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SAITAMA, Japan, (March 8th, 2013) Calsonic Kansei Corporation (CK) announced its partnership with Larsen & Toubro Integrated Engineering Service (L&T IES) to set up Calsonic Kansei Engineering Center India-L&T (CECI-L&T) in Chennai, India.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　CECI-L&T is positioned as CKfs Global Engineering Center, and over the initial 5 years, it will focus on the expansion and optimization of engineering activities of the facility. L&T IES is highly capable in design and analysis, and supplier localization and has large number bilingual engineers. With the partnership with L&T IES, CK will promote the standardization of global engineering process for efficient engineering resource allocation, and improve its performance.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Calsonic Kansei EVP and Board Member, Shigeo Shingyoji said, at the opening ceremony of the facility, "As one of our mid-term initiatives defined in our mid-term business plan CK GX4 T10, we aim to be among Top 10 global automotive suppliers. I am pleased to partner with L&T IES, and with this great partnership, I am certain that we will be able to accelerate our speed of development and realize our goal."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Mr. V. K. Magapu, Advisor to the Chairman and Member - Executive Management Committee, L&T, said, "CECI L&T is an investment for the future. We are glad to partner with CK as their global strategic partner."