Gosei

Toyoda Gosei’s High-Pressure Hydrogen Tank to be Used on Passenger Ship

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Automotive Manufacturing, Automotive, Technology, Manufacturing, Maritime, Batteries, Transport, Alternative Vehicles, Fuels, Alternative Energy, Energy, Hardware, Gosei, Motorcycle, Toyota, Multimedia, Car, Hydrogen, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Oil

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282)’s high-pressure hydrogen tanks are being used on a passenger ship* powered by hydrogen and other environmentally-friendly energy.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282)’s high-pressure hydrogen tanks are being used on a passenger ship* powered by hydrogen and other environmentally-friendly energy.
  • These large hydrogen tanks employ the hydrogen storage technology developed by Toyoda Gosei and Toyota Motor Corporation for the MIRAI fuel cell vehicle, which previously have used mainly on trucks and other commercial vehicles.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240401821382/en/
    Large high-pressure hydrogen tank (Photo: Business Wire)
    The use of hydrogen is promising for all forms of mobility, from automobiles to motorcycles, vessels, and railways.
  • * The HANARIA passenger vessel is equipped with both hydrogen fuel cells and biodiesel fueled generators.

Toyoda Gosei Invests in Yuurea, Inc., a Startup Developing Urine Test Kits for Easy Checks of Physical Condition

Retrieved on: 
Monday, March 25, 2024
Men, Health, Finance, Biometrics, Consumer, Small Business, Professional Services, Telemedicine, Virtual Medicine, Medical Devices, Start-Up, General Health, Health Technology, Women, Seniors, Multimedia, Molina Healthcare, Longevity, Investment, Gosei

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240324521742/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240324521742/en/
    Test kit developed by Yuurea, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)
    Yuurea aims to spread services that will lead to improved health habits by combining urine test kits with a smartphone app.
  • Yuurea’s app is used to photograph urine test strips and instantly analyze nutritional status and more with the company’s original image processing technology.
  • Toyoda Gosei is committed to collaborating with other companies and developing products in the field of preventive medicine as a way to help society deal with the challenges brought on by increased longevity.
  • * Investment made in March 2024, through Toyoda Gosei’s Corporate Venture Capital Dept., an internal organization dedicated to these investments.

Toyoda Gosei Rated at Top Level in CDP Supplier Engagement Rating for Fifth Consecutive Year

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Hardware, Chemicals, Plastics, Retail, Automotive Manufacturing, Climate Change, Manufacturing, Sustainability, Technology, Tires & Rubber, Supply Chain Management, Environment, Environmental Issues, Transport, Automotive, Logistics, NPO, Electricity, CDP, Climate change, Table tennis rubber, Carbon accounting, Gosei, City, CO2, Plastic, Leaderboard, Multimedia, Renewable energy

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has been named to the CDP1 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for the fifth consecutive year.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has been named to the CDP1 Supplier Engagement Leaderboard for the fifth consecutive year.
  • CDP is an international not-for-profit environmental organization that conducts an annual Supplier Engagement Rating on climate issues, with the top-rated companies named to the Leaderboard.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240312551616/en/
    CDP Supplier Engagement Leader 2023 (Graphic: Business Wire)
    This CDP rating assesses how effectively companies collaborate with each of their suppliers in efforts to reduce climate change risks.
  • Toyoda Gosei is working closely with suppliers to fight climate change by reducing Scope 3 CO2 emissions.

Toyoda Gosei Invests in Craif, Inc., a Startup Developing Urine Test Kits for Higher Possibility of the Early Detection of Cancer

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Professional Services, Oncology, Start-Up, General Automotive, Aftermarket, Medical Devices, Automotive, Biotechnology, Automotive Manufacturing, Medical Supplies, Manufacturing, Health, Nagoya University, Multimedia, AI, Molina Healthcare, Investment, MicroRNA, Gosei, Urine, Longevity, Cancer

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282), in its efforts to pioneer new businesses to resolve societal healthcare issues, has invested1 in Craif, Inc., a startup out of Nagoya University that develops urine test kits that enhance the possibility of the early detection of cancer.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282), in its efforts to pioneer new businesses to resolve societal healthcare issues, has invested1 in Craif, Inc., a startup out of Nagoya University that develops urine test kits that enhance the possibility of the early detection of cancer.
  • These kits comprehensively and efficiently capture and measure small microRNA molecules called miRNA2 in urine, which are generally difficult to detect.
  • 1 Investment made in February 2024, through Toyoda Gosei’s Corporate Venture Capital Dept., an internal organization dedicated to these investments.
  • 2 The amount and type of miRNA contained in urine differs depending on the type of cancer and its progression.

Toyoda Gosei Increases Interior and Exterior Automotive Parts Production Capacity in USA

Retrieved on: 
Friday, January 26, 2024
Alternative Vehicles, Fuels, Technology, EV, Electric Vehicles, Aftermarket, Automotive, General Automotive, Chemicals, Plastics, Automotive Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Hardware, Business plan, Multimedia, Outline, Car, Gosei, Internet of things, USD

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) will invest $59.9M (USD) to increase production capacity at two of its American subsidiaries, TG Missouri Corporation (TGMO) and TG Kentucky, LLC (TGKY), to keep up with growing sales of interior and exterior automotive parts in the key North American market.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) will invest $59.9M (USD) to increase production capacity at two of its American subsidiaries, TG Missouri Corporation (TGMO) and TG Kentucky, LLC (TGKY), to keep up with growing sales of interior and exterior automotive parts in the key North American market.
  • It is also incorporating the latest production technology, such as product assembly and transport automation and IoT systems that centrally manage production processes, and optimizing production layouts.
  • North America is a key market in Toyoda Gosei’s medium- to long-term business strategy (2030 Business Plan).
  • Going forward, the company will expand its development and production network to flexibly and rapidly meet customer needs in this essential market.

Toyoda Gosei Enhances Its Technical Development Capacity in India

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Automotive Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Aftermarket, General Automotive, Automotive, Car, Accident, Engineering, Multimedia, Gosei

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has relocated and enlarged its existing engineering and sales office to the new Toyoda Gosei Technical Center India, a branch office of Toyoda Gosei Minda India, in Manesar, Haryana.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has relocated and enlarged its existing engineering and sales office to the new Toyoda Gosei Technical Center India, a branch office of Toyoda Gosei Minda India, in Manesar, Haryana.
  • With this enhancement of technical development capacity, Toyoda Gosei will better meet growing demands for safety systems and increase its business in the rapidly growing Indian automotive market.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240108581545/en/
    Toyoda Gosei Technical Center India (Photo: Business Wire)
    Toyoda Gosei is optimizing its development and production network in India as a key market, where automobile production continues to rise.
  • By enhancing its technical development capacity, Toyoda Gosei will be able to respond more quickly to the product development needs of automakers in India.

Toyoda Gosei Pedestrian Protection Product Used by Chinese Automaker

Retrieved on: 
Monday, December 25, 2023
Other Manufacturing, Technology, Aftermarket, Automotive, Security, Chemicals, Plastics, Automotive Manufacturing, Other Automotive, Manufacturing, Hardware, CAE, Multimedia, Gosei, Instrumentation

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. ’s pop-up hood actuator, one of its safety system products, has been adopted for use on the EH7 from Chinese luxury automaker Hongqi.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. ’s pop-up hood actuator, one of its safety system products, has been adopted for use on the EH7 from Chinese luxury automaker Hongqi.
  • Needs for such products are growing in China with the introduction of stricter pedestrian protection regulations.
  • The company has also established CAE technology related to hood lifting to better respond to Chinese automaker’s development needs.
  • * Toyoda Gosei has supplied pop-up hood actuators to Japanese automakers in China since pedestrian collision safety assessments were introduced in 2018.

Toyoda Gosei Invests in ThinkCyte, a Startup Developing Devices for the Early Detection of Leukemia and Other Diseases

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Technology, Other Professional Services, Chemicals, Plastics, Health, Manufacturing, Finance, Pharmaceutical, Professional Services, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Devices, Software, Hardware, Other Manufacturing, Data Management, Investment, Molina Healthcare, Life expectancy, Gosei, Leukemia, Multimedia, Cell, Drug discovery, Pharmaceutical industry

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231127932516/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231127932516/en/
    Cell sorter developed by ThinkCyte (Graphic: Business Wire)
    ThinkCyte is a startup developing and commercializing cell analysis and sorting technology platform using AI-based cell image analysis.
  • The company’s technology to analyze individual cells and sort them will enable faster and more accurate diagnoses than conventional methods.
  • Toyoda Gosei has been focusing efforts on product development and collaboration with companies in the field of preventive medicine, to help increase life expectancy.
  • * Investment made in October 2023, through Toyoda Gosei’s Corporate Venture Capital Dept., an internal organization dedicated to these investments.

Toyoda Gosei Invests in Pyrenee Inc., a Start-up Developing Safe Driving Assist Devices

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Technology, Aftermarket, Automotive, Automotive Manufacturing, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Audio, Video, Start-Up, Hardware, Artificial Intelligence, Accident, Human, Multimedia, Movement, Gosei, Car, Investment, Risk, AI, Value, Pedestrian, Safety, Mobile phone

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has invested1 in Pyrenee Inc, which is developing safe driving assistance devices to achieve safer mobility in society.

Key Points: 
  • Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:7282) has invested1 in Pyrenee Inc, which is developing safe driving assistance devices to achieve safer mobility in society.
  • Further, the collaboration of the two companies has a future vision toward integration of Pyrenee’s driving assist technology into Toyoda Gosei’s safety systems and interior products.
  • Investment made in September 2023, through Toyoda Gosei’s Corporate Venture Capital Dept., an internal organization dedicated to these investments.
  • Plans for release as a product that improves the safety of trucks and other large commercial vehicles that tend to be involved in serious accidents.

Toyoda Gosei Develops Horizontal GaN Power Device of World-Class High-Voltage, High-Speed Operation

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Other Manufacturing, Technology, Semiconductor, Other Energy, Other Technology, Manufacturing, Alternative Energy, Energy, Hardware, Gosei, Multimedia, Car, Gallium nitride, Carbon, Renewable energy, Electric motor

have jointly developed1 a high-performance horizontal GaN power device that will lead to improved performance in the power converters used in solar power generation and other equipment.

Key Points: 
  • have jointly developed1 a high-performance horizontal GaN power device that will lead to improved performance in the power converters used in solar power generation and other equipment.
  • Among these devices, GaN power devices feature high-speed operation, but higher breakdown voltage for higher power operation has been an issue in wider application.
  • World-class power of 800V and On/Off operation of one millionth of a second was confirmed2 using a module equipped with an originally designed GaN power device3 under development by Toyoda Gosei and Powdec.
  • This demonstration of a power device that offers both high-voltage and high-speed operation is promising for reduced power loss in solar power generation and other benefits.