Commercialization of environmentally friendly products
First written in FY2016. 9 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2025.
31 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In fiscal 2024, the company established Green PLUS as a new initiative. Green PLUS is a new certification system focused on both environmental and social issues that are addressed when customers select and use the company's products. In its first year, fiscal 2024, 2 products were certified.」
The environmentally friendly products initiative progressed beyond product environmental assessments to the establishment of the Green PLUS system, which evaluates solutions to environmental and social issues, and the certification of 2 products. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In fiscal 2023, to meet demand in the metal cutting and processing field for thicker materials and higher speeds, the company increased laser output and launched an ultra-high-output laser exceeding 20 kW.」
Product development related to the environment and carbon neutrality progressed to the launch of an ultra-high-output fiber laser exceeding 20 kW, superconducting applications for fusion and the installation and development of fast-charging connectors. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The company developed Japan's first liquid-cooled cable connector and began installing it on fast chargers with a maximum output in the 200 kW class in 2023. To meet demand for even higher output, it is also developing a liquid-cooled cable connector compatible with a maximum output of 900 kW.」
Commercialization of environmentally friendly products progressed to the start of installation of liquid-cooled fast-charging cables and connectors for electric vehicles in the 200 kW class and development compatible with 900 kW. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is developing high-power fast-charging cables and connector-terminal cooling technology applicable to chargers in the 400 kW class, a first in Japan. To support next-generation charging standards, it is also advancing R&D on cooling technology applicable to the 900 kW class and focusing on developing charging connectors and cables with high cooling efficiency and ease of operation and handling.」
The scope of environmentally friendly products expanded beyond conventional solar cells, sensors and superconducting wire to cables and cooling technology for 400 kW- and 900 kW-class electric-vehicle fast charging. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「In fiscal 2020, the company began selling systems to visualize heatstroke prevention and seasonal influenza measures jointly with NTT West.」
Environmentally friendly products progressed from the development of sensor systems and an IoT cloud to the launch of sales of solutions for heatstroke and seasonal influenza. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「For dye-sensitized solar cells, in addition to the existing wide-area LoRaWAN sensor system powered by these solar cells, the company built its own IoT cloud and launched solution services covering the entire process from sensor systems to cloud applications. It also implemented a heatstroke prevention system jointly with NTT West.」
Environmentally friendly products progressed from the sensor-system development stage to the launch and demonstration of solution services incorporating an IoT cloud. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「For dye-sensitized solar cells, the company developed an energy-harvesting LoRaWAN™ indoor/outdoor sensor node that uses a thin energy-harvesting module as a self-powered source and incorporates a wireless system based on LPWA (Low Power Wide Area Network) technology, enabling IoT wireless sensing over a wider area.」
Environmentally friendly products progressed from environmental sensor systems using thin solar-cell modules to LoRaWAN-compatible indoor and outdoor sensor nodes. Development of mass-production technology for high-temperature superconducting wire also continued. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「For dye-sensitized solar cells, the company developed a multi-hop wireless energy-harvesting (EH) environmental sensor system that uses a thin energy-harvesting module as a self-powered source and implements a multi-hop function based on high-precision synchronization in the wireless section.」
For environmentally friendly products, development progressed to an environmental sensor system using a thin dye-sensitized solar-cell module. Development of mass-production technology for high-temperature superconducting wire also continued. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「For dye-sensitized solar cells, the company developed a thin module for energy harvesting that uses their highly efficient power-generation characteristics under low-light conditions.」
For environmentally friendly products, development of a thin dye-sensitized solar-cell module became more concrete. The company also successfully formed magnetic refrigerant working materials into wire. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「As part of the development of environmentally friendly products, the company is advancing development toward the commercialization of high-temperature superconducting wire, dye-sensitized solar cells and lithium-ion capacitors.」
Several environmental and energy-related technologies are being developed as potential commercial products.