Aisin Seiki : com Cruise Co., Ltd. and AW SOFTWARE Co., Ltd. integrate their management to enhance Software development
April 23, 2019 at 09:41 am IST
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Apr. 23, 2019
Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Kariya, Aichi, President: Kiyotaka Ise), Aisin AW Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Anjo, Aichi, President: Kazuhisa Ozaki), Aisin comCruise Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Nagoya, Aichi, President: Yoshiaki Kato, hereinafter, 'ACC'), and AW SOFTWARE Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Sapporo, Hokkaido, President: Yasunobu Ito, hereinafter, 'AW-SW') have reached basic agreement on the commencement of discussions toward the management integration of ACC and AW-SW, two companies in charge of the development of in-vehicle software within the Group.
Since the introduction of the virtual company (VC) system in April 2017, the Aisin Group has developed close cooperative structures within the Group. In the information and electronics fields, to accelerate and reinforce efforts to respond to the CASE trends by gathering the Group's full capabilities, the Group has promoted the shifting of resources to improve efficiency and the exchanging of technologies within the Group.
In addition to the establishment of an efficient development structure expected to be enabled by the integration of the two companies specializing in software development within the Group, the aim of the integration is to accelerate the development and installation of software suitable for electrified, intelligent, and connected cars, and improve the quality and skills.
The four companies will discuss the details of the management integration, with a view to completing it in October 2019.
The Aisin Group will make a united effort to offer highly competitive software, thereby contributing to the creation of a new mobility society.
Company name
Aisin comCruise Co., Ltd.
AW SOFTWARE Co., Ltd.
Location of Head Office
Nagoya Cross Court Tower 3F, 4-4-10 Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi
4 locations (two in Kariya, and Morioka and Fukuoka)
1 location (Okazaki)
Business description
Development/assessment of software installed in car devices
Development of application software and map database for car navigation systems
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Aisin Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the manufacture and sale of automotive parts. It manufactures and sells automotive parts through five segments, including Japan, North America, Europe, China, and Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) & India. The Japan segment also manufactures and sells energy solution-related equipment. Automotive parts include powertrain-related parts such as automatic transmissions (AT), and manual transmissions (MT), driving safety-related parts such as brake master cylinders, and disc brakes, body-related parts such as power sliding door systems, power back door systems, and sunroofs, and other connected and sharing solutions (CSS)-related parts such as car navigation systems. The energy solution-related products include gas heat pump air conditioners (GHP), cogeneration systems, shower toilets, home renovations, construction and civil engineering, and petroleum sales. The Company is also engaged in the automotive parts business.