KOBE, Japan, June 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micware Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: MWC) (the “Firm” or “Micware”), a Japan-based supplier of software program growth providers and revolutionary IT options primarily targeted on the automotive and mobility sectors, immediately introduced that its Founder and Chief Government Officer , Mr. Kenji Narushima , rang the Nasdaq Closing Bell on June 8, 2026 in celebration of the Firm’s itemizing on the Nasdaq International Market. Mr. Narushima was joined by the Firm’s management crew, members of the board of administrators, and strategic companions, commemorating this necessary milestone in Micware’s progress because it continues to advance software program applied sciences for related and software-defined automobiles.
The Firm’s American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) started buying and selling on Could 14, 2026, underneath the ticker image “MWC,” marking the beginning of a brand new chapter for Micware as a publicly listed firm. The Nasdaq itemizing is predicted to assist the Firm’s continued funding in automotive software program applied sciences, together with software-defined automobiles (SDVs), superior digital mapping, and its proprietary in-vehicle infotainment (“IVI”) platform, constructing on its current worldwide presence by subsidiaries in the US, Germany, and Thailand.
Throughout the occasion, Mr. Narushima mirrored on the Firm’s journey and shared his imaginative and prescient for the longer term, stating, “Over 20 years in the past, I based Micware in Kobe, Japan, with only a small crew growing automotive audio programs and different in-vehicle programs. By years of dedication and deepening experience, we now have grown into a worldwide crew with roughly 600 members throughout our home places of work and worldwide websites. We imagine that the expansion is a testomony to the belief positioned in us by our companions, and we’re proud to be acknowledged as one of many main Japan-based IVI Tier 1 software program suppliers within the Japanese automotive ecosystem, working with corporations corresponding to Toyota and Honda.”
Mr. Narushima continued, “Right now, Micware is among the many main suppliers of mobility software program options. Tomorrow, we intend to construct a complete platform for evolving mobility options. Our Nasdaq itemizing represents not solely a celebration of what we now have achieved, but additionally the start of our subsequent chapter as we’re dedicated to accelerating world growth, deepening innovation, and pushing past conventional boundaries.”
About Micware Co., Ltd.
Micware Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based supplier of software program growth providers and revolutionary IT options primarily targeted on the automotive and mobility sectors. The Firm is primarily engaged within the growth and sale of in-vehicle infotainment (“IVI”) programs 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 when it comes to income as of February 28, 2024, in response to an business report titled “IVI, Automotive Navigation System and Digital Mapping Market” commissioned by the Firm and ready by Frost & Sullivan. Micware operates throughout Japan by six working entities and 12 department places of work and has established subsidiaries in the US, Thailand, and Germany for abroad operations.
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