Product Development in Response to Changes in Market Conditions

「The Group's expansion of its product lineup through new product releases and additional color variations」

「In January 2025, the company launched Como Space as a multi-purpose space product that meets the specifications and structural strength required by the Building Standards Act and can be used for multiple purposes, including stores and offices.」

「The Company worked to enhance its product lineup by adding colour variations, adding garage models with high wind-pressure resistance, and launching Como Space, a new product with residential features that can accommodate a variety of uses.」

「In January 2024, the company added Forta Tall Large, which can accommodate a wide range of sites. In February 2024, it launched Via Room, a silent booth reflecting changes in working styles, and worked to capture demand.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group resumed television commercial broadcasts and in-person storage shed seminars, which had been suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, and launched the new products Arsia Fit and Toughrage to capture demand.」

「In January 2023, the company launched Leggero, a desk offering freely selectable layouts, wiring and options and flexible adaptation to different working styles. It also added new sizes, types and options to Iprea personal lockers, which offer flexible expandability suited to different applications, thereby expanding its office furniture lineup.」

「In July 2022, the company added the new BT type to its Bicycle Shelter Series, one of its landscaping-related products for apartment complexes and other properties. It also revamped 2 types to improve productivity and raised the wind-pressure resistance standards for all types in the series, making the products more secure and contributing to disaster risk reduction in typhoons and other events.」

「In January 2022, the company launched Terio, a hybrid desk with a refined form, Open Wagon, which enables flexible working styles, Novi 2, an electric height-adjustable desk, and Biz Break, a personal work booth, expanding its office furniture lineup.」

「In October 2021, the company launched all models of Forta, the successor to Nexsta, its main storage-shed product. Forta uses designated building materials with guaranteed strength in its primary structural components. By adding the optional wind- and earthquake-resistance reinforcement set, the product provides strength against strong winds and earthquakes in compliance with the Building Standards Act.」

「In February 2020, the company launched Arcia, a premium garage, Large Dust Box, a waste-storage unit, and BM Type, a bicycle shelter, expanding its product lineup.」

「The company also worked to develop new products suited to activity-based working, an important keyword describing new offices and work styles in which people choose where to work according to the nature of their work. In February 2019, it launched Iprea personal lockers for office hot-desking and Yurt partitions with enhanced sound-absorption performance, followed in March 2019 by Swin chairs with a swing function that adjusts the backrest and seat angles to follow the user's movements.」

「In the office furniture business, the company pursued active sales activities, including proposals for new office environments responding to workplace reform and growing health awareness. It is also developing new products to meet demand for activity-based working, which allows users to choose spaces and work styles suited to their objectives and the way they work.」

「In the steel storage-shed business, the company launched Tire Stocker, a storage shed designed specifically for tires, Nexsta With, a storage shed with an open space, and SGN Medium Type, a warehouse and garage, in August 2018, expanding its product lineup.」

「In August 2018, the series name Inaba Soko was changed to Inaba Soko Garage, and the light-gauge steel Inaba Soko series was expanded to include a lower-height garage type and a 1,800 mm-wide model designed to make effective use of available land. The company also launched Nexsta With, which connects a storage shed and bicycle shelter, and Tire Stocker, a tire-storage product based on the small Ivy Stocker storage shed.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group worked to create demand through product model changes, a broader product lineup, and new application proposals, as well as improve production and logistics efficiency.」

「In the steel storage-shed business, the company revamped Inaba Soko, a light-gauge steel structure, Brodia, a premium garage, and Naiso Sister, a double-wall structure, and added new colors to Nexsta Plus. For Inaba Soko, the depth-extension type previously offered only to order was added to the standard lineup, and a lean-to roof was added as an option. For Brodia, the design and colors were changed, while the shutter opening and closing speed and wind-pressure resistance were improved. For Naiso Sister, the design, colors and range of sizes were expanded, and a catch function was added to prevent rebound when the door is closed.」

「In the steel storage-shed business, the company revamped Brodia, a premium garage, Inaba Soko, a light-gauge steel structure, and Naiso Sister, a double-wall structure.」

「In January 2017, the company began selling Novie, a height-adjustable desk that can be used in positions ranging from sitting to standing.」

「In the office furniture segment, the company will work to develop products that respond to changes in the market environment.」