History
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1999
Starts business as Virtual Mechanics Corporation.
Enters into an agent agreement with Mechanical Simulation Corporation headquartered in the US, and starts sales and technical support of the vehicle dynamics simulation software in Japan. -
2000
Starts the distribution to Japanese automobile manufacturers and suppliers.
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2001
Prototypes a driving simulator for demonstration.
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2001. -
2002
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim User’s Conference 2002 in Nagoya.
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2003
Exhibits at MATLAB EXPO 2003 and J-MAAB Open Conference.
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2004
Exhibits at MATLAB EXPO 2004.
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2005
Along with the business expansion, relocates the head office to Mizuho Ward, Nagoya City.
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim User Conference 2005 in Tokyo. -
2006
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2006.
With the new Companies Act enforced, reorganizes the corporate structure into Virtual Mechanics Corporation. -
2007
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2007.
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim/BikeSim User’s Conference 2007 in Nagoya. -
2008
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2008.
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2009
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2009.
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2010
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2010.
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim/BikeSim User’s Conference 2010 in Tokyo.
Along with the business expansion, relocates the head office to the current location. -
2011
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2011.
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2012
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim/BikeSim User’s Conference 2012 in Tokyo.
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2013
Exhibits at ITS World Congress Tokyo 2013.
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2014
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim/BikeSim User’s Conference 2014 in Tokyo.
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2015
Founds a new company which specializes in the vehicle dynamics simulation software.
Inherits the company name and vehicle dynamics related business from VMC Inc. (Fig.1) -
2016
Exhibits at Autonomous Vehicle and ADAS Japan.
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim/BikeSim/SuspensionSim User’s Conference 2014 in Tokyo. -
2017
Exhibits at TU Automotive Japan.
Opens Tokyo office in Hamamatsucho, Minato Ward. -
2018
Organizes CarSim/TruckSim/BikeSim/SuspensionSim User’s Conference 2018 in Tokyo.
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2019
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2019.
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2020
Exhibits at 12th AUTOMOTIVE WORLD (Tokyo) and 3rd AUTOMOTIVE WORLD (Nagoya).
Relocates the Tokyo office to Sanno, Ota Ward.
Enters into an agent agreement with Foretellix headquartered in Israel and starts sales and technical support of Foretify™, ADAS coverage driven verification platform, in Japan.
Organizes VMC Web Conference 2020 online. -
2021
Exhibits at 13th AUTOMOTIVE WORLD (Tokyo).
Enters into an agent agreement with SiaSearch headquatered in Germany and starts sales and technical support of SiaSearch, AI development platform, in Japan.
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition 2021 Online. -
2022
Enters into an agent agreement with Lightly AG in Swizerland and starts sales and technical support of Lightly AI development platform, in Japan.
Enters into an agent agreement with brighter AI Technologies in Germany and starts sales and technical support of brighter AI anonymization platform, in Japan.
Exhibits at Automotive Engineering Exposition Yokohama 2022.
Organizes VMC User Conference 2022 online.
Contact Information
Virtual Mechanics Corporation
Sanei Bldg. 8F, 1-10-19 Marunouchi, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi Aichi 460-0002 Japan
TEL: +81-52-265-6035 FAX: +81-52-265-6091
Email: newbusiness@vmc.jp