Enhanced Development of Energy-Saving, CO2-Reducing and IoT-Enabled Products
First written in FY2017. 9 of 13 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2026.
33 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「First, recognising the importance of addressing various social issues, particularly environmental conservation in our business, we will actively pursue decarbonisation and the effective use of resources. Specifically, these initiatives include solar power generation at the Toyota Plant, an effort to halve coal-tar consumption at the Osaka Plant by 2030 from the 2013 level, improving tunnel-kiln efficiency, recycling in the production process, reducing energy consumption per unit of output and converting lighting equipment to LEDs.」
Under its basic sustainability policy, the company specified its own environmental initiative to halve coal-tar consumption by 2030, including a defined timeframe and quantitative target. - 2026-06-03AdvancedGeneral Meeting of Shareholders
「Starting this fiscal year, the Company began full-scale sales of its new melting furnace, “SUPPRESS.”」
The Company made concrete progress on its new SUPPRESS melting furnace by beginning full-scale sales. - FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The industrial furnace business increased revenue 11.8% year on year to ¥211 million (8.8% of revenue), as orders for the new Freedom furnace progressed steadily.」
Orders for the Freedom furnace, one of the company's energy-saving and environmentally oriented products, progressed steadily, providing concrete evidence of higher revenue in the industrial furnace business. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「Products that contribute to carbon neutrality are in particularly strong demand. We consider the development of industrial furnaces focused on CO2 reduction to be our greatest challenge and are actively addressing it.」
The company positioned carbon-neutrality initiatives as the greatest challenge in industrial furnace development and advanced the development, commercialisation and sales expansion of energy-saving and labour-saving products such as Freedom, Elemax, LITETEX and the VE and VELOX series. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「For these products under development, the time from curing through drying to commencement of use has been reduced to one-third for the VE series and one-eighth for the VELOX series compared with conventional monolithic refractories. As a high-performance product, TAFUUTEX, a tough castable refractory that is less prone to cracking and crack propagation when formed into a structure, has also completed development and commercialisation and will be launched in the market sequentially.」
The VE and VELOX series have reduced the time to commencement of use to one-third and one-eighth, respectively, of the conventional time, and development and commercialisation of TAFUUTEX have also been completed. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the melting furnace and environmental markets, orders for the new Freedom furnace progressed steadily, but sales of new melting furnaces and other products declined as customers in the automotive industry continued to operate at low levels through the second quarter.」
While continuing to develop and sell environmentally oriented and energy-saving products, the company reconfirmed that orders for the Freedom furnace were progressing steadily. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the melting furnace and environmental markets, orders for the new Freedom furnace progressed, but furnace repair projects declined as customers continued to operate at low levels, resulting in lower construction revenue related to melting furnaces.」
While continuing to develop and sell environmentally oriented and energy-saving products, the company reported concrete progress in the form of growing orders for its new Freedom furnace. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「We are continuing to improve Eleclean Keeper, which reduces CO2 emissions by applying electricity to the crucible while providing high molten-metal temperature control, in collaboration with key customers to achieve further energy savings and lower costs.」
The company continues to improve CO2-reduction and energy-saving products in collaboration with customers, while developing and selling environmentally oriented and labour-saving products such as LITETEX, ZEBRAX, Freedom and BC-1. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We will also actively expand into the metal powder melting market for next-generation vehicles and electronic devices, while developing energy-saving refractories suited to environmental requirements and expanding sales channels.」
The company continues to expand into markets for next-generation vehicles and electronic devices and to develop energy-saving refractories and expand their sales channels. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「We will also actively expand into the metal powder melting market for next-generation vehicles and electronic devices, while developing energy-saving refractories suited to environmental requirements and expanding sales channels.」
The company continues to expand into markets for next-generation vehicles and electronic devices and to develop energy-saving refractories and expand their sales channels. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In the casting market, we are continuing to improve the material of Phoenix, our flagship graphite crucible, to differentiate it from competing products, while further improving ZEBRAX, an energy-saving crucible with vertical grooves, and actively expanding sales. The introduction of a new large-scale CIP (cold isostatic pressing machine) in the manufacturing process for these products has significantly improved productivity and quality performance. We are also continuing to improve Eleclean Keeper, which reduces CO2 emissions by applying electricity to the crucible while providing high molten-metal temperature control, in collaboration with key customers to achieve further energy savings and lower costs.」
The company is advancing improvements and sales expansion for ZEBRAX, Eleclean Keeper and other energy-saving and CO2-reduction products, and has also described improvements in productivity and quality performance resulting from the introduction of a large-scale CIP. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「We are continuing to improve Eleclean Keeper, which reduces CO2 emissions by applying electricity to the crucible while providing high molten-metal temperature control, in collaboration with key customers to achieve further energy savings and lower costs.」
The company specifically described improvements to energy-saving and CO2-reduction products in collaboration with key customers, as well as the development and improvement of Freedom, NM furnaces, MK furnaces, Elemax and other products. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「We are at a stage where expansion is expected for products such as Eleclean Keeper, which reduces CO2 emissions by applying electricity to the crucible while providing high molten-metal temperature control, through continued improvement in collaboration with key customers.」
Development and improvement of Eleclean Keeper, Mel Keeper, NM furnaces and Elemax are progressing, focusing on energy savings, CO2 reduction, temperature control, IoT compatibility and ease of maintenance.