| 1930 |
Began domestic production of electrical components for automobiles. |
| 1936 |
Sample electrical components delivered to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation |
| 1938 |
Obtained stocks of Tokyo Gas Electric Engineering Co.,Ltd., and Tokico became the affiliated company. |
| 1964 |
Automotive Device Business Division established. |
| 1968 |
New plant (Sawa Plant) founded |
| 1985 |
Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. automotive parts plant established in Kentucky, USA. |
| 1986 |
Hitachi Farmington Hills Technical Center established in Michigan, USA |
| 1991 |
Dedicated vehicle-mounted information systems manufacturer Xanavi Informatics Corporation established as a joint venture with Nissan Motor Co. |
| 1994 |
Siam Hitachi Automotive Parts established in Thailand through a joint venture with Siam Auto Parts. |
| 1995 |
Established Changsha Hitachi Automotive Products, Ltd. (automotive products manufacturing company) in Changsha, Hunan, China. |
| 1997 |
Automotive parts production company Hitachi Automotive Products Europe established in Bolton, UK. |
| 1999 |
Capitalized 16.7% stock of Unisia Jecs Corporation to solidify cooperation and collaborative development of ITS drive control technology.
The Automotive System Division was renamed the Automotive System Group. |
| 2000 |
HCX established as joint venture with Clarion Co., Ltd. and Xanavi Informatics Corporation. |
| Made an additional investment in Xanavi Informatics Corporation, turning it into a subsidiary. |
| 2002 |
Hitachi Automotive Products Suzhou Ltd. established in Suzhou, China.
Through additional investment in Unisia Jecs Co. turns it into subsidiary. |
| 2003 |
Name changed to Automotive Systems Group
Hitachi Automotive Systems Europe GmbH established in Sachsen, Germany to handle mechatronics products.
Hitachi Automotive Systems GmbH establishes Sachsen plant in Sachsen, Germany.
Hitachi Automotive Products Shanghai Ltd. established in Shanghai, China. |
| 2004 |
New company Hitachi Vehicle Energy Ltd. founded to market, develop, and manufacture lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars and other applications, as a joint venture with Shin-Kobe Electric Machinery Co., Ltd. and Hitachi Maxell Ltd.
Hitachi Automotive Products, Europe Ltd., was renamed Hitachi Automotive Systems Europe, Ltd.
Joint venture between Hitachi Ltd., Hitachi Unisia Ltd., and Tokico Ltd.
Acquired 14.52% stock of Clarion Co., Ltd., resulting in Hitachi being its largest stockholder.
Commenced the operation of Guangzhou Hitachi Unisia Automotive Parts, Co., Ltd, in China.
Established Unisia Steering Systems, Inc., in Georgia, U.S.A. |
| 2005 |
Concluded a comprehensive business ties agreement regarding CIS business with Clarion Co., Ltd.
Established CIS Division as a business department of in-vehicle information terminal.
Completed the construction of Hokkaido Tokachi test courses. |
| 2006 |
Acquired 63.3% stock of Clarion Co., Ltd. through a takeover bid, making it a consolidated subsidiary.
Transferred the stock of Xanavi Informatics Corporation to Clarion Co., Ltd., resulting in being a wholly owned subsidiary of Clarion.
Unisia North America, Inc. was merged with Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. |
| 2007 |
HCX Corporation was merged with Clarion Group as an effort to restructure and strengthen subsidiaries toward reinforcement the business of In-vehicle information systems.
Established JECS, Ltd. |
| 2008 |
Unisia JKC Steering System Corporation and Niigata Technos Co., Ltd. were consolidated. |
| July, 2009 |
Hitachi Ltd. spun off Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. |
| 2011 |
Established Hitachi Automotive Systems (China) Ltd. as a regional headquarter for the Automotive Systems Business in China. |
| 2012 |
Established Hitachi Highly Automotive Systems (Shanghai) Ltd. in Shanghai, China. |
| Established Hitachi Automotive Systems (Guangzhou) Ltd. in Guangzhou, China. |
| Established Hitachi Automotive Systems (India) Private Limited in India. |
| Established Hitachi Automotive Systems Queretaro, S.A. de C.V. in Queretaro, Mexico. |
| 2014 |
Established PT Hitachi Automotive Systems Indonesia in the Republic of Indonesia. |
| 2015 |
Hitachi Automotive Systems Queretaro, S.A. de C.V. was integrated into Hitachi Automotive Systems Mexico S.A. de C.V. |
| Merged Hitachi Automotive Systems Steering, Ltd. and Hitachi Automotive Systems Kyushu, Ltd. |
| 2017 |
Established Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems, Ltd. with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
| Established Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems (Guangzhou), Ltd., in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. |
| Mar. 2019 |
Parent company Hitachi Ltd. sold its entire 63.8% equity shareholding in Clarion to Faurecia.
|
| Oct. 2019 |
Acquired
Chassis Brakes International.
|
| Apr. 2020 |
Acquired seneos GmbH, a systems-engineering company based in Germany. |
| Aug. 2020 |
Established Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems America, Inc. to manufacture motors for electric vehicles. |
| Jan. 2021 |
Hitachi Astemo was formed from a merger of Hitachi Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.; Keihin Corp.; Showa Corp.; and Nisshin Kogyo Co., Ltd. |
