Full-scale Operations Commence at Aisin Seiki’s Kinuura Plant (June 6, 2006)

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (President: Yasuhito Yamauchi; Headquarters: Kariya, Aichi) has nearly completed relocation of its Nishio Body Components Plant (Nishio, Aichi Prefecture), which manufactures door handles, sunroofs, spoilers and other body components, to Hekinan City, Aichi Prefecture, and commenced full-scale operation at the Kinuura Plant.

Along with relocating general business operations on May 8, AISIN has been consecutively relocating production facilities from April and completed the relocation of all door handle and sunroof production facilities at the end of May. In line with the move, Aisin has comprehensively promoted space savings, automation and other measures aimed at boosting production efficiency, whereby all coating lines were switched over to a space-saving “small-scale automated coating line” that also meets the demand for high quality and greater color variety of door handles. At the same time, coating room specifications were reexamined from the perspectives of dust control, electrostatic and preventing dust accumulation.

Additionally, environmental measures have been taken to address nearly 100% of requirements with regard to the plant’s overall air conditioning facilities by installing AISIN’s gas engine driven heat-pump (GHP) air-conditioner system in addition to installation of a state-of-the-art domestic wastewater treatment facility. The spoiler production facility is scheduled to be relocated hereafter, with the transfer of production operations to be completed by the end of December.

Overview of Kinuura Plant

1.	Plant name:	Aisin Seiki Kinuura Plant
2.	Location:	2-8-12, Konan Machi, Hekinan City, Aichi Prefecture
3.	Plant site:	Land area: approximately 39,000 m2 Building area: 4-story steel frame building encompassing approximately 16,000 m2 and total floor space of approximately 38,000 m2.
4.	Manufactured products:	Body components (door handles, sunroofs, spoilers, etc.)
5.	Start of production:	May 2006
6.	Sales volume:	Approximately ¥75.0 billion (forecast for fiscal 2006)
7.	Number of employees:	Approximately 600 (forecast for fiscal 2006)
8.	Capital investment:	Approximately ¥10.0 billion, including for building, facilities and moving expenses
9.	Features:	Small-scale automated coating line
			Secures highest level of quality and productivity in the world through the development of small-scale automated coating technology that meets the demand for high quality and greater color variety of door handles.
			l	Multi-layer coating for more than 200 colors
			l	Facilities downsizing (half the space of previous plant)
			l	Reduction of environment-impacting substances by raising coating adhesion efficiency
		Plant air conditioning using AISIN's GHP system
			Addresses nearly 100% of the plant’s overall air-conditioning requirements using AISIN’s GHP system for the first time in the company, thereby contributing to the reduction of CO2 emissions.
		State-of-the-art domestic wastewater treatment facility (wastewater treatment volume: 63 tons per day)
			Wastewater is highly treated with activated carbon absorption and other processes and uses 100% reused water for toilet flushing.
		Rooftop garden (approximately 2,000 m2)
			Low-growing plants such as grass are to be cultivated on the rooftop to diminish the urban heat-island effect and reduce the air-conditioning load. (*Scheduled to be set up by the end of September)
		Kinuura Plant