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Opening of ‘SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam’Sanden to Enhance Development Capability and Resources
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July 10, 2019

Opening ceremony of SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam
Sanden Automotive Components Corporation (Representative Director and President: Tsuguo Ito; head
office: Chiyada-ku, Tokyo, Japan) (SDAC) established ‘SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam’, a development
assistance company in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, and held the opening ceremony on July 3rd inviting local
university and government officials.
SDAC, as a manufacturer of the compressors for automotive air conditioning, is offering high-quality
products, systems, and services to various customers around the world. In order to enhance development
capability and resources development including handing down of skills for technical development, SDAC
opened SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam. This technical center is mainly responsible for implementing
infrastructural development tasks, such as drafting with CAD and preparation of machining program with
CAM. SDAC also intends to accelerate reinforcement of development structure through global vertical
specialization so that it will be able to devote its resources to advanced development of electric driven
compressors for electric vehicles and reinforce its development structure.
SDAC will contribute to further development of Vietnam by promoting people-to-people exchange as well as
giving technical guidance through collaboration with the local university.
Outline of SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam -
Company name : SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam
Location : Vincom Center, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Company form : Single-member limited liability company
based on the enterprise act of Vietnam
Capital : 15 million yen
Stakeholder : SDAC (100%)
Board of Directors : Hidehiko Shimizu (President)
Hideyuki Maruyama (Company Auditor)
Number of employees : 15 in the initial year
◆ Comment by Mr. Tsuguo Ito, President of SDAC
We have added a new technical development hub in Vietnam. SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam is
established as one of the forms of our response to drastically changing automotive industry and pursuit of
companywide reforms. By promoting global vertical specialization from this new technical center, we will
reform our development process, develop engineering resources, and enhance our development capability
toward business growth.
◆ Comment by Mr. Khan, Associate Dean of Vietnam National University
The establishment of SANDEN Technical Center of Vietnam is really significant. I have been waiting for
this day since I heard the idea of global vertical specialization from Sanden. Vietnam is a treasure-house
of resources, and Vietnam National University has a large enrollment of excellent students. I believe
Sanden will be able to enhance its development capability by fully utilizing these advantages of Vietnam.
I’m looking forward to ‘collaborative creation’ with Sanden in future years.

After ribbon-cutting, the attendees drew an eye of a ‘daruma’ doll.