Toyota Plans to Manufacture & Distribute Over 2 Million EVs
Toyota has notified its main parts manufacturers to be prepared to produce and distribute a total of 2 million HV and PHV electric cars in 2019.
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Sharp To Move Its Refrigerator Manufacturing Base to Thailand
Sharp has announced to end its refrigerator production in Yao city, Osaka, in September 2019 and move it to Thailand. The current plant will be reconstructed to be an office for th…
End of Diesel Era: End of Toyota’s Collaboration with Isuzu
Isuzu has revealed its plan after ending the 12-year-long collaboration with Toyota in small diesel engine development.
Tesla Gigafactory To Be The World’s Biggest Battery Factory
By the end of 2018, Panasonic will raise the production capacity of “Tesla Gigafactory” in Nevada, USA, which is a battery factory that jointly operated with Tesla, to become the w…
Demands in Small Aircrafts Soar: Two Giants Receive Landslide Orders
After the Farnborough Airshow, two giant aircraft companies received huge orders, especially for the small-sized passenger aircrafts.
Ministry of Commerce Launches Big Data: Empowering Thai Economy
Mr. Sontirat Sontijirawong, the Minister of Commerce, showed his vision about the great potential of Big Data, a new driving force of Thailand’s economy at all levels.
ABB and Kawasaki create world’s first common interface for collaborative robots
ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, both global leading players in industrial automation and robotics, are showcasing the world’s first common collaborative robot operating interfac…
Yanmar Announces Distribution of Autonomous Tractors in Japan
Yanmar has announced to distribute the autonomous tractor of “SMARTPILOT” series on October 1, namely Auto Tractor and Robot Tractor.
NOK Boosts Its FCP Production Capacity for Automotives
NOK is enhancing the electronic components business with the decision to increase its production capacity of flexible printed circuits (FPC) to cater the automotive sector that is …
Canon’s “Super Cycle”
The semiconductor industry is evolving. Recently, Canon has adopted AI to work with semiconductor equipment (still under testing) in order to forecast any failure.
Sanden AC Reinforces World-class Production Structure and Purchasing System
Sanden AC co-invested with the new automotive air-conditioning compressor manufacturer in China in April this year, expecting to produce 15 million units annually.
LINE’s Revolutions
LINE has drawn a plan for company growth, pushing the launch of new services underscoring to become a cashless society and making LINE a part of one’s daily life other than just an…
Nissan and Honda Aim to Differentiate Themselves by Designs
Nissan tried out Italian design, which is awe-inducing design with lower roof, on GT-R as a model for the 50th anniversary celebration while Honda advanced its complete car design …
New Technology: Thermoplastic CFRP Rapid Heater
Chubu Electric Power has developed the thermoplastic CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer) rapid heater “CF-1,” which can reduce the heating time to 12 seconds or 20% of ordinary …
Toyota Enhances FVC to Prepare for the Widespread Consumption in 2020
Toyota prepares to increase its FCV and main parts production while Honda, Hyundai and Audi also consistently make developments of its own FCV. However, the most important factor f…
Toyota Heads Toward Connected Cars with “Crown” and “Corolla Sport”
Toyota has launched “Crown” and “Corolla Sport” models, both of which are the first generation of the company’s connected cars and viewed as the goal for the future.
NIKKO KINZOKU and Factory Automation for Small Batch Production
NIKKO KINZOKU, the manufacturer of heat-resistant cast steel for automotive industry in Japan, has made some adjustments to the manufacturing process by adopting the use of robots …
FA and Robot System Integrators (SI) in Japan Jointly Set Up a New Industry Association
Over 140 SI companies jointly set up a new industry association in July to tackle the SI shortage amid the soaring demands in robots.
GO-JEK Reveals Lessons from UBER’s Failure in Asia
Nadiem Makarim, founder and CEO of GO-JEK, had a special interview with CNBC’s Managing Asia, revealing the lessons from UBER’s failure in Asia that an entrepreneur can learn from.…
NTK Develops All Solid State Battery
Amid the attempts to develop the battery that helps shorten the charging time of electric vehicles, NTK has successfully developed the all solid state battery with this particular …