Establishing a Hokkaido Base and a Zero-Energy Factory through the Hokkaido Initiative
First written in FY2022-Q3. 3 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025-H1. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Kaneka Medix Co., Ltd. Hokkaido Tomakomai City Health Care Construction of a new medical equipment factory 9,395 5,514 Internal funds, subsidies, and borrowings October 2024 March 2027 Catheters 1 million units/year」
While the blood purification equipment at the Tomatoh plant in Hokkaido is becoming operational, the new catheter plant at the same site is progressing as a capital investment project with capacity of 1 million units per year and scheduled for completion in March 2027. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Medical has achieved sharp sales expansion in blood purification equipment and catheters, making it the company's largest earnings business. The new Hokkaido plant, the Tomatoh plant for blood purification equipment, quickly became operational, and construction of the new catheter plant that follows it is also progressing smoothly.」
The Tomatoh plant in Hokkaido, the core of the Hokkaido Initiative, became operational ahead of schedule, and construction of the new catheter plant at the same site is progressing. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Medical's new blood purification equipment plant in Hokkaido, the Tomatoh plant, has begun operating smoothly. Sales of both blood purification equipment and catheters are expanding steadily. The company has also decided to build a new catheter plant at the same facility.」
The blood purification equipment plant at the Hokkaido base has begun operating, and construction of a new catheter plant at the same base has also been decided. - FY2022-Q3First statedAnnual report
「We will install our solar cells at this business site and aim to create a “zero-energy factory.” We will also actively use it as a business base for areas other than Medical. In Hokkaido, which we position as a “New Frontier,” this marks the launch of the “Hokkaido Initiative,” following the start of our organic dairy farming initiative in Bekkai last year.」
Positioning Hokkaido as a new frontier, the company has explicitly identified for the first time the “Hokkaido Initiative,” a cross-regional initiative combining a medical equipment factory, a zero-energy factory powered by solar cells, business bases outside the medical field, and organic dairy farming.