CRC Research Institute, a software sales and consulting subsidiary of the giant $120,000m-a-year C Itoh & Co Ltd trading house, has announced the start of marketing in Japan of the 944 System developed US aerospace equipment manufacturer Ball Corp: the 944 System supports the development of flight, driving, operations control and other simulators with a high degree of realism; the CRC Research Institute has already sold copies of the system to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toyota Motor Co and Construction Ministry of Japan.