DENSO International America

DENSO International America (DIAM), located in Southfield, Mich., is DENSO's North American regional headquarters and parent company for its North American operations, original equipment (OE) sales, product engineering and technical support to OE sales and finance.

Products/Business Activities

North American headquarters and parent company for its N.A. operations, sales, product engineering and technical support sales, and finance.

Also, it serves as the headquarters for DENSO North America Foundation, the first charitable foundation by a Japanese supplier in N.A. The Foundation provides grants to institutions of higher education with an emphasis on engineering, technology and business.

Key Management

- Hikaru “Howard” Sugi, president & CEO
- Kazumasa Kimura, chief operating officer (COO)
- Atsuhiko “Art” Shimmura, executive vice president
- Doug Patton, senior vice president of engineering
- Terry Helgesen, senior vice president of sales and marketing

Founded

December 2, 1985

Employees

689 (as of March 31, 2011)

Ownership

100 percent DENSO Corporation

Facilities

Southfield, Mich. -Three buildings totaling 440,015 square feet on 25.48-acre campus, which includes offices and a Technical Center.

North America Technical Center Test Chambers (Whole Vehicle):
- Semi-Anechoic Chamber
- Quiet Room
- Noise Temperature Chamber
- High Temperature Chamber
- Environmental Drivability Chamber (2)
- Vehicle Climate Wind Tunnel Chamber

Waterloo Operations - - Waterloo, Iowa
North America Research Laboratory - - Vista Calif.
Sales and Engineering - - Long Beach, Calif.
Sales and Quality Engineering - - Dublin, Ohio
North America Logistics Center - - Belleville, Mich.
North America Logistics Center - - Knoxville, Tenn.
North America Logistics Center - - Fremont, Calif.
North America Logistics Center - - Laredo, Texas

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