In our China based Development Center, we increased the number of employees to 800, including software engineers, in order to strengthen our research and development power on the mainland. Through this expanded and comprehensive system, we started to develop navigation systems for the local Chinese market, and produced them locally for delivery to Japanese car makers.
Moreover, at our Tai Cang Alpine facility—the third largest manufacturing center—we increased the number of employees to 2,000, and incorporated a through-production system, from part processing and mechanisms all the way to the completed product, in order to strengthen our global price competition power.