Calsonic Climate Control Inc

Supplier Rewarded: Calsonic Climate Control Inc., an Irvine maker of automotive air-conditioning systems, has been selected as Supplier of the Year by Nissan Motor Corp. U.S.A. Calsonic is one of about 500 U.S. companies from which Nissan buys nearly $2 billion in parts and equipment each year for installation on cars and trucks made in Japan and at its Tennessee facility. Japanese car makers are stepping up their purchase of U.S.

Supplier Rewarded: Calsonic Climate Control Inc., an Irvine maker of automotive air-conditioning systems, has been selected as Supplier of the Year by Nissan Motor Corp. U.S.A. Calsonic is one of about 500 U.S. companies from which Nissan buys nearly $2 billion in parts and equipment each year for installation on cars and trucks made in Japan and at its Tennessee facility. Japanese car makers are stepping up their purchase of U.S.

From the modest, 15-person wholesale offices of Yanmar Diesel Engine in Anaheim, to the sleek, national manufacturing headquarters of Ricoh Electronics Inc. in Tustin, the presence of Japanese companies in Orange County is a substantial one. According to a 1987 survey conducted by the Japan Business Assn. of Southern California*, 87,483 people in California worked for Japanese companies or their subsidiaries, making the Japanese bigger employers than the top five corporations in California.