENSO formally agreed to form a joint venture named BluE Nexus, to develop and sell driving modules for electric vehicles. The company will be established in April 2019 in Anjo City, Japan, with 50% ownership each and about 200 employees.

AISIN Automotive Guanajuato, a Japanese auto-parts company, has opened a plant in the Marabis Comonfort Industrial Park in Comonfort, Guanajuato, Mexico, with an initial investment of $30 million. The plant manufactures sunroofs, door handles, and other devices, and currently employs 180 people.

Denso Corporation is forming a joint venture company to develop integrated ECU software for automated driving and vehicle dynamics control. Denso will own 65%, Aisin Seiki 25%, ADVICS 5%, and JTEKT 5%. The company is expected to launch in March 2019.

Aisin Seiki and Denso reached a basic agreement to establish a 50-50 joint venture to develop and sell electrification driving modules for hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel cell vehicles, and electric vehicles. The new company is planned to launch in March 2019.

Aisin Seiki will supply five types of parts for Toyota's new Corolla Hatchback for North America, including a continuously variable transmission developed with Toyota, manual transmission, pistons, exhaust manifold, and window regulator.

Aisin Seiki paid PHP1.2 billion (US$23 million) to increase its stake in Toyota AutoParts Philippines from 34% to 61%, renaming it Toyota Aisin Philippines. The plant in Laguna produces manual gearboxes and constant velocity joints.

Aisin Seiki and the Aisin Group will restructure production lines at Tangshan Aisin Gear Co., Ltd. in Tangshan, China, to begin manufacturing automatic transmissions starting August 2019, with a capacity of 400,000 units per year.

Aisin Drivetrain (ADI), a subsidiary of Aisin Seiki, announced plans to invest over $16 million to expand its manufacturing operations in Crothersville, Indiana, creating up to 47 new jobs by the end of 2018. The expansion will accommodate design changes for steering columns and other automotive components.

Aisin Seiki will expand the South Building of the Nishio Die-casting Plant to increase production capacity of automatic transmission cases, with production scheduled to start in October 2018.

Tower Semiconductor and Aisin Seiki Co. have announced volume production of Aisin's new generation automotive devices for automotive body products. The products will be ramped in Tower Semiconductor's 200mm automotive grade Japan fab.

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and Art Metal Industrial Co., Ltd. signed a business transfer agreement on March 24, 2017, for Aisin Seiki to transfer its piston business to Art Metal. The transfer includes development functions from April 1, 2017, and domestic production and sales rights phased in from that date.