Responding to the Faster-than-Expected Shift to EVs

「For hot-forging lubricants, we are developing white lubricants that can replace graphite and contribute to improving the factory working environment. In recent years, as automakers have shifted to EVs and pursued lighter vehicles, aluminum forging, which is expected to provide high strength and lower weight, has increasingly been adopted in the manufacturing processes for undercarriage components. We are therefore also promoting initiatives in aluminum forging, in addition to iron forging.」

「We have completed development of die-casting lubricants that improve the factory environment and quality and productivity through use with a small amount of application. Going forward, we will promote development of new low-application-volume products that can contribute to the shift to EVs and vehicle weight reduction at each automaker.」

「Having successfully developed die-casting lubricants usable with a small amount of application that improve the factory environment and quality and productivity, we will promote the rollout of new products to contribute to the shift to EVs and vehicle weight reduction at each automaker.」

「For die-casting lubricants, we will accelerate efforts to develop products that improve the factory environment and quality and productivity through low-application-volume use, while continuing product development, and to develop new products suited to new components and alloys created by the shift to EVs and vehicle weight reduction.」

「For the automotive industry, where further solvent reduction and lower VOC emissions are sought, and the electrical-appliance industry, including air-conditioning filters, we are focusing on developing new products, including reactive hot-melt adhesives that develop heat resistance through cross-linking of the adhesive components after application, achieving heat resistance comparable to that of solvent-based adhesives, and hot-melt adhesives suited to bonding dissimilar materials, which contributes to weight reduction in electric vehicles and other applications.」

「For the automotive industry, where further solvent reduction and lower VOC emissions are sought, we are focusing on developing new products, including reactive hot-melt adhesives that develop heat resistance through cross-linking of the adhesive components after application, achieving heat resistance comparable to that of solvent-based adhesives, and hot-melt adhesives suited to bonding dissimilar materials, which contributes to weight reduction in electric vehicles and other applications.」

「The company is also moving ahead with measures to address the shift to EVs, which is progressing faster than expected.」