KARIYA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Met het doel doorlopende coöperatieve banden op te bouwen in de sector voor auto-interieurs, hebben Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TOKYO:3116), Autoneum (CH0127480363) en Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4619) een overeenkomst getekend voor de oprichting van een joint venture. Dit gezamenlijke bedrijf onderzoekt lawaai en trillingen binnen systemen van het auto-interieur.

From the left: Toyota Boshoku President Ishii, Autoneum CEO Hirzel, Nihon Tokushu Toryo President Sakai (Photo: Business Wire)

Toyota Boshoku is een toonaangevend bedrijf dat complete interieurs voor auto’s ontwikkelt en produceert. Autoneum en Nihon Tokushu Toryo hebben ’s werelds hoogste niveau van akoestische technologieën op vlak van geluidsdichte auto-onderdelen. In 2012 gingen de drie partijen een samenwerkingsverband binnen de sector voor auto-interieurs aan. Sindsdien hebben patijen hun zakelijke samenwerking uitgebreid, zodat ze hun specialistische expertise kunnen inzetten bij het aanpakken van uitdagingen.

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KARIYA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)– With an aim to further strengthen the ongoing cooperative relationship in automobile interior business, Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TOKYO:3116), Autoneum (CH0127480363) and Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4619) have signed a joint venture agreement to undertake noise and vibration (NV) evaluation and analysis of automobile interior systems.

Toyota Boshoku is a leading company that develops and manufactures complete automobile interior systems, while Autoneum and Nihon Tokushu Toryo have the world’s highest level of acoustic technologies in the field of soundproof automotive components. In 2012, the three parties agreed to establish a cooperative relationship in automobile interior business. Since then, the parties have deepened business collaboration to address various challenges by leveraging their specific expertise.

The parties have agreed to establish a joint venture in the beginning of 2018 in order to further deepen their ongoing cooperative business relationship. Using the buildings and equipment of Toyota Boshoku’s Oguchi Plant, the new company will be engaged in NV evaluation and analysis of automobile interior and exterior systems for Toyota Motor Corporation and other automotive related companies, along with advanced development of the systems. The new company will merge the parties’ high level of technological development capabilities so that it will be entrusted with NV evaluation and analysis based on manufacturers’ trust.

As an organization that continually proposes and provides superior automobile interior systems to our customers throughout the world, Toyota Boshoku will make every effort to provide our customers with excellent interior spaces under the concept of “QUALITY OF TIME AND SPACE” in all aspects of human mobility. In particular, we will strengthen our automobile interior system development capability by strengthening the technical cooperative relationship between the three parties in NV evaluation and analysis.

About Toyota Boshoku group
Toyota Boshoku group, one of the world’s premier interior system suppliers and filter manufacturers, develops and produces interior components, filtration and powertrain components at over 100 sites in 27 countries around the world. During the fiscal period ending in March 2017, Toyota Boshoku had consolidated net sales of 1,358 billion yen (approx. $12 billion) and operating income of 72 billion yen (approx. $640 million).

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