Aisin is a Japanese corporation that develops and produces components and systems for the automotive industry, in particular automobile transmissions for passenger cars and SUVs, light commercial vehicles such as vans and light trucks.
While Aisin Seiki manufactures a variety of automotive components including automatic transmissions for heavy duty vehicle applications, Aisin AW manufactures automatic transmissions for light vehicle applications, including hybrid electric vehicle powertrains, as well as NAV Radio.
As of 2005, Aisin AW surpassed General Motors Powertrain Division as the largest producer of automatic transmissions in the world, producing 4.9 million units, with a market share of 16.4% of the global market for automatics.
Aisin AW supplies automatic transmissions to 55 automotive manufacturers around the world,[1] virtually every major OEM.
These include General Motors, Ford, Jeep, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Saab, VW, Volvo, Hyundai, MINI among others.