Photo Highlight 2012

Automotive professionals gathered from all over the globe!
The cutting-edge of automotive electronics/EVs and HEVs/weight-saving were showcased.

• Dates: January 18 [Wed] - 20 [Fri], 2012
• Open Hours: 10:00 - 18:00 (10:00 - 17:00 on Jan. 20)
• Venue: Tokyo Big Sight
• Concurrent Shows: NEPCON JAPAN 2012 / LIGHTING JAPAN 2012

In the Ribbon-cutting Ceremony, 39 top executives from automotive manufactures, component/device manufactures and semiconductor manufactures celebrated the opening of AUTOMOTIVE WORLD 2012.

List of Opening Ribbon-cutting Dignitaries
Moritaka Yoshida Managing Officer, TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.	Toshihiro Mibe Operating Officer, HONDA R&D CO., LTD.	Hirotaka Kanazawa Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, MAZDA MOTOR CORP.	Ryugo Nakao Member of the Board, Head Officer, MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORP.
Bernhard Blaettel Director, BMW AG	Nancy Gioia Director, Global Electrification, FORD MOTOR COMPANY	JIANGANG GU President of Electronics and Electrical Engineering R&D Center, GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LTD.	Sumito Ishii Managing Director, GENERAL MOTORS JAPAN LTD.
Rudolf Krebs Executive Vice President, VOLKSWAGEN AG	Michikatsu Sato Executive Senior Managing Director, AISAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.	Tsuyoshi Yoshida Managing Officer, AISIN SEIKI CO., LTD.	Masahiro Inden Managing Officer, ADVICS CO., LTD.
Takashi (Thomas) Kimoto Director, ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.	Akira Fujisaki Senior Vice President, CALSONIC KANSEI CORP.	Hiroyasu Kan Executive Corporate Officer, CLARION CO., LTD.	Hiroshi Seikai Director, Member of the Board, KEIHIN CORP.
Yoshihito Ito Board of Management, CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION	Yutaka Mori Managing Officer, JTEKT CORPORATION	Yo Usuba Executive Vice President, JATCO LTD.	Hiroyuki Ina Executive Director, DENSO CORP.
Masakazu Goto Corporate Officer, TOKAI RIKA CO., LTD.	Kan Otsuka Managing Officer, TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION	Akira Sasahara Representative Director, DELPHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS JAPAN, LTD.	Yasushi Fukunaga Director & CTO, HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Kiyoshi Yagi Managing Officer, FUJITSU TEN LIMITED	Hidekazu Oshizawa Senior Managing Director, BOSCH CORP.	Shigehiro Kimura Managing Director, HONDA ELESYS CO., LTD.	Noboru Osada Executive Officer, YAZAKI CORPORATION
Yoshiharu Katsuta Vice President, HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.	Masahito Mitsumori Senior Managing Director, BLUE ENERGY CO., LTD.	Masanori Kitamura Director, LITHIUM ENERGY JAPAN	Atsushi Kubota Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
Masahiro Hibino Senior General Manager, NIDEC CORPORATION	Michihiko Zenke Associate Director, YASKAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION	Yasuaki Mori President, INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES JAPAN K.K.	David M. Uze President, FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR JAPAN LTD.
Yasu Mochizuki Representative Director, LINEAR TECHNOLOGY K.K.	Yoichi Yano Executive Vice President, RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP.	Organiser Katsuhiko Hamaguchi Managing Director REED EXHIBITIONS JAPAN

The exhibition halls were packed with visitors keen for looking into innovations.

New products/technologies were announced and demonstrations were held in exhibitors’ booths. There were many business meetings conducted among exhibitors and visitors.

"NEPCON JAPAN" and "LIGHTING JAPAN" were held concurrently with AUTOMOTIVE WORLD, also showcasing products/technologies for automotive professionals.

> > > Click here for NEPCON JAPAN Photo Highlight 2012!　　 > > > Click here for LIGHTING JAPAN Photo Highlight 2012!

"Keynote session", where key persons from TOYOTA, Volkswagen, and Ford spoke, collected 2,000 professionals. They eagerly learned the market prospects and technology trends.

“VIP Reception Party” welcomed industry top executives. New business networks were build and old ties were reforged among them.