Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205) on Oct. 12 invited members of the press to its plant in Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture, where the automaker manufactures heavy- and medium-duty trucks. By setting up 26 sub-assembly lines, Hino has enabled truck and tractor manufacturing to take place on a single production line. Hino has also introduced a range of...
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Hino to Upgrade to New US Plant, Bring in Cab Assembly From Japan
Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205) announced on Sept. 28 its plans to relocate U.S. operations to a new plant neighboring the automaker’s current site in the state of West Virginia. The company is investing a total of $100 million into the new plant, which is slated to be operational in 2019. Along with consolidating operations for...
Jtekt Develops Torsen LSD for Light-Duty Trucks in Asian Market
Jtekt Corp. (TYO:6473) recently announced that it will begin mass production of a torque-sensitive limited-slip differential (LSD) for light-duty trucks as part of the company’s Torsen series. The company has to date focused the production of its Torsen series for application in four-wheel drive vehicles and rear-wheel drive (FR) sports cars, making development for light-duty...
Hino to Offer Chinese Market New Trucks at 10% Cheaper Cost
Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205) has announced that it will release new trucks for the Chinese market in 2018–2019, developed with a focus on reducing costs. The company hopes that increased local procurement and other such measures will allow it to cut the prices of its trucks by approximately 10 percent. Hino began manufacturing heavy-duty trucks...
Sawafuji Electric to Ramp up Engine Starter Production in Thailand
Sawafuji Electric Co. Ltd. (TYO:6901) plans within the year to relocate its plant in Thailand to a new location in the country to boost production capacity for engine starters. Getting an increase in orders for the engine starters produced at its Nitta Plant in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, the company will relocate its Thai plant and...
Toyota Group Global Sales Hit 10.25M Units for 2016 – Most Ever
Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) announced on April 27 that group global sales for fiscal 2016 stood at 10.25 million units, increasing 1.6 percent year-on-year. Including figures for Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. and Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205), this marks the highest number of units sold in one year by Toyota Group to date. The group’s previous...
Hino Improves Truck Comfort, Operability With Full Upgrades to Profia and Ranger Models
Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205) on April 5 simultaneously released fully upgraded new models of the company’s Profia heavy-duty truck and its Ranger medium-duty truck. The safety performance of the new models has been significantly bolstered, and the trucks are equipped with an information communication technology (ICT) service feature. By realizing operability and comfort in driving...
For First Time in 10 Years, Japan Sees More Than 90,000 Medium and Heavy-Duty Truck Sales
Japan’s sales of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks grew 11.2 percent year-on-year for fiscal 2016 to reach 98,106 units, according to industry sources. It is the first time in 10 years that sales figures have topped the 90,000-unit mark. An industry member attributed this increase to strong sales of large cargo trucks throughout the year, as...
Hino Incorporates Modular Principles Into Truck Designs
Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205) will make full-scale improvements to its medium-and heavy-duty trucks this spring, incorporating a new design that will allow the company to roll out product variations in short periods of time. The new design adopts modular principles that will enable Hino to respond quickly to ever-expanding customer needs. Japanese heavy-duty truck manufacturers...
Hino on Track to Launch New Telematics Service This Autumn
Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205) will offer a new telematics service with new models slated to be launched this year. They will be equipped with a communication device that will check driving operation and vehicle conditions in real time. Collected data will be utilized for operation management, including that for fuel-efficient driving and vehicle maintenance. The...
Japanese Truck Companies to Improve Vehicles Ahead of New Emission Regulations
Truck manufacturer UD Trucks Corp. will fully upgrade the Quon, one of the company’s large trucks, in April of this year. The Ageo, Saitama-based company intends to make broad enhancements to the Quon’s product appeal by improving things such as vehicle safety and payload. The upgrade comes as a move to satisfy new gas emission regulations that...
Toyota Eyes New Global Sales Benchmark for 2017, Group Forecasts Its Second Highest on Record
Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) announced its global sales plans on Dec. 15 for 2017. Excluding group companies Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. (TYO:7262) and Hino Motors Ltd. (TYO:7205), Toyota – on a standalone basis – is looking to sell a record 9.26 million vehicles, up 1 percent compared to its forecast for 2016. The higher benchmark...
Toyota Group Forecasts Record Global Production in 2017
Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) announced sales and production plans on Dec. 15 for calendar year 2017. Global production plans of 10.366 million vehicles include production figures for Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. (TYO:7262) and Hino Motors Ltd. (7205). The plan is 1 percent above the forecast for 2016 and targeted to be a record that exceeds...
