Denso Corporation will start inverter production at Denso Fukushima Co., Ltd., to reinforce its manufacturing capability in Japan and enhance the Denso Group’s competitiveness in the electrification field, it says.

Denso Fukushima is a Denso Group company that manufactures automotive thermal products, such as air conditioners and engine cooling modules (ECMs), and fuel system components for gasoline engines. While the company will continue to produce these products, it has established a new inverter production line at Plant No. 2, with product shipments beginning this week.

Denso started producing inverters, which are essential components for automotive electrification technology, in 1997. Now, the company says it has the largest share of the global automotive inverter market.

Denso has been manufacturing inverters at the Hirose Plant in addition to the Anjo Plant, which is the global mother plant for electrification in Japan. Foreseeing the acceleration of electrification, Denso has made the strategic decision to launch inverter production at Denso Fukushima as well.

With the latest production expansion to three plants in Japan, Denso now globally manufactures inverters at eight plants in four regions, including Denso Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc. in North America, Denso Manufacturing Hungary Ltd. in Europe, and Tianjin Denso Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianjin Denso Engine Electrical Products Co., Ltd., and Denso (Guangzhou Nansha) Co., Ltd. in China. This enables the company to rapidly meet inverter demand worldwide.