September 30 Basic Agreement on Partial Transfer of Automobile Brake Production Business January 20 Level 3 of CMMI®, an international barometer of the software development process capability maturation level, attained October 20 ADVICS Developed World's Smallest and Lightest ESC Modulator March 31 ADVICS Establishes Representative Office in Belgium February 4 Acquisition of the Stocks of Sumiden Brake S & E December 5 Merger of Automotive Brake Business in China October 8 The World's First Crawl Control Function Developed for the New Land Cruiser Model