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“AISIN Children’s Forest” Project Aimed at Interacting with Thai Children through Tree Planting Activities Held in Thailand
(May. 16, 2006)

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (President: Yasuhito Yamauchi; Headquarters: Kariya, Aichi) jointly held its “AISIN Children’s Forest” project aimed at interacting with Thai children through tree planting activities with its Thailand-based subsidiary SIAM AISIN CO., LTD. (President: Tsuneomi Sasaki) from May 3 through May 8, 2006. 19 employees from both companies participated as volunteers accompanied by nearly 1,000 people from local communities including children, school teachers and village residents, who took part in the event in cooperation with OISCA International (President: Dr. Yoshiko Y. Nakano). A total of 12,000 trees (approximately nine hectares) were planted and successfully deepened exchanges among all participants.

In the midst of the acceleration of the Company’s global production, this activity was established together with its overseas subsidiary as a project to realize AISIN’s Corporate Principle of “Harmony between Society and Nature.” The activity has been implemented since fiscal 2004 as a five-year plan in order to raise employees’ environmental consciousness as well as nurture environmental conservation awareness among local children, who carry the torch for the future.

This year marks the third year of this project, whereby barriers were built to protect tree shoots from animals in addition to conventional tree planting and exchange activities. The village mayor of Ban Kadhow in Lamphun Province, who participated in the tree planting activity, joyfully commented, “Thanks to the afforestation activity with children, it stopped people from littering and enhanced the morals of the village.”

Additionally, funds for seedlings in 500 yen increments (223 in total) were raised at both companies, with a total amount of 116,500 yen being collected and thereafter donated to OISCA International in Thailand.

In the future, such tree planting activities will also be implemented in other Asian regions besides Thailand.

1. Implementation period:	May 3, 2006-May 8, 2006 (six days)
2. Regional Areas:	Chiang Mai Province (one location)/Lamphun Province (two locations)
3. Participants:	A total of 19 employees comprised of nine employees from Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and 10 from SIAM AISIN CO., LTD. and approximately 1,000 local people, including elementary and junior high schools students and village residents
4. Activities:	Tree planting and building barriers for environmental conservation and management *Symbolic of the approximately 12,000 employees (as of 2004) of Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and SIAM AISIN CO., LTD., the promotion of afforestation activities in Thailand targets approximately 12,000 trees annually. Over the course of five years, plans call for planting 60,000 trees encompassing approximately 45 hectares.