US subsidiary · Automotive parts
Astemo to build a $95 million Americas headquarters in Michigan
- Parent
- Astemo (Tokyo)
- New US unit
- Astemo Americas regional headquarters, Wixom, Michigan
- Value
- $95M investment; 200 jobs
- Status
- Announced in September 2025. Construction is planned to start in spring 2026 and finish in fall 2027.
- Date
- 2025-09-02
Astemo Americas will invest $95 million in a new regional headquarters complex in Wixom, Michigan, creating about 200 jobs, including more than 150 engineers working on software-defined vehicles. Michigan's governor said the project also keeps 175 existing jobs. The 26-acre site will have labs and vehicle test tracks.
Why it matters
Astemo, formed in 2021 from Hitachi Automotive Systems and three Honda-affiliated suppliers, is moving its US engineering closer to Detroit automakers as cars become software products. It is one of the larger Japanese HQ investments in Michigan in recent years.
The deal
Astemo Americas, the US arm of Tokyo-based auto parts maker Astemo, will put $95 million into a new regional headquarters complex in Wixom, in Detroit's northwest suburbs. The company expects about 200 new jobs, more than 150 of them engineering roles on software-defined vehicle technology. Michigan's governor said the project also keeps 175 existing jobs in the state.
About the site
Crain's Detroit reported the site is a 185,000-square-foot building on a 26-acre plot along I-96, with room for labs and vehicle test tracks. Astemo Americas currently operates from Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Strategy
Astemo was formed in 2021 by combining Hitachi Automotive Systems with Keihin, Showa and Nissin Kogyo, three suppliers close to Honda. Its products, from brakes and suspension to electronic control units, increasingly depend on software. Placing a large engineering team near Detroit's automakers is meant to win that work.
Timeline
Construction is planned to start in spring 2026, with completion expected in fall 2027.
What to watch
Whether hiring reaches 200 as US carmakers slow some electric vehicle programs, and whether Astemo wins more software work from Detroit customers.
Sources
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