Developing and Expanding Sales of Materials and Automation Machinery by Capitalizing on Autonomous Driving and EV Adoption
First written in FY2018. 4 of 7 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2025.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Raised".
- FY2025RaisedAnnual report
「Business opportunities are expected to remain in the mobility industry as a whole, including railways, not only in automobiles, where technologies such as EV adoption continue to advance.」
The recognition of opportunities has been broadened from a focus on automobiles and EVs to the mobility industry as a whole, including railways. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「・Further expansion of the automotive-related field (対応 to EVs) and the environmental-related field (high-performance filter ADMIREX)」
対応 to EVs and expansion of the high-performance filter ADMIREX were positioned as key measures of the Third Medium-Term Management Plan. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「To expand overseas earnings, we will bring the high-performance filter business, ADMIREX, in China into operation, expand sales of HIMERON overseas, and expand EV-related materials. For factory automation equipment on production lines for automotive electrical components and other products, we will seek orders in anticipation of a recovery in capital expenditure while developing new equipment related to EVs and autonomous driving.」
The expansion of EV-related materials and development of new EV- and autonomous-driving-related equipment were made concrete measures for fiscal 2022. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「<Industrial Equipment Business> ・Further expansion of the automotive-related and environmental-related fields (particularly overseas)」
The Third Medium-Term Management Plan incorporated further expansion, particularly overseas, in the automotive-related field, including autonomous driving and EV adoption, and in the environmental-related field. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Although automotive production shifted from firm to weak, orders for vehicle nonwoven fabrics, sewing thread, and binding cords were approximately at the prior-year level, partly because mass production of motor binding cords for EVs in China entered full swing.」
This reaffirms that full-scale mass production of motor tie cords for EVs in China is continuing. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Although automobile production shifted from firm to sluggish, orders for vehicle nonwoven fabrics, sewing thread and tie cords remained at the same level as in the same period of the previous year, partly because mass production of motor tie cords for EVs in China entered full swing.」
In connection with the policy of leveraging EV adoption as an opportunity, it states that mass production of motor tie cords for EVs has entered full swing in China. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「In the automotive-related field, we view technological innovation such as autonomous driving and EV adoption as business opportunities, identify market needs, and seek to develop and expand sales of materials and automated machinery.」
This explicitly states for the first time the policy of viewing autonomous driving and EV adoption as business opportunities and advancing the development and expanded sales of materials and automated machinery.