As the building blocks of many different kinds of products, electronic components play pivotal roles in fields as diverse as medical instruments and game machines. These days, component manufacturers who seek to expand their business activities increasingly are studying the market of car electronics. Automobiles these days house a surprising variety and quantity of electronic components. This trend owes much to the growing use of information technology in vehicles, as well as advances in safety systems, and growing demand for hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles. Like many businesses in Japan, electronic component companies have adopted a policy of selectivity and concentration. This means they will carefully select the kinds of operations they wish to handle, to avoid being too diffuse in their business activities. Then they will concentrate carefully on their chosen fields of business. This policy guides the latest research and development (R&D) activities among component manufacturers, as well as their sales and marketing programs for automotive electronics.
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