KYOCERA Enters into License Agreement with Bosch

Bosch to incorporate Kyocera's haptic feedback technology in automotive applications

Kyocera Corporation KYO6971 today announced that it has signed a license agreement with Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH, a subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, a leading global supplier of technology and services. Effective May 7, 2018 (Japan time), this license agreement provides Bosch with access to Kyocera's patented haptic feedback technology for use in Bosch's automotive solutions.

Kyocera has been creating haptic technologies through its own research and development since 2008. Utilizing ergonomics and virtual reality technology that Kyocera has developed over the years as well as its proprietary haptic feedback technology, Kyocera's HAPTIVITY^® technology contains a virtual reality innovation that enables real touch sensation on any human-machine interface. Kyocera has introduced its HAPTIVITY^® devices in Japanese, U.S. and European tradeshows, and holds patents on this technology in multiple countries.

Kyocera continues to refine its HAPTIVITY^® technology while developing devices, equipment and systems that incorporate it. In addition, the company continues to license its HAPTIVITY^® technology for a wide range of uses, including automotive and industrial applications.

"HAPTIVITY^®" is a registered trademark of Kyocera Corporation

For more information about Kyocera: http://global.kyocera.com/

About KYOCERA

Kyocera Corporation KYO6971 (http://global.kyocera.com/), the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine ceramics (also known as "advanced ceramics"). By combining these engineered materials with metals and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of semiconductor packages, industrial and automotive components, electronic devices, solar power generating systems, printers, copiers and mobile phones. During the year ended March 31, 2018, the company's consolidated net sales totaled 1.58 trillion yen (approx. USD14.9 billion). Kyocera appears on the "Top 100 Global Innovators" list by Clarivate Analytics and is ranked #522 on Forbes magazine's 2017 "Global 2000" list of the world's largest publicly traded companies.

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