- Japanese automotive supplier Denso acquires manufacturing license from British green hydrogen technology company Ceres - DENSO Corporation has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Ceres Power Holdings, a UK based developer of solid oxide cell stack technology. DENSO aims to advance the early practical application of Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells that produce hydrogen through water electrolysis. Denso has traditionally been a supplier to Toyota, a strong advocate of hydrogen fuel....
- Mitsui establishes electromagnetic steel sheet processing company for EVs and power plants in Poland - Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co has announced that it will establish an electromagnetic steel sheet processing company, Polskamit Steel in Skarwimiez in southern Poland. Polskamit will process, stock, and inspect electromagnetic steel sheets used in motor cores for electric vehicles such as hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), as well as...
- Pernille Rudlin speaking on navigating workplace harassment and purpose at 24th September event in London - Pernille Rudlin will be speaking (in Japanese) on “Navigating Workplace Harassment and Purpose” on 24th September 2024 16:00 in London as part of a free HR seminar with Centre People and Lewis Silkin. You can use the QR code or email address as below to register. Last updated by Pernille Rudlin at 2024-09-02.
- Japanese shipping company NYK to invest in British-Irish sea urchin farming and biodiversity venture - Japanese shipping company NYK is investing in Urchinomics, a British-Irish venture which will feed up starving sea urchins so they can be sold for food – and also support biodiversity. Kelp forests on the seabed are being eaten up by an overabundance of sea urchins. Kelp forests are “blue” carbon as they absorb and store...
- Japanese car companies consolidate into two camps – in the UK too - Recent reports that Mitsubishi Motors is to join the Honda-Nissan alliance show that Japanese car companies are forming two camps – Toyota and Not-Toyota. According to the Nikkei, Mitsubishi Motors, which is 34% owned by Nissan, will work with Honda and Nissan to finalise the details of their partnership on electric vehicle development, including standardising...
- Poland revisited - It’s been just over three years since I last wrote in this column about Poland. Then, the EU was about to freeze funding to Poland because of their violation of the rule of law. I warned in my article that although Poland was clearly very attractive to Japanese companies, with stable economic growth over three...
- Sega Sammy to acquire Dutch online gaming company Stakelogic - Japanese gaming company Sega Sammy will acquire Stakelogic B.V. for a rumoured $141m. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Stakelogic has over 550 employees in 7 offices covering over 20 markets worldwide. Stakelogic has expertise in developing iGaming content and has Game Certifications across 17 territories, developing slot games, live table games and hybrid games which allow...
- Hitachi to sell stake in US air conditioning company Johnson Controls to Bosch - Hitachi has announced a further divestment of its non core businesses with the sale of its 40% stake in the joint venture it has with US company Johnson Controls to Bosch. Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning has multiple operations in the EMEA region, including in Spain, UK, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia,...
- Yazaki acquires German JuHa Group - Japanese automotive parts supplier Yazaki has acquired the German mould maker Junker Halverscheid group via its Yazaki EMEA N.V. subsidiary. The family-owned company JuHa, is a manufacturer of tools and moulds for plastics processing as well as a producer of plastic parts for the automotive industry. It has around 200 employees in Lüdenscheid and has...
- Sekisui House UK to go into liquidation - Sekisui House UK, which was established in 2018, is to go into liquidation. The company had invested in Urban Splash House Holdings and also made a loan to one of the companies in the group, Port Loop. Seven of the companies in the Urban Splash group went into liquidation in 2022 including Urban Splash House...
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