Japan-U.S. Business Report articles from November 1999

Japan-U.S. Business Report archives from November 1999

MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.(agreement with Rogers Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The decade-long relationship between MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC. and ROGERS CORP. has resulted in an agreement to make a flexible circuit board laminate used in the read/write head suspension assemblies of cutting-edge hard disk drives. Equally...

JSP CORP.(new factory)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... North American automotive production is so strong that JSP CORP. is having trouble meeting demand for the expanded polypropylene bead foam used to make the cores of the plastic bumpers found on most of today's vehicles. Accordingly, the...

NICHIMEN CORP.(biaxially oriented polyamide film)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Now that commercial production of biaxially oriented polyamide film has started at its Canadian joint venture, NICHIMEN CORP. has launched marketing of the material. Recently formed BIAXIS PACKAGING SALES, INC. of Arlington Heights, Illinois...

FUJIKURA KASEI CO., LTD. and RED SPOT PAINT & VARNISH CO., INC.(environmentally safe paints)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In the latest phase of a relationship that dates back to 1980, FUJIKURA KASEI CO., LTD. and RED SPOT PAINT & VARNISH CO., INC. are pursuing the development of water-based, environmentally friendly paints for polypropylene plastic automotive...

SANKYO CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Japan's number-two pharmaceutical company is positioning itself to better capitalize on business opportunities in the United States. For starters, SANKYO CO., LTD. will merge its two wholly owned U.S. subsidiaries at the end of 1999 in a move...

TEIJIN LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... TEIJIN LTD. gave TAP PHARMACEUTICALS INC. the right to develop in the United States TMX-67, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor that is in Phase II clinical trials in Japan, as a possible treatment for gout and to market it in North America if...

MERCK & CO., INC.'s.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... One of the gaps in MERCK & CO., INC.'s current product lineup is a treatment for prevalent adultonset or Type II diabetes. That hole could be plugged if a product that KYORIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. licensed to the leading prescription drug...

SANGAMO BIO-SCIENCES, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Through a private placement, SANGAMO BIO-SCIENCES, INC. raised $7.5 million from existing investor JAFCO CO., LTD. as well as from three other companies. The Point Richmond, California biotechnology firm's technology platform, based on...

C. UYEMURA & CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The shift in production of aluminum substrates for hard disks to Southeast Asia has forced a reorganization of the North American operations of C. UYEMURA & CO., LTD. The Osaka manufacturer is one of the world's biggest suppliers of plating...

NISSAN MOTOR CO.,LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... The restructuring plan that NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. announced in October contained some far-flung prescriptions for returning the automotive maker to financial health. Near the top of the list for North America was the unexpected decision to...

FUJITSU, LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In a much more limited restructuring but one probably driven as much by cost considerations as by the stated goal of better serving its mobile computing customers, FUJITSU, LTD. combined its two U.S. personal computer companies. The merger...

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The most powerful mainframe on the market is how HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORP. describes the just-released Hitachi Skyline Trinium. The Santa Clara, California supplier says that its flagship mainframe platform is the first such product to...

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC.,.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., one of the innovators behind thin, sleek desktop PCs, has added functionality to the newest member of the VAIO Slimtop LCD Computer series. The VAIO PCV-L620 is equipped with 500-MHz Pentium III processor, 128 megabytes...

TOSHIBA AMERI-CA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.'S.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The new 650 MHz and 700 MHz Pentium III processors are options with the build-to-order Equium 7100 series of commercial desktops from TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.'s Computer Systems Group. The first desktop computing line to offer...

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Going after the corporate buyer that ranks a low purchase price and a reduced total cost of ownership as its first and second most important purchasing criteria, TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. CSG rolled out the Equium 7300 family...

PACKARD BELL NEC, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Strong holiday season sales are critical to the future of money-losing PACKARD BELL NEC, INC. Its Consumer Division is counting on a new line of affordable, easy-to-use, full-featured home PCs to help turn the tide. The machines are powered by...

TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Nearly 22,700 configuration choices are possible with the Tecra 8000 notebook computer from TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. CSG. The latest options include the new, performance-boosting 500-MHz mobile Pentium III processor with 256...

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Giving mobile professionals desktop performance on the go is how SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. introduced the VAIO F Series of high-performance note-books. The five-model line is headed by the VAIO PCG-F390, a $3,700 or so system that features a...

FUJITSU PC CORP.(launches LifeBook X Series of products)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The "new" FUJITSU PC CORP. marked its arrival with two new product lines in the LifeBook family of notebook computers, major redesigns of two others and a refreshment of a fifth. Its desktop replacement candidate is the new LifeBook X Series....

PANASONIC PERSONAL COMPUTER CO.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... The line of ruggedized Windows-based notebooks from PANASONIC PERSONAL COMPUTER CO. has been shrunk to an ultraportable 3.8 pounds. The new, 1.7-inches-high Toughbook 17 and Toughbook 34 also are the first models to sport integrated wireless...

FUJITSU, LTD.(contract with Quantum Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... FUJITSU, LTD., reportedly the world's fifth-largest supplier of hard drives, signed a cross-licensing agreement with its bigger rival, QUANTUM CORP. By giving each other access to its patented know-how, the two hope to remain competitive at a...

TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... To capitalize on the convergence of printers and scanners with such previously stand-alone products as copiers and facsimiles that digital technology is fostering, TOSHIBA CORP. created TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. Irvine,...

MINOLTA CO., LTD.'s.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... To extend its market share in the graphic arts, print and imaging fields, especially the print-on-demand part of the business, MINOLTA CO., LTD.'s Ramsey, New Jersey subsidiary signed LONDON LITHO to distribute, integrate and support its...

OKI DATA AMERICAS, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based OKI DATA AMERICAS, INC. introduced the OKICOLOR 8 Series to meet the stand-alone and workgroup color printing needs of small and midsize businesses. The line's two machines, which include a network-ready product,...

SEIKO EPSON CORP.'s.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Small businesses can buy a six-ppm color or seven-ppm black text ink-jet printer for as little as $200 with a mail-in rebate. That is the price of SEIKO EPSON CORP.'s EPSON Stylus Color 760. Also priced to move at $270 is the new EPSON Stylus...

KYOCERA ELECTRONICS, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... KYOCERA ELECTRONICS, INC., the Duluth, Georgia marketer of the Ecosys page printers, launched a family of products for printing checks, money orders, bank drafts and other financial documents. The three initial magnetic ink character...

SHARP CORP. and OPENLCR.COM, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Ten months of development work by SHARP CORP. and OPENLCR.COM, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado have yielded the first fax machines that automatically select the least-expensive carrier for each call, depending on the day of the week, the time...

WACOM CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Volume shipments have begun of an input system for both PCs and Macintoshes that pairs a cordless scrolling mouse with a cordless pressure-sensitive pen. The $100 Graphire is manufactured by WACOM CO., LTD., the world's leading maker of...

JAPAN AIRLINES CO., LTD.'s.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The Ihilani Resort and Spa on Oahu, Hawaii, one of the crown jewels of JAPAN AIRLINES CO., LTD.'s once far-flung real estate empire, will be sold to a Hawaiian company as part of the restructuring of the air-line's investment portfolio. The...

NITTO DENKO CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... NITTO DENKO CORP. is scouting sites in Ohio and California for a R&D facility that it hopes will help put the company on the cutting edge of the electronics materials field. The Osaka prefecture firm currently makes such related products as...

YO-KOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In an alliance aimed at delivering integrated process control solutions to their respective customers, YO-KOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP. has teamed with DRESSER EQUIPMENT GROUP, INC. to develop and market products, systems and management tools that...

MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The combination of a manufacturing license from MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. and its own expertise enabled CMK CORP. to commercialize an ALIVH (any-layer interstitial via hole) printed circuit board for digital cameras. It already...

DAISHINKU CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... DAISHINKU CORP., Japan's leading maker of crystal resonators, relocated one of its U.S. marketing subsidiaries to Marietta, Georgia from Overland Park, Kansas to better serve East Coast customers. A warehouse also was built at the new site to...

GLOBALPLAT-FORM, INC.'s.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Four Japanese companies are among the members of a San Francisco organization formed to promote a common global infrastructure for smart-card implementation across multiple industries. GLOBALPLAT-FORM, INC.'s efforts should be aided by VISA...

VICTOR CO. OF JAPAN, LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... VICTOR CO. OF JAPAN, LTD. is working with PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD., the San Jose, California supplier of the BIOS software found in today's PCs, to develop a new audio/visual intellectual property technology standard for networking consumer...

CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... A Pennsylvania state government program that has the dual objectives of fostering the development of next-generation technologies in such areas as digital networks and mobile communications and making Pittsburgh a technology center will have...

SITHE ENERGIES INC. hired GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... One of the largest independent power producers in the world, which doubles as a major U.S. electricity wholesaler, is for sale. Closely held SITHE ENERGIES INC. hired GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. to find a buyer after first majority owner (60 percent)...

SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE CO.'s.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE CO.'s strategy to get the asset-management expertise to succeed in the pension and mutual fund management fields at home includes buying into foreign investment-management "boutiques." Last spring, it acquired what...

NOMURA SECURITIES CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Broker/investment banker NOMURA SECURITIES CO., LTD. has had its ups and downs in the United States recently. After pulling back from or out of certain activities, its NOMURA SECURITIES INTERNATIONAL, INC. unit has moved into the North...

TRANS COSMOS INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The Bellevue, Washington subsidiary of TRANS COSMOS INC. has emerged as a major source of funding for Internet-based start-ups in the United States, particularly those that want to extend their operations to Japan. It now has more money to...

MITSUI & CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... At a projected cost of $145 million, a partnership between MITSUI & CO., LTD. (30 percent) and LAND O'LAKES, INC. (70 percent) will build the world's biggest cheese and whey production facility in California's Central Valley. Located in...

PIETRO CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... PIETRO CO., LTD., a Fukuoka manufacturer of salad dressings and similar products, is looking into U.S. production. Through a Hawaiian subsidiary, the company has been selling about 12,000 bottles of salad dressing a month in the United States,...

IHARA & CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... A Hawaiian company that farm-raises abalone has received a $2 million investment from Hokkaido fish processor IHARA & CO., LTD. By mixing deep-sea water with regular ocean water, BIG ISLAND ABALONE CORP. is able to raise the mollusk to...

SUNTORY WATER GROUP, INC.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Since 1996, SUNTORY WATER GROUP, INC. has acquired 32 bottled water suppliers, making it the undisputed number two in the business with a 9 percent U.S. market share and customers in 40 states. The last two additions were made in the same...

JAPAN ENERGY CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In an unusual move for a Japanese company, JAPAN ENERGY CORP. put its GOULD ELECTRONICS INC. subsidiary in charge of the company's worldwide printed circuit board materials businesses, including R&D, production and marketing. NIKKO MATERIALS...

KITO MACHINE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... In December, KITO MACHINE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. of Aichi prefecture will open its own plant in Lexington, Kentucky after leasing space from another company to turn out welding machines for the automotive industry as well as washing systems and...

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.'s.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... Another Aichi prefecture manufacturer is building a plant in the United States to better serve its primary customer, TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.'s affiliated fork-lift manufacturing operation. OKUNO INDUSTRY CO., LTD. has formed a wholly owned...

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. is conducting a top-to-bottom review of its struggling machine tool, plastic injection molding and other industrial machinery operations at home and abroad. That examination could produce some major near-term...

HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Like other makers of earthmoving equipment, HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. sees an expanding market in North America for compact hydraulic excavators, especially those with a short-radius arm for working in confined spaces. Through...

SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... SUMITOMO (S.H.I.) CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD. is weighing a request from CASE CORP. for it to supply compact hydraulic excavators for North American sale through the Racine, Wisconsin construction equipment manufacturer's distribution...

JUKI CORP. formed JUKI AUTOMATION SYSTEMS HOLDING, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In quick succession, JUKI CORP. formed JUKI AUTOMATION SYSTEMS HOLDING, INC. in Raleigh, North Carolina to sell, service and support Juki-brand SMT (surface-mount technology) and semiconductor assembly systems in North America, South America...

SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The March 1998 order that SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. received from big stainless steel manufacturer ACERINOX S.A. for a skinpass mill and a tension leveler has resulted in a contract for the same equipment from the Spanish corporation's...

MATSUSHIMA MACHINERY RESEARCH CO., LTD. gave WOODINGS INDUSTRIAL CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Market newcomer MATSUSHIMA MACHINERY RESEARCH CO., LTD. gave WOODINGS INDUSTRIAL CORP. of Mars, Pennsylvania exclusive rights to sell its microwave leveling system and related blast and electrical furnace equipment to steel mills for five...

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... In a major win, MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. will be the primary equipment supplier for a pair of natural gas-fueled power plants that SITHE ENERGIES INC. plans to build in Massachusetts. MHI won the contract, valued at some $566 million,...

TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Ironically, news of this contract award came right before TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC. executives let it be known that the company had decided to buy a natural gas-fueled combined-cycle generating system from GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. for...

FERROTEC CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Switching positions, FERROTEC CORP., a Tokyo manufacturer of products based on ferrofluid (magnetic fluid) technology founded in part by FERROFLUIDICS CORP. in 1980, is buying its former Nashua, New Hampshire parent. The acquisition cost is...

MORIOKI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Water treatment system manufacturer MORIOKI INDUSTRY CO., LTD. is looking for a company to distribute its magnetic-field water treatment devices for plants and other industrial applications. Known in Japan as Mamoru-Kun, the system uses an...

CENTURY MEDICAL INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... As specified in their September 1998 tie-up agreement, CENTURY MEDICAL INC. has invested a total of $5 million in MICRO THERAPEUTICS, INC. The Irvine, California company manufactures minimally invasive devices for the diagnosis and treatment...

MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Two affiliates of MITSUI HIGH-TEC, INC. invested a total of $2 million in GATEFIELD CORP., the developer of a flash-based, field-programmable gate array architecture and the resulting ProASIC (application-specific IC) family of...

TOSHIBA CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Soaring demand for flash storage in such products as digital cameras and MP3 audio players has helped to turn two competitors in the flash-memory business into collaborators. Under a memorandum of understanding due to be finalized by January...

HITACHI, LTD. and LSI LOGIC CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... An equally ambitious technology alliance has been forged by HITACHI, LTD. and LSI LOGIC CORP. The big manufacturer of memory products and the system-on- a-chip leader have combined forces to work on process technologies for 0.10-micron designs...

TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. and SILICON WAVE, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Some of the first personal electronic devices to incorporate the radio frequency-enabled wireless communications technology known as Bluetooth could result from the tie-up between module manufacturer TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. and SILICON WAVE,...

FUJITSU, LTD. and SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... FUJITSU, LTD. and SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. will work together to extend the capabilities of the high-end SPARC processor in the market for enterprise-class systems while at the same time enhancing the software compatibility of their respective...

SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... As part of its strategy to sell more value-added automotive- use products in the United States, SANKEN ELECTRIC CO., LTD. introduced through subsidiary ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC. several high-performance, compact and lightweight Hall-Effect...

TOKYO ELECTRON TEXAS, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Full-scale operations have begun at TOKYO ELECTRON TEXAS, INC. in Austin. By the end of March, the company expects to turn out 15 resist-coating systems for such next-generation products as 1-gigabit DRAMs. For now, all of the parts are...

SOFTBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... The largest provider of services designed to help small businesses succeed on-line has won a $39 million vote of confidence from SOFTBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS LP. San Francisco's SMARTAGE.COM will use the money to build its brand, develop its...

EMBARK.COM.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Prior to filing for an IPO, EMBARK.COM raised $24 million in financing from a number of venture capital funds and companies, including ITOCHU CORP. and RECRUIT CO., LTD. The San Francisco firm's Web site targets the higher-education market....

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Some of the biggest American names in the Internet and communications fields participated in a $40 million round of financing for NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS. They were joined by NTT SOFTWARE CORP., OMRON CORP. and TRANS COSMOS INC. Menlo Park,...

ANDOR CO., LTD.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... ANDOR CO., LTD., an up-and-coming Kobe developer of computer-aided design and manufacturing systems, has now committed more than $5 million to APPLIED 3D SCIENCE, INC. The latest transaction included a $1.2 million investment in the Merrimack,...

FUJITSU, LTD.
November 1, 1999... The development of cutting-edge computer-aided engineering technologies is the ambitious goal of a technical alliance between FUJITSU, LTD. and the huge Visteon Automotive Systems unit of FORD MOTOR CO. Using its computational analysis...

HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... To help big corporations handle unpredictable surges in electronic-transaction volumes, HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS CORP. launched Hitachi iSuite. This set of integrated solutions is designed to optimize enterprise- class infrastructures in such...

ENIX CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The developer of the popular Dragon Quest series of role-playing video-game software is ready to try again to make a go of it in the big North American market. In December, ENIX CORP. will establish a wholly owned subsidiary in Seattle. That...

NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. agreed to sell EPITAXX, INC. to JDS UNIPHASE CORP.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... In a deal that was too good to pass up, NIPPON SHEET GLASS CO., LTD. agreed to sell EPITAXX, INC. to JDS UNIPHASE CORP. for $400 million payable in the San Jose, California firm's common stock. West Trenton, New Jersey-based Epitaxx supplies...

NEC AMERICA, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The restructuring plans that Japan's big, vertically integrated consumer and industrial electronics manufacturers have announced in recent months might be targeted mainly at businesses in Japan, but they also can impact operations in the...

NEC CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Two other announcements accompanied this news. First, NEC CORP. disclosed that it planned a "significant" expansion of its network integration and systems integration operations in the United States over the next three years. The buildup will...

NEC CORP.'s increasing business with AT&T CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... These changes ironically are occurring against the backdrop of NEC CORP.'s increasing business with AT&T CORP. Earlier this year, the world's premier provider of voice and data communications started wide-scale deployment of the NEC ITS-2400A,...

GLOBAL CROSSING LTD.'s.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Traffic is being carried at 10-Gbps on the coast-to-coast network layer of GLOBAL CROSSING LTD.'s North American Crossing network, thanks to HITACHI TELECOM (USA), INC.'s AMN 5192 OC-192 SONET system. This equipment was ordered before Global...

KDD SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... For the first time, KDD SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEMS INC. has gone outside its traditional group of Japanese suppliers to buy optical fibers for undersea cable systems. It has signed a multiyear contract with CORNING INC. for its Submarine LEAF and...

NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... NTT MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC. tapped the team of LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. and ORBITAL SCIENCES CORP. to build and launch the N-STAR c geosynchronous communications satellite. Scheduled to be delivered into space in the first quarter of...

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. joins DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, FORD MOTOR CO., VOLKSWAGEN AG.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... The California Fuel Cell Partnership, established this past April, has its first Japanese member. HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. joins DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, FORD MOTOR CO., VOLKSWAGEN AG, three oil suppliers, a Canadian maker of fuel cells and the...

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP. and GENERAL MOTORS CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Filling in details of their spring agreement to cooperate over five years on the development of vehicles powered by fuel cells and other replacements for gasoline (see Japan-U.S. Business Report No. 356, May 1999, p. 11), TOYOTA MOTOR CORP....

CALSONIC YO-ROZU CORP.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... With output of stamped and welded chassis and suspension parts nearing capacity at CALSONIC YO-ROZU CORP. because of increasing orders from GENERAL MOTORS CORP. and other customers, majority owner YOROZU CORP. has committed $9.4 million for...

ARVIN SANGO, INC.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... Beginning in July 2000, ARVIN SANGO, INC. will make exhaust manifolds for vehicles assembled at TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.'s Georgetown, Kentucky complex. This part currently is imported from Japan. SANGO CO., LTD. and ARVIN INDUSTRIES, INC., the...

MICHIGAN AUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSOR, INC.'s.(Brief Article)
November 1, 1999... By 2003, a fourth production line for compressors for automotive air-conditioning systems will be opera- tional at MICHIGAN AUTOMOTIVE COMPRESSOR, INC.'s factory in Parma, Michigan. TOYODA AUTOMATIC LOOM WORKS, LTD., the majority (60 percent)...