[C2.] Reports Offer Sign of Recovery Companies showed the biggest gain in production in six months in July, paced by demand for cars, electronics and electricity, and American consumers paid more for goods and services, the government reported.
The pair have previously partnered for the integration of car electronics and information services, including the "Docomo Drive NetTM" navigation service, which incorporates DoCoMo's smartphones placed in dashboard-mounted cradles, but this latest move pushes DoCoMo deeper into the transport systems space.
The floods have been an economic disaster for Thailand, setting back the production of cars, electronics and other goods at both local and international companies and forcing some automakers to evacuate both cars and workers.
Ford, Delco, Pioneer and Clarion are involved in car electronics.
Car electronics now makes up only 20percentt of the business, with handsets accounting for the rest.
The Automobile segment includes vehicles, engines, car air-conditioning compressors, and car electronics.
Pessimism about the Japanese economy is slowly fading, a central bank survey of business executives showed today, as manufacturers prepare for an increase in orders from overseas for their cars, electronics and machinery.
In February, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a 177-page set of proposed guidelines for in-car electronics.
Japan's largest corporations are also investing more in plants and equipment to keep up with demand for their cars, electronics and machinery.
The results of the Bank of Japan's closely watched Tankan survey of 10,562 companies showed that the two-year-old recovery, so far driven by strong overseas demand for Japanese cars, electronics and machinery, is seeping into other sectors.
And that's true especially in trade relations with Japan, where the U.S. has long complained about non-tariff barriers for foreign cars, electronics and other goods.
