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Denso invests in software developer eSOL for automated driving

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Denso Corporation has taken a 2% equity stake in eSOL Co., Ltd., a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions. Denso will use eSOL’s technologies to develop software for the systems and products required for automated driving.

To improve the performance of automated driving and the utilisation of external data for safety, in-vehicle electronic products must be integrated to ensure seamless control of the entire vehicle system.

As in-vehicle systems become increasingly more complex, it will be necessary to update, rewrite or add software to coordinate with new electronic systems and electronic control units for automated driving.

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Denso leads $65 million funding round in autonomous car developer ThinCI

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Denso says it led the $65 million Series C funding round in ThinCI in order to “make autonomous cars a reality”.

Denso, the main supplier to Toyota, says the investment speeds development of semiconductor devices with deep learning capabilities required for next-generation autonomous and electric vehicles.

Denso, which is a $50 billion company and one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers of technology and components, says it is continuing to search for new ways to support the development of future mobility solutions that will “revolutionize how society moves”. [Read more…] about Denso leads $65 million funding round in autonomous car developer ThinCI

Denso takes a stake in Tohoku Pioneer EG

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Denso Corporation has agreed to take a stake in Tohoku Pioneer EG Corporation, which is involved in the factory automation business and is owned by Tohoku Pioneer Corporation, a consolidated subsidiary of Pioneer Corporation.

The company highlights that manufacturing industry is at a turning point due to the shrinking workforce and ageing population, with various initiatives being taken to promote industrial change, such as Connected Industries in Japan and Industrie 4.0 in Germany.

Against this backdrop, Denso set the goal of developing optimal solutions for factory automation systems in its Long-term Plan 2025 formulated in 2017.

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Asai Nursery and Denso announce horticulture joint venture

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Asai Nursery, Inc. and Denso Corporation are forming a joint venture to create a next-generation model for horticulture using large-scale greenhouses and agricultural technology.

The company, called AgriD, Inc.., will build one of Japan’s largest agricultural greenhouses and develop technologies to improve cultivation productivity for growing vegetables.

Construction of the greenhouse will take place in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture which offers ideal amounts of solar radiation for greenhouse cultivation and is scheduled to begin in 2019.

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Aisin and Denso agree joint venture on electrification driving modules

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Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd and Denso Corporation today announced that they have reached a basic agreement to establish a new joint venture company to develop and sell electrification driving modules. The company will be capitalised with the participation ratio of Aisin 50% and Denso 50%.

The automotive industry is in an era of profound transformation, particularly in technologies for electrification, automated driving and connected driving. Electrification is one of the key disrupters impacting the automotive industry.

Details are still being discussed and the plan is for the new company to launch in March 2019.

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Denso in joint venture for automated driving software

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Denso Corporation is forming a new joint venture company to  to develop integrated electronic control unit (ECU) software for automated driving and vehicle dynamics control.

Denso will own 65% of the company with Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd taking a 25% stake, ADVICS Co., Ltd. taking 5% and  JTEKT Corporation taking 5%.

Details are still being discussed and the plan is for the new company to launch in March 2019.

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Denso invests $270 million in OLED display developer

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Automotive systems supplier Denso has invested $270 million in JOLED, a developer of printed organic light-emitting diode displays.

The investment accelerates JOLED’s development and mass production of in-vehicle OLED displays, which are used for human-machine interfaces in car cockpits to deliver key driving information to the driver quickly and accurately.

Compared to conventional HMIs, which use thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays, JOLED’s OLED displays are claimed to offer higher-definition images, more vivid colors, and are designed to be thinner, lighter, and bendable– making them easier to install and produce more optimized light output for improved HMI functionality.  [Read more…] about Denso invests $270 million in OLED display developer

Denso integrates operations in South Korea 

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Denso Corporation, major supplier of automotive technology and components, is to integrate the operations of three of its group companies: Denso Korea Electronics Corporation, Denso Korea Automotive Corporation, and Denso International Korea Corporation.

The combined companies will operate as Denso Korea Corporation and will integrate the development, manufacturing and sales of automotive components in the region.

Since the establishment of its first production company in South Korea in 1976, Denso has locally manufactured display products, such as instrument clusters and head-up displays, as well as car air conditioners, starters, alternators, and small motors for automakers in South Korea.

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Toyota and Denso to consolidate production of components

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Toyota Motor and its main supplier Denso have agreed to begin considerations toward consolidating the core electronic component operations of both Toyota and Denso within Denso.

Currently, advanced development and mass-production development for Toyota’s electronic components, as well as the production of such components, are conducted by both Toyota and Denso.

The considerations to be made under today’s agreement are to focus on consolidating mass-production development and production within Denso.  [Read more…] about Toyota and Denso to consolidate production of components

Osaro and Denso Wave unveil new food automation technology

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Osaro is expanding the scope of its deep reinforcement learning platform to the food industry with its latest solution, Osaro FoodPick.

In collaboration with Denso Robotics, and in consultation with Innotech Corporation, Osaro unveiled FoodPick, which performs automated food assembly tasks using deep learning and other AI and robotics techniques, at Denso Wave’s booth at Fooma Japan 2018.

Osaro has partnered with Denso Wave, a producer of automated data capturing products and industrial robots headquartered in Agui, Japan.

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