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DENSO is a global manufacturer of automotive components offering advanced automotive technologies, systems and products. We will fulfill our corporate social responsibility by providing the world's first products and technologies.

Company Name DENSO CORPORATION
Established Dec. 16, 1949
Head Office 1-1, Showa-cho, Kariya, Aichi 448-8661, Japan

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Capital ¥187.5 billion
Revenue ¥6,401.3 billion (US$47.9 billion) on a consolidated basis
*From April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
Operating Profit ¥426.1 billion (US$3.2 billion) on a consolidated basis
*From April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
Profit ( Attributable to owners of the parent company )
¥314.6 billion (US$2.4 billion) on a consolidated basis
*From April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023
Employees 164,572 on a consolidated basis
Consolidated Subsidiaries
190 (Japan 59, North America 20, Europe 27, Asia 77, Others 7)
Affiliates under the Equity Method 83 (Japan 22, North America 11, Europe 18, Asia 28, Others 4)

Figures are based on IFRS. Data is accurate as of March 31, 2023 unless otherwise stated.
U.S. dollar amounts have been translated, for convenience only, at the rate of 133.53 yen = US$1, the approximate exchange rate prevailing on March 31, 2023. Billion is used in the American sense of one thousand million.

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Revenue by region

  • Japan ( Including DENSO CORPORATION )

    Companies :60
    Employees:79,304
    Revenue:3,705.8 Billion Yen

  • North America

    Companies :20
    Employees:22,722
    Revenue:1,504.1 Billion Yen

  • Europe

    Companies :27
    Employees:14,142
    Revenue:685.6 Billion Yen

  • Asia

    Companies :77
    Employees:45,568
    Revenue:1,931.7 Billion Yen

  • Others

    Companies :7
    Employees:2,836
    Revenue:101.2 Billion Yen

Note:
Data is as of March 31, 2023.
The figures for revenue include adjustments between segments.

Business Fields

Automotive Businesses Electrification Systems
  • Development and manufacture of HEV and BEV drive systems, power supply and related products, and power supply and starting system parts such as alternators and starters

  • Development and manufacture of electric power steering motors, control brake motors, and electric control units (ECUs)

  • Development and manufacture of various kinds of small motor system products, such as windshield wiper systems, power window motors, engine control motors, and blower fans

Powertrain Systems
  • Development and manufacture of gasoline and diesel engine management systems, which cover everything from combustion to intake and exhaust

  • Development and manufacture of engine-related products, such as VCT* systems, exhaust gas sensors, and spark plugs

  • Planning and development of products and systems for efficient power generation by fuel cells based on electric drive and thermal management technologies, which have been refined through experience with hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell management


* VCT: Variable Cam Timing

Thermal Systems
  • Development and manufacture of thermal management systems and air conditioner systems, which create a comfortable space in cars and buses

  • Development and manufacture of products for cooling, such as radiators and condensers

Mobility Electronics
  • Development and provision of electronic systems, services, and platforms that support all aspects of mobility

  • Development and manufacture of cockpit products such as human–machine interface (HMI) control units, meters, head-up displays (HUDs), and center information displays

  • Development and manufacture of connected driving products and services, including telematics control units (TCUs), electronic toll collection (ETC) on-board devices, and road-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communication devices

  • Development and manufacture of automated driving (AD) and advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)-related products, such as vision sensors, millimeter-wave radar sensors, sonar sensors, AD electronic control units (ECUs), sensors and ECUs for airbags, and driver status monitors (DSMs)

  • Development and manufacture of electronic products, including powertrain ECUs and body ECUs

  • Planning and development of retrofitted products such as acceleration control devices for when drivers accidently step on the gas pedal

Advanced Devices
  • Develop and manufacture products for drive systems, such as oil pressure control valves, evaporator products like ELCMs*1 and energy management products like MCVs*2

  • Develop and manufacture microelectronic devices, such as in-vehicle power semiconductors and integrated circuits (ICs)

  • Develop and manufacture in-vehicle/non-automotive sensing systems


*1. ELCM: Evaporative Leak Check Module
*2. MCV: Multi-flow Control Valve

Non-automotive Businesses Industrial Solutions
  • Development and manufacture of industrial equipment best exemplified by our automated equipment, modules, and industrial-use robots

  • Development and manufacture of equipment for use by society, including handy terminals and QR and RFID* payment and recognition solutions, and provision of services (building access management systems, automated checkout systems for company cafeterias, facial recognition systems, etc.)


*RFID: RFID is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to simultaneously scan multiple sales tags without contact

Food Value Chain
  • Manufacture and sale of turnkey solutions* for horticultural facilities (consulting and cloud services related to greenhouse materials, devices, and cultivation) as well as the provision of after-sales services

  • Manufacture and sale of in-vehicle refrigeration units and compact mobile refrigeration units as well as the provision of after-sales services


*A lineup of products and services combined in an optimized way to enable all people involved in agriculture to produce crops in a stable manner