April 18, 2013
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and its steel pipe pile joint corporation in Vietnam announced April 18 that they have received orders for large volumes of steel pipe piles with inner ribs for the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project that is currently under construction in Darwin, Australia.
April 18, 2013
Yokogawa Electric Corp. said April 18 its subsidiary Yokogawa Electric Korea Co. has won an order to supply control systems for the No. 1 unit of the Yeosu Thermal Power Plant in the city of Yeosu in South Korea.
April 18, 2013
Marubeni Corp. said April 18 it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Rosneft, Russia's largest national oil company, for a liquefied natural gas project in the Russian Far East.
April 18, 2013
Murata Manufacturing Co. announced April 18 that it has developed a film-type high-frequency chip inductor with the world's largest inductance value of 39 nanohenries.
April 17, 2013
Hitachi Systems Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., and Malaysian IT solutions provider Sunway Technology Sdn Bhd announced on April 17 that their joint venture, Hitachi Sunway Information Systems Sdn. Bhd., has started operations in Malaysia to bring next-generation global IT services and solutions to Southeast Asian markets.
April 17, 2013
Fujitsu Ltd. and Fujitsu Quality Laboratory Ltd. on April 17 announced the launch of a new service in Japan for electrical and electronics manufacturers that provides regulatory information on chemical substances contained in products.
April 17, 2013
Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Beihang University and CenNavi Technologies Co. have agreed to begin a joint project to help alleviate traffic congestion in Beijing, Toyota said April 16.
April 17, 2013
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. and its Polish subsidiary have signed an agreement with the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA) to provide information and assistance to Japanese companies interested in investing in Latvia, BTMU said April 16.
April 16, 2013
Sony Corp. and Olympus Corp. jointly established a medical business venture, the two companies said on April 16.
April 16, 2013
Hitachi Ltd. said April 16 it has decided to build up a global research-and-development system closely linked to its markets in order to spur business expansion.
April 16, 2013
Seiko Epson Corp. announced April 16 that it has begun shipping samples of the smallest 32.768-kHz crystal oscillator available in its class.
April 16, 2013
Brother Industries Ltd., a manufacturer of laser printers and fax machines, said April 15 it has entered into an agreement with Eastman Kodak Co. to acquire certain assets of Kodak's document imaging business.
April 15, 2013
Internet Initiative Japan Inc. announced April 15 the release of a cloud-based content delivery service that will help clients cut costs.
April 15, 2013
NEC Personal Computers Ltd. said April 15 it started offering a cloud-based automatic backup service for 525 yen ($5.40) a month that can save up to 50 gigabytes of data for individual Internet users.
April 15, 2013
Automotive equipment maker Stanley Electric Co. said it has established a sales unit in Mexico to better meet the needs of Japanese automakers expanding their production in the country.
April 15, 2013
Inpex Corp. announced April 15 that it has signed a production-sharing contract with Eni JPDA 11-106 BV and Timor Gap EP, the Timor-Leste national oil company, for the joint development of a petroleum production area.
April 12, 2013
Fuji Xerox Co. said on April 12 that it has developed technology that can recognize characters by creating software that mimics the mechanism of human visual information processing, which has become better understood due to progress in the field of neuroscience.
April 12, 2013
Peach Aviation Ltd. has become the first low-cost carrier to connect Osaka with Sendai, the budget airline said on April 12.
April 12, 2013
Nisshin Steel Co. announced April 12 that it has jointly founded an electrolytic copper-plating company with Shinsho Corp. in China. With this venture, Nisshin Steel expects to serve Japanese automakers operating there and to meet increasing needs for copper-plated products from various other industries.
April 12, 2013
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (JAPEX) has succeeded in producing crude oil at its oil field in Hokkaido, the company said on April 11.