Research and Development of Low-Environmental-Impact Paints and Coating Technologies
First written in FY2018. 5 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: FY2026.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Total R&D expenses incurred by the group during the fiscal year were ¥10,484 million, and the total number of technical staff involved in the group’s R&D activities was 1,001.」
Disclosed continued environmentally focused R&D, including the development of technologies such as MI, green materials, water-based, low-VOC, low-temperature-curing, photocuring and thin-film technologies, and expansion into the automotive battery field. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「For example, we entered the automotive battery market by applying our powder dispersion technology to improve the conductivity of secondary battery electrode films.」
Continued environmentally focused R&D and entered the automotive battery market by applying powder dispersion technology to secondary battery electrode films. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「In the automotive coatings field, the company is further promoting research and development to expand and diversify waterborne 3-wet coating systems, which are highly regarded as environmentally responsive technologies that reduce process steps and energy consumption, while designing materials that further reduce environmental impact, including low-VOC coatings, low-temperature curing, light curing, spray-free application, and thin-film systems.」
Light curing, spray-free application, and low-VOC coatings have been added to the low-environmental-impact research and development portfolio, with deployment in the industrial, architectural, and anticorrosion fields also specified. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In the automotive coatings field, the company is further promoting research and development to expand and diversify waterborne 3-wet coating systems, which are highly regarded as environmentally responsive technologies that reduce process steps and energy consumption, while designing materials that further reduce environmental impact, including low-VOC coatings, low-temperature curing, spray-free application, and thin-film systems.」
The scope of low-environmental-impact research and development has been expanded to include low-VOC coatings, spray-free application, and thin-film coatings, with deployment also being specified for the industrial, architectural, and anticorrosion fields. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In the automotive coatings field, the company is further promoting research and development to expand and diversify waterborne 3-wet coating systems, which are highly regarded as environmentally responsive technologies that reduce process steps and energy consumption, while designing materials that further reduce environmental impact, including low-temperature-curing and thin-film systems.」
The company has specified waterborne 3-wet coating, low-temperature curing, thin-film coatings, waterborne formulations, and technologies that reduce process steps and energy consumption as research and development initiatives to reduce environmental impact. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「To make a sustained contribution to society, the company is promoting the development of technologies for producing coatings and coating processes that take the global environment into consideration. In the automotive coatings field, it is further promoting research and development to expand and diversify waterborne 3-wet coating systems, which are highly regarded as environmentally responsive technologies that reduce process steps and energy consumption, while designing materials that further reduce environmental impact, including low-temperature-curing and thin-film systems.」
Research and development initiatives addressing environmental concerns include waterborne 3-wet coating, low-temperature curing, thin-film systems, waterborne formulations, and technologies that reduce process steps and energy consumption.