Toyoda Gosei and Tokai Rika Collaboration

Mississauga, ON Canada, 17 October 2003: Microsys just completed the delivery of a crash simulator, or sled, to a facility located in Plymouth, Michigan. This new sled facility is operated by a collaboration between Toyoda Gosei, and Tokai Rika, and is called the Toyoda Gosei Rika Technical Center. Microsys was the supplier of all cameras, lighting, data acquisition, control software, analysis software, data distribution software and data management equipment.

The sled will use the Microsys products to test driver, passenger, curtain and side airbags, as well as seatbelts.

Toyoda Gosei, with headquarters in Nagoya, Japan, and Troy, Michigan is a world-class supplier to the automotive industry. The TG Group employs over twelve thousand people and this collaboration will increase the number of Toyoda Gosei's worldwide manufacturing, technical and sales facilities to forty-eight.

The Tokai Rika Group, with world headquarters in Nagoya, Japan, is a full-service supplier for the 21st century. With facilities located in more than ten countries, the Tokai Rika Group supplies parts to companies all over the globe.