7259 industry automotive founded 1949 as tokai aircraft company headquarters kariya aichi japan key people kiichiro toyoda founder kanshiro toyoda chairman fumio fujimori president products automotive parts revenue us 24.9 billion 2013 net income us 764 million 2013 number of employees 83 378 parent toyota group website www.aisin.com aisin seiki co. ltd. aishin seiki kabushiki kaisha also known as aisin is a japanese corporation which develops and produces components and systems for the automotive industry . aisin is a fortune global 500 company ranked 442 on the 2015 rankings . aisin seiki was founded in 1949 and currently supplies engine drivetrain body and chassis aftermarket and other main automotive parts for various major oems . in addition to partaking in the automotive markets aisin also offers life & amenity products e.g. furniture and sewing machines energy systems welfare products and other products services . 1 aisin is 30 % owned by the toyota group of companies . 2 there are various brands in the holding spawned from the companies which received recognition in their area of specialisation aisin aw formerly aisin warner ; joint venture with borgwarner terminated in 1987 automatic transmissions aisin ai manual transmissions advics hosei brakes imra femtosecond lasers contents 1 aisin aw 2 aisin ai 3 aisin usa 4 alternative propulsion products 5 solar cells 6 see also 7 references 8 external links aisin aw edit aisin aw is a major automotive technology manufacturer . established in 1969 it developed the prius transmission 3 and the world s first speaking navigation system . 4 it is based in anj near nagoya japan . another major division is located in okazaki . other global locations headquarters for europe aw europe & aw technical center europe which is located in braine l alleud belgium for research and development and in baudour belgium for the re manufacturing of automatic transmissions transaxles and production of electronic products . aisin ai edit aisin ai is an independent company under aisin seiki . it was spun off in july 1991 moving its headquarters to nishio city . aisin ai supplied only toyota through 1996 when daimlerchrysler and isuzu began using their products . the company later added mazda nissan mitsubishi motors general motors daihatsu hino motors fiat automobiles volvo jeep porsche and luxgen . aisin usa edit aisin constructed a factory in the united states of america in 1986 with production beginning in 1989 . this factory in seymour indiana has since been expanded and supplies components for honda general motors mitsubishi motors nissan and toyota . the company also operates in marion illinois . on october 5 2005 aisin usa opened an 878 acre 3.55 km2 testing facility near fowlerville michigan . officially named ft techno of america ftta but known as aisin s fowlerville proving ground the new venture is a member of the aisin group a tier one worldwide automotive components supplier with global sales of more than us 15 billion in 2004 . in michigan aisin group companies employ 554 associates with annual payroll of us 40 million and total investments of us 102.7 million . ftta is aisin s fifth group company in michigan . the new proving ground aisin s first in north america and third worldwide is research and development based supporting test surfaces of various lengths and lane widths used to develop and evaluate a variety of aisin products and applications such as transmissions brakes drivetrains and chassis and body systems and components . alternative propulsion products edit aisin seiki co products includes front wheel drive 2 motor hybrid system . shaft rotor for hybrid vehicles . solar cells edit aisin seiki has worked with toyota central r & d labs inc. to develop dye sensitized solar cells dsc . 5 see also edit 1997 aisin fire list of aisin transmissions toyota group references edit aisin products group companie s products . retrieved 2009 10 09 . aisin investors stock information . retrieved 2011 03 22 . major product information hybrid transmission drivetrain products . aisin aw co. ltd. retrieved 2016 04 04 . car navigation system information products . aisin aw co. ltd. retrieved 2016 04 04 . dye solar cell . cole polytechnique f d rale de lausanne . 2013 05 03 . retrieved 2013 08 17 . external links edit aisin japanese site aisin english site aisin worldwide site aisin europe site aisin aw and aisin aftermarket europe company history books shashi . shashi interest group . april 2016 . wiki collection of bibliographic works on aisin seiki v t e automotive industry in japan automotive industry economy of japan transport in japan companies vehicle producers asl daihatsu duesen bayern fuji heavy industries blitzen subaru honda acura isuzu kawasaki kawasaki motorcycle & engine mazda amati autozam fini eunos m2 xedos mitsubishi fuso mitsubishi group mitsubishi heavy industries mitsubishi motors mitsuoka nissan datsun infiniti prince tama nissan shatai otomo suzuki 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