Stable Portfolios Offering Multiple Products and Services in Growth Markets

「The Group operates a balanced portfolio comprising manufacturing, trading and contract development businesses, and has a broad and robust customer base extending from the planning, development and design departments of major companies that manufacture and develop electronic and electrical equipment, its principal customers, to academic and government institutions.」

「The Group is transforming its business strategy into a business model that provides comprehensive support for customers' software needs. Based on the integration of the organizational structure and the review of the management control structure to execute this strategy, we determined that the 2 reportable segments, the Software Business and the Analysis Software Business, are appropriate.」

「The Group is transforming its business strategy into a business model that provides comprehensive support for customers' software needs.」

「The Group operates a balanced portfolio comprising manufacturing, trading and contract development businesses, and has a broad and robust customer base extending from the planning, development and design departments of major companies that manufacture and develop electronic and electrical equipment, its principal customers, to academic and government institutions.」

「We have classified our operations into 4 segments: the software products business, software distribution business, software services business and data analytics business.」

「During the third quarter of the consolidated fiscal year, we acquired additional shares of 株式会社グレープシステム and made it a subsidiary. Because the capital and business alliance between our company and 株式会社グレープシステム had produced significant benefits through specific business collaboration initiatives, we identified the potential to expand business synergies by further strengthening the relationship.」

「This is intended to expand revenue by adding software required for research and development handled by 株式会社ライトストーン to the portfolio, while creating new revenue opportunities through cross-selling of certain products. This business generated revenue of ¥331.316 million, mainly from packaged software sales to existing customers at educational institutions, and recorded a segment loss of ¥6.281 million.」

「This is intended to expand revenue by adding software required for research and development handled by 株式会社ライトストーン to the portfolio, while creating new revenue opportunities through cross-selling of certain products. The “Data Analytics Business” is the segment of 株式会社ライトストーン that covers the sale of statistical and numerical data analysis software and related activities.」

「In addition to our initiatives centered on embedded software, we aim to stabilize our business foundation and expand revenue by broadening our range of IT products and other offerings required by our manufacturing customers through collaboration with venture and startup companies and academic institutions, and by continuing to sell packaged products to new customer segments through the data analytics business of 株式会社ライトストーン, which became a Group company on 1 April 2023.」

「The products launched during the quarter were as follows: • Solution for device management, “FTTH Device Management Platform” (Friendly Technologies) • Video anonymization solution, “brighter Redact” (Brighter AI Technologies GmbH) • Machine-learning tool for DX in manufacturing, “Profet AI AutoML” (Profet AI Technology Co., Ltd.)」

「In June of the same year, we announced that sales had begun of the commercial real-time OS for multicore systems, “TOPPERS-Pro/FMP3,” following its compatibility with the latest RZ/T2M group of microprocessors from Renesas Electronics Corporation. In the same month, we announced the launch of “Ubiquitous RTOS IoT Enabler,” a new product comprising a package of tested and verified middleware, including the real-time OS, network stack and applications that make up embedded systems.」

「During the quarter, we began selling the following product. (The company in parentheses is the developer.) • Automotive-Grade Bluetooth protocol stack for in-vehicle Android™ devices, “Blue SDK FUSION” (OpenSynergy GmbH., Germany) In November 2021, we announced that, based on our capital and business alliance with 株式会社チームAIBOD, we would provide “AIBOD ACADEMY（アイボッド アカデミー）,” a problem-solving human resources development service designed to achieve AI/DX transformation in manufacturing.」

「During the quarter, we began selling the following product. (The company in parentheses is the developer.) • Binary software composition analysis solution, “CodeSentry” (GrammaTech Inc., United States)」

「During the quarter, we began selling the following products. (The companies in parentheses are the developers.) • Advanced SAST (static application security testing) tool, “ThunderScan®” (DefenseCode Group, Ireland) • AI solution for IoT data compression and secure communications that reduces IoT/M2M data transmission volume by 70-90% using patented AI technology, “AtomBeam®” (AtomBeam Technologies, Inc., United States) • Hardware fault diagnosis tool compliant with native UEFI, “Pc-Check® UEFI” (Eurosoft (UK) Ltd, UK)」

「During the quarter, we began selling the following products. (The companies in parentheses are the developers.) • High-performance NTFS file system for external storage, “Microsoft NTFS by Tuxera” (Tuxera, Inc., Finland) • IoT device management platform, “TR-369 User Services Platform (USP)” (Friendly Technologies Ltd., Israel) • Automotive noise and echo canceller, “BdSound S2C-A (Simply Sound Clear for Automotive)” (BdSound SRL., Italy) • Software product compliant with the TLS1.3 specification, “HE-TLS1.3” (HCC Embedded Kft., Hungary) • Bluetooth mesh protocol stack, “Blue SDK Mesh” (OpenSynergy GmBH., Germany) • Solution for developing AI-based visual inspection systems, “VIA-ヴィア” (Neurala, Inc., United States)」

「During the quarter, we began selling the following products: • Non-contact human-machine interface “MagiaTouch” (Jungo Connectivity Ltd., Israel) • Power-failure-resistant file system for SPI NAND, “Reliance EdgeNANDTM” (Datalight, Inc., United States) • Remote patient monitoring software “CoMedico SDK” (Jungo Connectivity Ltd., Israel) • ASIL-B-compliant hypervisor “COQOS Hypervisor SDKTM” (OpenSynergy GmbH, Germany)」

「In addition to the engineering services function and data content licensing sales of the software services business, the Group is reaching a position in which it can expect to expand its market reach and achieve greater stability in revenue at a certain scale through the import and sale of overseas embedded software products and technical support provided by the software distribution business.」

「During the first half, we added a total of 13 products, including an embedded AI library from Sweden's Ekkono Solutions, with which we signed an exclusive domestic distribution agreement in August 2019. The library builds smart edge devices that continue to learn automatically in accordance with each installation environment.」

「Accordingly, alongside further expanding the product lineup, we will pursue the benefits of the merger by bringing jointly planned and developed products to market that combine the products of overseas software partner companies, and by expanding sales of our products through overseas distribution channels. Through these initiatives, we aim to strengthen our ability to bring more competitive products to market in a timely manner, stabilize our business foundation and expand revenue.」

「In addition to the engineering services function and data content licensing sales provided by 株式会社エイム, sales of overseas software products and technical support by 株式会社エーアイコーポレーション, a specialist technical trading company for overseas embedded software products newly brought into the Group, have been added to the business portfolio. As a result, the Group is reaching a position in which it can expect to expand its market reach and achieve greater stability in revenue at a certain scale.」

「The challenge is to generate a certain level of revenue from engineering services and data content provided by 株式会社エイム, and the import and sale of overseas embedded software by 株式会社エーアイコーポレーション, while making development investments and acquiring new customers to support the Group's future growth.」

「Accordingly, the challenge is to build the Group's business portfolio by generating a certain level of revenue from engineering services and data content provided by 株式会社エイム, and the import and sale of overseas embedded software by 株式会社エーアイコーポレーション, while making development investments and acquiring new customers to support the Group's future growth.」

「In addition to the engineering services and data content provided by 株式会社エイム, 株式会社エーアイコーポレーション, a specialist trading company for overseas embedded software products, was scheduled to join the group from April 2017. This would substantially expand the group's product lineup, while the company would build a strong business portfolio by bringing to market jointly planned and developed products combining the two companies' products and expanding sales channels for its products overseas.」

「To make royalties based on the shipment volume of customer products incorporating the company's products a source of revenue, the company faces the task of accelerating the formation of a stable business portfolio by offering multiple products and services in growth markets.」

「The company faces the task of accelerating the formation of a stable business portfolio by offering multiple products and services in growth markets, so that royalties based on the shipment volume of customer products incorporating its products become a source of revenue.」

「The company faces the task of accelerating the formation of a stable business portfolio by offering multiple products and services in growth markets, so that royalties based on the shipment volume of customer products incorporating its products become a source of revenue.」

「To make royalties based on the shipment volume of customer products incorporating the company's products a source of revenue, the company faces the task of accelerating the formation of a stable business portfolio by offering multiple products and services in growth markets.」