Aratas Takes Nissan Global Innovation Award For 3D Holographic Leaf Lamp
An optical supplier whose spatial projection work sat mainly in amusement equipment has now put it into a mass-production car part at Nissan, which is the kind of supplier-side validation that opens the door to other automotive components.
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Aratas Co., Ltd. received the Global Innovation Award from Nissan Motor at the 2026 NISSAN Global Innovation & Quality Award. The Kyoto company jointly developed the 3D holographic rear combination lamp fitted to certain grades of the third-generation Nissan Leaf EV. The lamp uses Aratas spatial projection technology, a transparent resin light guide plate 2 mm thick that renders a pseudo depth of 40 mm. Aratas says the Leaf is the first automotive use of the technology, previously adopted mainly in amusement equipment.
Nissan handed out the award at its 2026 NISSAN Global Innovation & Quality Award, an annual program for suppliers that lift product competitiveness and brand value. Aratas built the 3D holographic rear combination lamp for certain grades of the third-generation Leaf.
The company says the light guide plate is a transparent resin plate 2 mm thick that expresses a pseudo depth of 40 mm, and that the technology had been used mainly in amusement equipment before the Leaf. Aratas plans to propose the same approach for tail lamps and other automotive components.
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