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- Sanden Corporation (6444.T) manufactures and sells automotive air conditioning systems and components, with a focus on compressors for automotive applications. The company offers mechanical compressors (MC), electric compressors (EC), heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) units, integrated thermal management systems (ITMS), heat exchangers, electric coolant heaters (ECH), and pipes; it also provides aftermarket systems and environmental equipment such as heat pump products. Founded in 1943 and headquartered in Isesaki-shi, Gunma, Japan, Sanden operates 46 bases across 22 countries and regions, including major production facilities in China, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Japan, serving original equipment manufacturers in passenger cars, trucks, construction, and agricultural vehicles. As a subsidiary of Hisense Japan Automotive Air-Conditioning Systems Corporation, it maintains strong synergies through capital and business alliances with Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. In recent developments, Sanden launched its medium-term management plan SHIFT 2028 in February 2024, targeting revenue of 300 billion yen and ordinary profit of 9 billion yen by 2028 through expansion in new energy vehicle (NEV) markets, particularly in the Americas, Europe, China, and Asia; it acquired commercial rights for electric compressors, HVAC, and air conditioning systems from emerging North American EV manufacturers and major Indian customers in 2024, alongside ITMS rights from construction machinery firms. The company completed HVAC production capacity expansion to 4.5 million units annually in China, started mass production of 800V high-voltage ECH in Tianjin, initiated next-generation electric compressor lines in Europe with over 90% automation, and began joint procurement with Hisense partners to enhance cost competitiveness; additionally, it achieved cumulative global compressor production of 400 million units in February 2024, exhibited integrated technologies at CES 2025, and advanced sustainability efforts including Scope 1 and 2 CO2 reductions ahead of targets and biodiversity initiatives at its Sanden Forest site.