Vision/Mission
Vision: Providing value to our customers, to automotive culture and to society.
Mission: Offering the worlds’ best products, produced by the world’s leading operations.
Business Description
JATCO is aiming to be the No.1 automatic transmission manufacturer in the world.
As a manufacturer specializing in automatic transmissions for automobiles, JATCO features a wide range of products, from step automatic transmissions to environmentally friendly continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) and transmissions for hybrid vehicles.
In terms of CVTs, we are the only manufacturer in the world to provide CVTs from mini vehicles to large passenger cars, and we are proud of the No.1 market share in the global market.
Background
Aug. 1943 – Begins operation as Yoshiwara Plant of the aircraft division of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Jan. 1970 – Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd. established through the merger of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Mazda Motor Corporation (then Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.), and Ford Motor Company
Oct. 1989 – Japan Automatic Transmission Co., Ltd. changes name to JATCO Corporation
Jun. 1999 – AT/CVT division of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. splits off to become TransTechnology Ltd.
Oct. 1999 – TransTechnology Ltd. and JATCO Corporation merge to form JATCO TransTechnology Ltd–
Apr. 2002 – JATCO TransTechnology Ltd changes name to JATCO Ltd. AT/CVT division of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation splits off to become Diamondmatic Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2003 – JATCO Ltd. merges with Diamondmatic Co., Ltd.
Mar 2007 – Capital participation form Suzuki Motor Corporation
Shareholders: Nissan 75%, Mitsubishi 15%, Suzuki 10%
Production sites: Japan, Mexico, China, Thailand
Products/Services
Main products
CVT: Jatco CVT7, Jatco CVT7 W/R, Jatco CVT8, Jatco CVT8 Hybrid
AT: JF424E, JF613, JR711E, JR701E, JR721E (Hybrid)
Markets
Annual sales (FY2015): 752.1 billion yen
Production volume by region (FY2015): Japan 52%, Mexico 29%, China 14%, Thailand 5%
Industry
JATCO has the No.1 market share in the CVT global market and No.2 in global automatic transmission market.
Location
Headquarters: 700-1, Imaizumi, Fuji City, Shizuoka, Japan
JATCO is expanding its development and production facilities around the world in locations close to customers. There are as many as 13 facilities in eight countries outside Japan.
Competitive Advantages
JATCO has produced a number of pioneering world-first products, such as the 5-speed electric controls automatic transmission in 1989 and the steel belt CVT for 2L class in 1997. JATCO, as a specialized automatic transmission manufacturer, continuously tackles new challenges and pioneers for the future.
Among the various types of automatic transmissions, the CVT, which enables non-step, continuous changes in gear ratios through a system of belts and pulleys, has drawn particular attention. The CVT is an innovative transmission that is able to shift transmission by constantly using the efficient range of the engine and to achieve a balance between a powerful drive and smooth gearshift, while providing excellent fuel performance.
JATCO is the leading company with No.1 market share in the global market of CVTs for automobiles.
Company Goals & Objectives
JATCO is aiming to be the No.1 automatic transmission manufacturer in the world.
Management
Corporate Officers
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Teruaki Nakatsuka
Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Seiji Honda
Executive Vice President – Masaaki Nishizawa
Executive Vice President – Bill Krueger
Executive Vice President – Hitoshi Nagakura
Senior Vice President – Yoshiyuki Ito
Senior Vice President – Tomoyoshi Sato
Senior Vice President – Tetsuya Takahashi
Corporate Vice President – Teruo Ashikari
Corporate Vice President – Hirofumi Okahara
Corporate Vice President – Minoru Sawayama
Corporate Vice President – Koji Furukawa
Corporate Vice President – Takashi Sakagami
Corporate Vice President – Tomoaki Hirayama
Employees
14,000 (as of March 31, 2016)
Highlights
Mar. 2016 – JATCO’s global CVT production reached 30 million units. This is the first time in the world* that an individual manufacturer has achieved cumulative CVT production volume of 30 million units. (*According to JATCO research.)
Aug. 2016 – Jatco CVT7 attained 10 million units in global production in the seven years and one month since production commenced in July 2009.
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