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August 17, 2005 Announcement:JATCO will Supply Continuously Variable Transmissions to Chrysler Group JATCO Ltd (JATCO, Headquartered
in Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, President & CEO:Shigeo
Ishida, capitalization: 29.9353 billion yen), automatic and continuously
variable transmissions (AT/ CVT) manufacturer, is pleased to announce
that we will supply steel-belt CVTs (Continuously Variable Transmissions)
for some Chrysler Group medium-sized front-wheel-drive vehicles.
JATCO is internationally acknowledged as a premier AT/
CVT supplier. We have already produced more than 50 million ATs/
CVTs, and have been delivering them to Nissan and other car companies
in Japan and abroad. JATCO has been a trailblazer in the field
of CVTs. We began steel-belt CVT volume production for 2.0L class
front-wheel-drive vehicles in 1997, and were the first manufacturer
in the world producing 3.5L class CVTs for high-torque front-wheel-drive
vehicles in 2002. Moreover, we are the only supplier that offers
a Full Line of front-wheel-drive CVTs; covering small vehicles, medium
vehicles and large vehicles up to 3.5L. - end - |