KOBE, Japan, Might 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micware Co., Ltd., (Nasdaq: MWC) (the “Firm” or “Micware”), a Japan-based supplier of software program growth companies and progressive IT options primarily centered on the automotive and mobility sectors, right this moment introduced that it has acquired an “Glorious Appreciation Award (Improvement Division)” from Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”).
The “Glorious Appreciation Award” is offered by Honda to enterprise companions which have delivered excellent contributions of their respective fields.
Within the Improvement Division, the Firm was acknowledged for the sensible and significant help it supplied by way of shut collaboration from the early phases of growth, spanning in-vehicle infotainment software program design philosophy, growth processes, and product high quality assurance. This help enabled the regular execution of mass-production growth whereas sustaining a excessive degree of high quality and helped obtain each asset reusability and customizability whereas retaining prices low. As well as, by way of the continual refinement of software program belongings, the Firm contributed to the deployment throughout a number of car fashions and international markets, thereby serving to strengthen competitiveness for the software-defined car period.
The award ceremony was held on the Firm’s Kobe head workplace on Might 8, 2026, the place the Firm was offered with a trophy.
From left: Micware’s CTO, Mr. Masahide Shigeno; Micware’s CEO, Mr. Kenji Narushima; members of Honda R&D Co., Ltd.’s SDV R&D Middle (Sensible Cabin Improvement Division): GM, Mr. Takashi Takiguchi; Improvement Enchancment Division MG, Mr. Tasuku Saka; Infotainment Software program Improvement Division MG, Mr. Tetsuya Mukawa
The “Glorious Appreciation Award” offered to Micware by Honda Motor
Micware’s CEO, Mr. Kenji Narushima (left) receives the “Glorious Appreciation Award” from Honda R&D Co., Ltd.’s SDV R&D Middle (Sensible Cabin Improvement Division) GM, Mr. Takashi Takiguchi (proper)
About Micware Co., Ltd.
Micware Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based supplier of software program growth companies and progressive IT options primarily centered on the automotive and mobility sectors. The Firm is primarily engaged within the growth and sale of in-vehicle infotainment (“IVI”) methods masking multimedia, navigation, human machine interface, telematics, and driver help, in addition to navigation software program and site information-based smartphone functions.
Since its founding in 2003, Micware has constructed over 20 years of expertise in automotive software program and has established long-term relationships with main authentic gear producers (“OEM”) in Japan, together with Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Toyota Motor Company. Leveraging its engineering capabilities, proprietary applied sciences, and long-standing OEM relationships, the Firm was ranked ninth amongst Japan-based Tier 1 suppliers within the IVI market by way of income as of February 28, 2024, in response to an trade report titled “IVI, Automotive Navigation System and Digital Mapping Market” commissioned by the Firm and ready by Frost & Sullivan. Micware operates throughout Japan by way of six working entities and 12 department workplaces and has established subsidiaries in the USA, Thailand, and Germany for abroad operations.
For extra info, please go to the Firm’s IR web site: www.ir-micware.com.
Ahead-Wanting Statements
Sure statements on this press launch are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements contain recognized and unknown dangers and uncertainties and are based mostly on the Firm’s present expectations and projections about future occasions that the Firm believes could have an effect on its monetary situation, outcomes of operations, enterprise technique, and monetary wants. Traders can discover many (however not all) of those statements by way of phrases reminiscent of “approximates,” “believes,” “hopes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “initiatives,” “intends,” “plans,” “will,” “would,” “ought to,” “may,” “could,” or different comparable expressions on this press launch. The Firm undertakes no obligation to replace or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to mirror subsequent occurring occasions or circumstances, or modifications in its expectations, besides as could also be required by legislation. These statements are topic to uncertainties and dangers, together with, however not restricted to, the uncertainties associated to market circumstances, and different elements mentioned within the “Danger Elements” part of the registration assertion filed with the U.S. Securities and Change Fee (the “SEC”). Though the Firm believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are cheap, it can not guarantee you that such expectations will become right, and the Firm cautions traders that precise outcomes could differ materially from the anticipated outcomes and encourages traders to overview different elements that will have an effect on its future leads to the registration assertion and different filings with the SEC. Further elements are mentioned within the Firm’s filings with the SEC, which can be found for overview at www.sec.gov.
For extra info, please contact:
Micware Co., Ltd.
Investor Relations Division
Electronic mail: mic_ir@micware.co.jp
Public Relations
Electronic mail: mic_pr@micware.co.jp
Ascent Investor Relations LLC
Tina Xiao
Telephone: +1-646-932-7242
Electronic mail: investors@ascent-ir.com
Photographs accompanying this announcement can be found at
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/dc73f0b7-ddfb-4894-ae57-58d686294b9c
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/9a24bbb0-13e7-4a46-b40d-8a602e1d074b
https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6ac47af6-5b9f-439f-b4de-a960bb32fc84
