Fifty Years of Evolving Technology

DENSO began nearly 60 years ago in Kariya, Japan, which is over 6,000 miles from Detroit, Michigan. It must have seemed even longer to that first DENSO associate that traveled to the United States almost 45 years ago with thoughts of establishing new business. A stranger in a strange land, that first associate had a limited grasp of the English language and little idea of just where to begin.

Perhaps it was appropriate then, that the first DENSO product sold in the United States was a starter generator for a chainsaw. The starter-generator helped establish DENSO in North America and led to further expansion. Today, DENSO is one of the largest independent automotive suppliers of advanced technology, systems and components worldwide, working with all the world's car manufacturers.

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