AW Established AT Technical Support Center in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China

Dec. 13, 2012

News Release

Aisin AW Co., Ltd.

AW established AT technical support center, AW Suzhou Technical Center Co., Ltd. in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, to strengthen the customer services in technology for China, which is expected to continue to expand its market in the future. Taken together with the business management company* that AW established in Shanghai, China, in September 2012, the establishment of the new center signals that AW has put in place a customer service system in China from dual standpoints of sales and technology. An overview of the new company is provided below.

※The business management company:AW China Co.,Ltd.(established in September 2012)

An overview of the new company follows:

<New company profile >
1.Company Name:

AW SUZHOU TECHNICAL CENTER CO., LTD.

2.Address:

No. 492 Suhong Mid Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China

3.Capitalization:

US$13 million

4.Investment ratio:

AISIN AW CO., LTD.: 70%
AW CHINA CO., LTD.: 30%

5.Representative:
tive Vice President at AW) Toshiaki Takeya, PresidentKozo Yamaguchi, Chairman
(Executive Vice President at AW)
Toshiaki Takeya, President
(Assistant General Manager at AW)
6.Businesses:

(1)Outsourcing of AT design, evaluation, and associated development operations

(2)Technical support related to the above and the investigation and collection of technical information

7.Employees:

About 60 (November 2013; tentative)