In a significant move within the commercial vehicle industry, Toyota Motor Corporation and Daimler Trucks have unveiled plans for cooperation, while Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus will…
Toray, a leading company in advanced materials and chemicals, has unveiled its plan to triple the sales of its hydrogen-related business to 60 billion yen in fiscal 2025, marking the…
Toyota Motor Corporation has recently announced its plans for an additional investment of $2.1 billion in an automotive battery plant set to commence operations in North Carolina, USA, by 2025.…
Chartered Group, an Israeli investment company with headquarters in Singapore, is planning to establish an innovation hub in Japan called the Japan-Israel Innovation Place (JIIP) in early 2024. Potential locations…
There was a post on a Japanese anonymous posting site that seems to be an insider in the Japanese semiconductor industry. The title of the post is "Summary of semiconductor…
The total investment of $8.6 billion will be broken down into capital expenditure of $5.7 billion and research and development investment of $2.9 billion. The company expects revenue of $32.6…
HAL's medical device approval is rapidly progressing overseas, such as in the United States, the European Union (EU), Asia, and the Middle East, and CYBERDYNE's entry into the global market…
Toyota Motor Corporation has announced the establishment of a new specialized organization for the hydrogen business, "Hydrogen Factory." The organization will be responsible for the development of fuel cell and…
Hino Motors and Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus have announced that they will merge their businesses by the end of 2024. The merger also includes Hino Motors' parent company Toyota…
The presence of collaborative robots is increasing. The number of collaborative robots installed in 2021 will reach 39,000, with a clear growth trend. Collaborative robots do not require safety fences…
Japan and Germany have decided to cooperate in the important technological development of Beyond 5G/6G, the successor to 5G. Research institutes and industries in both countries will conduct joint research…
Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced on May 29 that they officially signed a contract on the same day for the integration of their power generator businesses. An integrated…
Panasonic Holdings (HD) has decided to concentrate investment in the field of automotive batteries. The maintenance cost of an automotive battery factory in Kansas, USA will reach 500 billion to…
The Japanese ceramics industry is facing a temporary slump in demand for semiconductors and electronic components, but it is showing a positive attitude to prepare for adversity.
According to the Japan Semiconductor Equipment Association, April sales of Japanese semiconductor manufacturing equipment decreased by 0.4% from the previous month to 333.944 billion yen ($3.014 billion), the first negative…
Renesas Electronics announced on the 19th that it will launch a power semiconductor production line using silicon carbide (SiC) at its Takasaki factory in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, and will…
Toyota plans to increase vehicle production in India by 30%. At the Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) production base, we will increase production by changing the work shift to a three-shift…
Murata Manufacturing plans to start operation of a new multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) factory in Shimane Prefecture in June. Izumo Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture), a subsidiary…
According to a report compiled by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, orders received by the five major machine tool manufacturers in April were 35,132 million yen, down 9.1% from the same month…
