DENSO Contributes $25,000 to the American Red Cross for Disaster Relief in Tenn. and N.C.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 26 -- DENSO International America, a supplier of automotive systems and components, issued the following news release:

The DENSO North America Foundation (DNAF) today announced it is making a $25,000 contribution to the American Red Cross disaster fund to help respond to the Gatlinburg, Tenn. wildfires, the Athens, Tenn. tornado, and Greenville, N.C. flooding.

"Our thoughts go out to those impacted by the disasters in Tennessee and North Carolina," said Mike Brackett, member of the DENSO North America Foundation Board of Directors and senior vice president of Corporate Services at DENSO's Maryville, Tenn., facility. "As a strong community partner and supporter, DENSO is pleased to make a donation to help our communities during this time of need."

Employees from DENSO's Athens and Maryville, Tenn. locations volunteered to work with the American Red Cross to help with wildfire and tornado clean-up efforts. In addition, employees from these locations teamed up to sell t-shirts to collect donations totaling $20,000 so far.

One of the core principles of the DENSO foundation is to provide disaster relief grants through the American Red Cross and other local agencies to aid persons and communities in which DENSO operates. Founded in 2001, DNAF is a registered 501(c)3 corporate foundation dedicated to helping students advance their education in engineering, technology and other related programs.

DENSO is also encouraging its employees, friends or family to make a donation to the American Red Cross to help support its efforts. Click here to donate.

DENSO Worldwide

DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016, totaled US$40.2 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 8.8 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, go to www.denso.com, or visit our media website at www.denso.com/global/en/news/media-center/

About DENSO's North American Aftermarket Group

DENSO's North American aftermarket group supplies parts for original equipment service dealers, independent aftermarket service centers and retailers. In addition, the company distributes heavy-duty diesel and electrical components, portable commercial air-conditioning units and industrial robots. The company employs approximately 500 people in Long Beach and Murrieta, California. The company's product line includes heavy-duty and automotive alternators, starters, oil, cabin and air filters, spark plugs, AC compressors, oxygen sensors, ignition wires, fuel pumps, fuel injectors and wiper blades. For more information, go to www.densoautoparts.com. Connect with DENSO Auto Parts on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/densoautoparts/.

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