MOBILITY NOW! PODCAST HOME EVENTS COMPANY NEWS LOCATIONS CAREERS CONTACT Our Vision Who We Are Why We’re Different Our driving purpose is to dramatically improve roadway safety by developing innovative lighting technologies that: Enhance driver vision and response time, Increase pedestrian, cyclist and vehicle visibility, Reduce on-coming and rear-approaching high beam glare, Extend safe beam range farther ahead, around corners and onto the right shoulder, Improve driver situational awareness with augmented reality (AR) driver alerts, and Automate driving systems by integrating active sensors, processors, cameras, vehicle-to-vehicle, and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication. It’s a bold vision we’re driven to bring to light. The Kaizen Way In Japanese, kaizen means change for the better, or simply improvement. Kaizen refers to improvements that are small or large, one-time or continuous, individual or organizational, and can apply to people, processes and products. Kaizen is the heart of the Koito Production System (KPS), and is a daily practice that involves people at all levels of the organization. At its best, kaizen teaches individuals—and especially teams—how to observe, measure, experiment, verify and document improvements in their work. From Kaizen Comes Innovation Innovations are not typically the result of the spontaneous invention of a totally new technology. Innovations arise gradually, from many small incremental improvements developed and implemented over time. As this process of collaboration, iteration and refinement becomes integral to an organization’s culture, cross-functional teams are free to reengineer long-established ideas, processes, materials or technologies. In this way small, incremental change can add up to big improvements that lead to breakthrough innovations. This is kaizen. This is the North American Lighting way. The days of throwing a design over the wall to engineering are gone. It takes cross-functional teams, collaboration and deep insight to solve today’s tough engineering and design challenges. NAL’s Silicon Valley Lab (SVL) continues to create new mobility partnerships to cement our position as the world’s leading exterior automotive lighting supplier. As transformational changes in the way we commute continue to evolve, SVL explores ways in which sensors necessary for ADAS and autonomous vehicles, such as lidar, radar and camera, can be housed in exterior automotive lighting. Since our inception in 2017, we have supported the automotive industry’s necessary disruption by increasing both a vehicle’s technology and safety to provide drivers, passengers and pedestrians a seamless experience without compromising well-being. The Koito Group through Silicon Valley Lab will continue to partner with innovative startups to guide us into the future. Amit Mehta Head of Innovation, NAL Silicon Valley Lab, NAL Silicon Valley Lab Where Innovation & Technology Come To Light. See What’s Ahead. NAL SILICON VALLEY LAB 0 1 2 3 4 ©2015-2021 North American Lighting, Inc. | A Koito Group Company Site developed by Roundtable North American Lighting, Inc. (NAL) is a Koito Group Company. NAL is the leading producer of innovative automotive lighting systems in North America. NAL is an equal opportunity employer. HOME CAREERS CONTACT PRIVACY POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY POLICY