Japan-U.S. Business Report articles from January 2000

Japan-U.S. Business Report archives from January 2000

Deciding that operational autonomy might give its worldwide drug delivery technologies business a competitive leg-up.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Deciding that operational autonomy might give its worldwide drug delivery technologies business a competitive leg-up, YAMANOUCHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. spun out these activities from its SHAKLEE CORP. subsidiary. Palo Alto,...

In a deal that will help TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In a deal that will help TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD. gain more U.S. marketing expertise, INTERNEURON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. licensed exclusive North American commercialization rights to CerAxon (citicoline), a treatment for ischemic stroke,...

ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a major player in the anti-infective market.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... ABBOTT LABORATORIES, a major player in the anti-infective market, has gained U.S. marketing rights to Omnicef (cefdinir), a broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotic that is the top seller in its class in Japan. FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.,...

At some point down the road, ABBOTT LABORATORIES could have two other antibiotics in its lineup.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... At some point down the road, ABBOTT LABORATORIES could have two other antibiotics in its lineup. In a tie-up with WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., the Abbott Park, Illinois company gained exclusive worldwide rights to develop, manufacture and...

FUJISAWA HEALTHCARE, INC. will copromote to American dermatologists.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... FUJISAWA HEALTHCARE, INC. will copromote to American dermatologists two of SMITHKLINE BEECHAM PLC's drugs. They are the antiviral Famvir (famciclovir tablets), which is approved for recurrent genital herpes and herpes zoster, and the topical...

The expansion of its pharmaceutical business prompted JAPAN TOBACCO INC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The expansion of its pharmaceutical business prompted JAPAN TOBACCO INC. to rethink its commitment to XenoMouse, a method for generating human-type monoclonal antibodies from mice that are applicable to the treatment of a wide range of drugs....

To accelerate the discovery and the development of new treatments for diabetes.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... To accelerate the discovery and the development of new treatments for diabetes, FUJISAWA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. formed a research alliance with GENE LOGIC INC. Their goal is come up with a custom gene expression data base. In simplified...

In a similar relationship, TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. is collaborating with genomics company QUARK BIOTECH, INC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In a similar relationship, TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. is collaborating with genomics company QUARK BIOTECH, INC. to pinpoint and analyze genes and pathways involved in kidney diseases. Their hope is to develop drug candidates that will...

The FDA approved a disinfectant developed by YOSHITOMI FINE CHEMICALS, LTD.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The FDA approved a disinfectant developed by YOSHITOMI FINE CHEMICALS, LTD. for use in paper and paperboard that comes in contact with food, clearing the way for U.S. sales. HERCULES INC. will market the antimicrobial agent, which kills...

For $400,000, FORTUNE CHEMIDACS CO., LTD. acquired W.R. GRACE & CO.'s metalworking coolants unit.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... For $400,000, FORTUNE CHEMIDACS CO., LTD. acquired W.R. GRACE & CO.'s metalworking coolants unit. This Chicago business makes Daralube, a synthetic chemical fluid that was developed specifically for marketing in Japan. Some 200 manufacturers...

Moving quickly to minimize the fallout on its North American computer sales from the decision to liquidate PACKARD BELL NEC, INC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Moving quickly to minimize the fallout on its North American computer sales from the decision to liquidate PACKARD BELL NEC, INC. (see Japan-U.S. Business Report No. 363, December 1999, p. 3), the soon to-be-operational NEC COMPUTERS, INC....

In an otherwise off month for product launches, the Computer Systems Group of TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.(introduces Portege 7140CT notebook computer)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In an otherwise off month for product launches, the Computer Systems Group of TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. released additions to two of its notebook lines. For performance-seeking mobile professionals, the Irvine, California...

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.'s CSG, the American portable computer sales leader, also expanded its Tecra line of notebooks.(introduces Tecra 8100)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.'s CSG, the American portable computer sales leader, also expanded its Tecra line of notebooks, which is designed to give corporate buyers power and mobility along with the investment protection of...

Another major Japanese real estate developer has decided that the time has come to sell its offshore property holdings.(Sumitomo Realty & Development)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Another major Japanese real estate developer has decided that the time has come to sell its offshore property holdings and use the proceeds to pay down debt. SUMITOMO REALTY & DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., though, is going further than some of its...

Attempting to leverage their respective expertise in DVDs and recordable compact discs.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Attempting to leverage their respective expertise in DVDs and recordable compact discs, PANASONIC DISC SERVICES CORP., a wholly owned MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. company, and EASTMAN KODAK CO. formed a business to manufacture...

At a cost of roughly $80 million, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. will add capacity at its television picture tube facility in Troy, Ohio.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... At a cost of roughly $80 million, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. will add capacity at its television picture tube facility in Troy, Ohio. The expansion will enable AMERICAN MATSUSHITA ELECTRONICS CO. to make MEI's new 32-inch and...

SONY CORP. also is projecting continued strong gains in sales of its large TV sets.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... SONY CORP. also is projecting continued strong gains in sales of its large TV sets in the United States, especially its flat-screen Wega series of products. To meet this anticipated demand, the company will invest between $19.4 million and...

Continuing to push the liquid crystal display technology envelope.(Sharp introduces SharpVision LC-R60HDU LCD display)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Continuing to push the liquid crystal display technology envelope, SHARP CORP. released the first product to incorporate its innovative continuous-grain silicon LCD know-how. The SharpVision LC-R60HDU is a 60-inch high-definition...

Starting in May, VICTOR CO. OF JAPAN, LTD. will put on the market a 61-inch rear-projection TV set.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Starting in May, VICTOR CO. OF JAPAN, LTD. will put on the market a 61-inch rear-projection TV set capable of displaying 16:9 high-definition television signals. The distinguishing feature of the set, which will be priced around $6,000, is its...

Operations will be restructured at Milpitas, California-based MEKTEC CORP.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Operations will be restructured at Milpitas, California-based MEKTEC CORP. in an effort to pull the maker of flexible printed circuits out of the red. A subsidiary of NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD., the world's largest producer of flex circuits, the...

Trader NICHIMEN CORP. quietly is building up the infrastructure to participate in a variety of U.S.-based.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Trader NICHIMEN CORP. quietly is building up the infrastructure to participate in a variety of U.S.-based financial services businesses. Last May, the company acquired New York City's COMMODORE CAPITAL CORP., an established investment banking...

With its business booming at home thanks to the recovering stock market.(Nomura Securities Co. to boost Nomura Holding America capital in order to expand)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... With its business booming at home thanks to the recovering stock market, NOMURA SECURITIES CO., LTD. believes that it has the financial cushion to expand its wholesale operations in the United States and Europe. Those businesses were slashed...

TOKIO MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. joined two other investors in FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... TOKIO MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. joined two other investors in FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD. in buying approximately $113 million worth of common shares in the parent of bond insurer FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE INC. The...

Less than three years after opening a plant in Garden Grove.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Less than three years after opening a plant in Garden Grove, California that had double the capacity of its former Los Angeles facility, the subsidiary of tofu producer HOUSE FOODS CORP. is bumping up against supply constraints. The factory now...

Okinawa's ORION BREWERIES LTD. is testing the market in the United States for its Orion Premium Draft Beer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Okinawa's ORION BREWERIES LTD. is testing the market in the United States for its Orion Premium Draft Beer. The Los Angeles subsidiary of a small trading company is handling sales, targeting them to Hawaii, San Francisco and New York City. The...

Under what it describes as a policy of "selective consolidation," KOBE STEEL, LTD. signed a letter of intent to sell its half interest in LORAIN TUBULAR CO.(to USX Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Under what it describes as a policy of "selective consolidation," KOBE STEEL, LTD. signed a letter of intent to sell its half interest in LORAIN TUBULAR CO., LLC to partner USX CORP./U.S. STEEL. The joint venture, which operates two seamless...

U.S. production of aluminum substrates for computer drives' hard disks is another casualty of KOBE STEEL, LTD.(Kobe Precision Inc. to stop substrate production in Hayward, CA)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... U.S. production of aluminum substrates for computer drives' hard disks is another casualty of KOBE STEEL, LTD.'s "selective consolidation" strategy. Output of this product was due to end in January 2000 at KOBE PRECISION, INC. in Hayward,...

A somewhat defensive KOBE STEEL, LTD. is quick to point out that, these two developments notwithstanding, it is committed to production in the United States.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... A somewhat defensive KOBE STEEL, LTD. is quick to point out that, these two developments notwithstanding, it is committed to production in the United States. One case in point is PRO-TEC COATING CO., a Leipsic, Ohio hot-dip galvanizing steel...

CADIC CORP., the developer of a novel process for producing ultrathin-wall stainless steel castings.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... CADIC CORP., the developer of a novel process for producing ultrathin-wall stainless steel castings, formed CADIC TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. with AMSI, INC. of Dublin, Ohio to market its Cadic Convert Process investment casting technology...

In its first acquisition ever, big process control equipment maker YAMATAKE CORP.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... In its first acquisition ever, big process control equipment maker YAMATAKE CORP. purchased the Cornerstone valve business from HUNT VALVE CO., INC. of Salem, Ohio for about $4.9 million. Ten-year-old Cornerstone will operate as a division of...

A contract for engine bearings from GENERAL MOTORS CORP. could add $3 million in first-year revenues to GLACIER DAIDO AMERICA, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... A contract for engine bearings from GENERAL MOTORS CORP. could add $3 million in first-year revenues to GLACIER DAIDO AMERICA, INC.'s business and considerably more in time. This Bellefontaine, Ohio company, formed in 1996, is a joint venture...

As part of its plan to boost overseas forklift sales by a fourth to $194.2 million in FY 2002.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... As part of its plan to boost overseas forklift sales by a fourth to $194.2 million in FY 2002, TCM CORP. (formerly Toyo Umpanki Co., Ltd.) will expand capacity at its 11-year-old West Columbia, South Carolina plant. Over three years starting in...

From spring 2000, TOPY INDUSTRIES, LTD. will assemble and market undercarriage components.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... From spring 2000, TOPY INDUSTRIES, LTD. will assemble and market undercarriage components for track-mounted construction equipment in Smyrna, Tennessee. The output of TOPY INTERNATIONAL UCA, INC., which will start off with six employees, will...

For the second time in about 16 months, SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., one of the world's three biggest makers of road-paving equipment, announced its intention to boost sales in North America.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... For the second time in about 16 months, SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., one of the world's three biggest makers of road-paving equipment, announced its intention to boost sales in North America, where the company has only about 5 percent of the...

FUJI SEIKI CO., LTD., a Nara prefecture manufacturer of plastic injection molds for such varied products as CD jewel boxes and automotive parts, is seriously weighing a move into the North American market.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... FUJI SEIKI CO., LTD., a Nara prefecture manufacturer of plastic injection molds for such varied products as CD jewel boxes and automotive parts, is seriously weighing a move into the North American market. The company's products already are in...

MATSUSHITA SEIKO CO., LTD. has set its sights on winning 10 percent of the American market.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... MATSUSHITA SEIKO CO., LTD. has set its sights on winning 10 percent of the American market for room air purifiers within three years of the start of marketing in the spring of 2000. Its initial line, which will be sold under the Panasonic brand...

In what both sides described as a win-win deal.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In what both sides described as a win-win deal, NIKKISO CO., LTD. acquired the Microtrac particle-size measuring equipment line from a restructuring HONEYWELL INC. for approximately $5.2 million. Japan's top maker of pumps for the chemicals...

As soon as the spring of 2000, NIKON CORP. could introduce an English-language version.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... As soon as the spring of 2000, NIKON CORP. could introduce an English-language version of its image analysis support system in the United States. Designed to document deterioration in bridges, tunnels, buildings and other public structures and...

In January 2000, TOKKI CORP. will begin exports to the United States and Europe.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In January 2000, TOKKI CORP. will begin exports to the United States and Europe of a system that cleans the coating of optical fibers before they are attached to a connector. The Tokyo maker developed the system five years ago, but foreign...

PRECISION SYSTEM SCIENCE CO., LTD., a Tokyo-based supplier of laboratory automation systems.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... PRECISION SYSTEM SCIENCE CO., LTD., a Tokyo-based supplier of laboratory automation systems geared to the biotechnology field, has opened an office in Pleasanton, California in preparation for the launch of U.S. sales. Marketing should start...

For the third time in 1999, MARUBENI CORP. invested in a U.S. medical equipment start-up.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... For the third time in 1999, MARUBENI CORP. invested in a U.S. medical equipment start-up. This time, it was ACCURAY INC., the developer of the CyberKnife SRS (stereotactic radiosurgery system). The $2 million the trader put up gave it a 6.2...

FUKUDA DENSHI CO., LTD., Japan's top maker of electrocardiograms as well as a supplier of patient monitoring systems and ultrasonic scanners, will dissolve its indebted Redmond, Washington marketing subsidiary.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... FUKUDA DENSHI CO., LTD., Japan's top maker of electrocardiograms as well as a supplier of patient monitoring systems and ultrasonic scanners, will dissolve its indebted Redmond, Washington marketing subsidiary. Sales reportedly have slumped...

BALL SEMICONDUCTOR INC. has attracted considerable attention in the chip business.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... BALL SEMICONDUCTOR INC. has attracted considerable attention in the chip business because of its commercialization of technology that allows integrated circuits to be built on millimeter-size silicon spheres, one at a time and without the need...

Almost simultaneously, publicly traded JAPAN ASIA INVESTMENT CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Almost simultaneously, publicly traded JAPAN ASIA INVESTMENT CO., LTD., a pioneer in the venture-capital business in Japan, disclosed that it had raised close to $6 million to invest in BALL SEMICONDUCTOR INC. Participants in the fund include...

For its part, YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP, Japan's number one in process control equipment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... For its part, YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP, Japan's number one in process control equipment, is strengthening its relationship with SMAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY, INC. The Cambridge, Massachusetts start-up is developing CMOS (complementary metaloxide...

In another transpacific tie-up in the sensor field.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In another transpacific tie-up in the sensor field, NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD. and TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. have forged a cross-supply arrangement. Under it, the Tokyo manufacturer, one of the world's biggest suppliers of pressure sensors, will ship...

In one of the highest-profile investments yet made by SOFTBANK CORP. or its affiliates in American Internet start-ups.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... In one of the highest-profile investments yet made by SOFTBANK CORP. or its affiliates in American Internet start-ups, SOFTBANK VENTURE CAPITAL is partnering with KMART CORP. to help the number-three U.S. retailer build an electronic-commerce...

Although eager to help Internet firms with promising ideas and sound business plans get off the ground.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Although eager to help Internet firms with promising ideas and sound business plans get off the ground, SOFTBANK VENTURE CAPITAL often is prepared to provide additional funding to businesses it backed initially. A case in point is ANYDAY.COM,...

On-line entertainment and music businesses, particularly those that use streaming media technologies.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... On-line entertainment and music businesses, particularly those that use streaming media technologies, are one focus of another major Japanese investor in Internet start-ups, TRANS COSMOS INC., and its Bellevue, Washington subsidiary. Two of the...

TRANS COSMOS INC.'s Bellevue, Washington unit also put up $1 million of the $3 million in seed money for ACADIO CORP.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... TRANS COSMOS INC.'s Bellevue, Washington unit also put up $1 million of the $3 million in seed money for ACADIO CORP. In early 2000, the Seattle company will launch a Web site for continuing education. It will offer a broad range of...

The newest investment by HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The newest investment by HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC., which rapidly is making a name for itself as a provider of start-up funding for Internet businesses and developers of communications software, adds a different dimension to its portfolio. The...

The amount was just $500,000, but this investment in NEED2BUY.COM, INC. introduced trader MITSUBISHI CORP.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The amount was just $500,000, but this investment in NEED2BUY.COM, INC. introduced trader MITSUBISHI CORP. to the fast-expanding business-to-business on-line marketplace. The Westlake Village, California company's Web site, which currently is...

MITSUBISHI CORP. also joined a group of firms that provided a total of $15.5 million in mezzanine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... MITSUBISHI CORP. also joined a group of firms that provided a total of $15.5 million in mezzanine funding for application service provider KINZAN. COM. Recently spun off from Internet services provider IXL, INC., Carlsbad, California-based...

Cementing their relationship, ITOCHU TECHNOSCIENCE CORP. invested an undisclosed amount in NETTECH SYSTEMS, INC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Cementing their relationship, ITOCHU TECHNOSCIENCE CORP. invested an undisclosed amount in NETTECH SYSTEMS, INC., a supplier of middleware for mobile devices. Since last fall, CTC, as it often is called, has been the exclusive distributor in...

Four Japanese companies that see a market at home for EGROUPS, INC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Four Japanese companies that see a market at home for EGROUPS, INC.'s Internet-based group communications services participated in a round of mezzanine investment that raised $42 million for the San Francisco business. Most of this money came...

Through its Panasonic Digital Concepts Center in Cupertino, California, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. joined a number of high-profile investors.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Through its Panasonic Digital Concepts Center in Cupertino, California, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. joined a number of high-profile investors, including SOFTBANK VENTURE CAPITAL, in putting an undisclosed amount of money into...

A technology alliance among FUJITSU, LTD., San Jose , California-based SECURE COMPUTING CORP. and CYBER SIGN, INC. . .(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A technology alliance among FUJITSU, LTD., San Jose, California-based SECURE COMPUTING CORP. and CYBER SIGN, INC, also located in San Jose, will provide government, finance and the B2B market with high-level but easy-to-use authentication...

In its second big transpacific business deal in as many months, KONAMI CO., LTD., the top publisher of interactive entertainment software in Japan, will market worldwide current and future interactive games.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In its second big transpacific business deal in as many months, KONAMI CO., LTD., the top publisher of interactive entertainment software in Japan, will market worldwide current and future interactive games developed by the Universal...

The pending purchase of QUALCOMM INC.'s San Diego, California-based wireless handset manufacturing operations.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The pending purchase of QUALCOMM INC.'s San Diego, California-based wireless handset manufacturing operations will catapult KYOCERA CORP. into the ranks of competitors right behind the three mobile phone world industry leaders. The cost of the...

HITACHI ELECTRONICS, LTD. will build hardware on an original equipment manufacturer basis for COMSPACE CORP.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... HITACHI ELECTRONICS, LTD. will build hardware on an original equipment manufacturer basis for COMSPACE CORP., the developer of the capacity-ex-panding, digital DC/MA (dynamic channel/multicarrier architecture) technology for specialized mobile...

In a contract win valued at $100 million over three years.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In a contract win valued at $100 million over three years, HITACHI TELECOM (USA), INC. will supply its AMN (advanced multiservices network) ultra-highspeed optical transmission equipment to US OPTICS, INC. for deployment in its West Coast...

Three months ahead of schedule.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Three months ahead of schedule, the northern section of Pacific Crossing-l, the first privately owned and operated transpacific undersea fiber-optic cable network, was completed and connected with a terrestrial system that runs from the PC-1...

The huge, helium-filled balloons for the next National Aeronautics and Space Administration environmental observation project.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The huge, helium-filled balloons for the next National Aeronautics and Space Administration environmental observation project will be made from fabric codeveloped by TEIJIN LTD. and DIMENSION POLYANT, INC. The 460-foot-diameter balloons, which...

The innovative HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. hybrid-powered Insight car went on sale in the United States in December.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The innovative HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. hybrid-powered Insight car went on sale in the United States in December. The powertrain for the high-mileage two-seater combines a standard l-liter, three-cylinder gasoline engine with an electric motor...

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. could beat NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. as the first automotive maker to meet the California Air Resources Board.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. could beat NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. as the first automotive maker to meet the California Air Resources Board's stringent super low emission vehicle standards for gasoline-powered vehicles (see Japan-U.S. Business Report No....

For a company that certainly could use extra North American production capacity.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... For a company that certainly could use extra North American production capacity, especially for its trucks, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. is taking its time in announcing details about its planned $400 million factory in Lincoln, Alabama (see...

Also bumping up against production ceilings in North America.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Also bumping up against production ceilings in North America, TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. will add 200,000 units of capacity within five years to its current infrastructure for 1,250,000 vehicles. Most of the expansion will take place at Toyota's newest...

In a deal that would have been unimaginable not long ago.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... In a deal that would have been unimaginable not long ago, a fiercely self-reliant, technologically proud HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. has agreed to a powertrain swap with GENERAL MOTORS CORP. Under it, the Japanese automotive maker, which bills itself...

With orders increasing from FORD MOTOR CO. for torque converters for automatic transmissions.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... With orders increasing from FORD MOTOR CO. for torque converters for automatic transmissions, DAIKIN DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS CORP. is forecasting higher production and sales in the next few years. Orders from Ford could hit 350,000 units a year...

The strength of North American automotive production and the increasing recognition of the benefits.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The strength of North American automotive production and the increasing recognition of the benefits of forged steel crankshafts are working to the benefit of INTERNATIONAL CRANKSHAFT INC. In operation since 1992, the Georgetown, Kentucky...

SAS RUBBER CO. of Painesville, Ohio has started deliveries of power steering hose to DAIMLER CRYSLER AG.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... SAS RUBBER CO. of Painesville, Ohio has started deliveries of power steering hose to DAIMLER CRYSLER AG for the Chrysler Cirrus sedan and the Chrysler Sebring coupe. The YOKOHAMA RUBBER CO., LTD. subsidiary already ships hose to FORD MOTOR CO.

Beginning in the summer of 2000, OTICS CORP. will ship such engine parts as rocker arms.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Beginning in the summer of 2000, OTICS CORP. will ship such engine parts as rocker arms, rocker shafts and support parts to DMAX LTD. That timing is keyed to the August start of production of 6.6-liter, direct-injection diesel V-8 engines at...

Encouraged by the contract that its Bardstown, Kentucky manufacturing unit won from GENERAL MOTORS CORP.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Encouraged by the contract that its Bardstown, Kentucky manufacturing unit won from GENERAL MOTORS CORP. for an integrated windshield washer system (see Japan-U.S. Business Report No. 360, September 1999, p. 10), JIDOSHA DENKI KOGYO CO., LTD....

With a $86.7 million order in hand from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for 30 light rail vehicle cars.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... With a $86.7 million order in hand from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority for 30 light rail vehicle cars, the team made up of the Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts subsidiary of KINKI SHARYO CO., LTD. and ITOCI-IU CORP.'s New York...

Industry sources say that ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. will be a risk-and revenue-sharing partner on a multinational aircraft engine project.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Industry sources say that ISHIKAWAJIMA-HARIMA HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. will be a risk-and revenue-sharing partner on a multinational aircraft engine project headed by GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. The goal of the team is to design an engine to power...

Passengers flying on any of six 747 jumbo jets owned by an unnamed airline.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Passengers flying on any of six 747 jumbo jets owned by an unnamed airline will have access at their seats to inflight entertainment systems under a memorandum of understanding that BOEING CO. signed with SONY TRANS COM, INC. of Irvine,...

Work will start in the spring of 2000 on a polycarbonate concrete admixture factory at NA INDUSTRIES, INC. in Chattanooga, Tennessee.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Work will start in the spring of 2000 on a polycarbonate concrete admixture factory at NA INDUSTRIES, INC. in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Production at the 11,000-ton-a-year plant is slated for a year later. NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.'s product,...

SHOWA TECHNOCOAT, LTD.'s Clear Vision CV-1 will go on sale in the United States in the coming months.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... SHOWA TECHNOCOAT, LTD.'s Clear Vision CV-1 will go on sale in the United States in the coming months. The product is a dust-resistant and water-dispersing coating that can be applied to glass, plastic, painted and metal surfaces. CV-1 will be...

Gaining share in the U.S. market for golf equipment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Gaining share in the U.S. market for golf equipment, particularly clubs, has been much harder than BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD. expected despite a 15-year effort. The company's Covington, Georgia subsidiary consequently has revamped its...

ZIFF-DAVIS INC., in line with the strategy of parent SOFTBANK CORP.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... ZIFF-DAVIS INC., in line with the strategy of parent SOFTBANK CORP., is shedding operations to concentrate resources on Internet-related businesses. It has agreed to sell ZIFF-DAVIS PUBLISHING CO. to a private equity investment firm for $780...

As soon as 2001, ABBOTT LABORATORIES and Japan development partner TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. could have on the market an antibiotic that shows promise of being effective against respiratory-track infections.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... As soon as 2001, ABBOTT LABORATORIES and Japan development partner TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. could have on the market an antibiotic that shows promise of being effective against respiratory-track infections that do not respond to...

Bufferin, the aspirin product that BRISTOLMYERS SQUIBB CO. licensed to LION CORP. for sale in Japan.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Bufferin, the aspirin product that BRISTOLMYERS SQUIBB CO. licensed to LION CORP. for sale in Japan, soon could be in a tough fight to remain the top-selling over-the-counter painkiller. JOHNSON & JOHNSON has granted TAKEDA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES,...

The first participant in the Kobe city government's Medical Industry City Project is the subsidiary of QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The first participant in the Kobe city government's Medical Industry City Project is the subsidiary of QUINTILES TRANSNATIONAL CORP., a major provider of contract pharmaceutical services (see Japan-U.S. Business Report No. 363, December 1999,...

Almost every month, IBM JAPAN LTD. has a new reason to be happy that it decided some time ago to sell to corporate Japan.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... Almost every month, IBM JAPAN LTD. has a new reason to be happy that it decided some time ago to sell to corporate Japan, particularly financial services providers, its ability to save them money by taking over their information technology...