Exploring New Fields as a Future-Creation Business
First written in FY2021. 5 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-05-20.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2020: 1 of 9 companies on the "Worse" side.
9 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-05-20AdvancedEarnings presentation
「Promotion of new pet food products using cricket-based ingredients」
For new products using insect-based food, the company is developing the market, raising awareness and validating the business through trade shows and pet events. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「From the end of 2023, we will launch the B2C web sales site "F!nd8 (Find Eight)," begin selling insect-based food products as well as our sintered products, and pursue the acquisition of new customer needs.」
As a new business, the company launched a B2C website selling insect-based food products and other items from the end of 2023 and began sales. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company will continue to allocate resources to priority areas, including new business development such as an insect-based food business addressing food supply challenges, initiatives toward carbon neutrality and investment in human capital, and will advance efforts to enhance corporate value.」
Following entry into the food business and the start of insect powder sales, the company continues to develop new businesses, including the edible insect business, as a priority area. No completion of commercialization of any new business is disclosed. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We will establish a mass-production line by fiscal 2025 and expand sales of the powder and OEM food products made with the powder.」
For the edible insect business, the company has specified plans to establish a mass-production line by fiscal 2025 and expand sales of the powder and OEM food products. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The company is actively allocating resources to new business development, including an insect-based food business addressing food supply challenges, initiatives toward carbon neutrality, and ESG management including investment in human capital, in order to secure future earnings capacity and enhance corporate value.」
Following entry into the food business, the company continues to develop new businesses, including the edible insect business, as an initiative under Medium-Term Management Plan 2025. No completion of commercialization of any new business is disclosed. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The company commercialized insect powder produced using an original method for which a patent application is pending and began selling food products and other items made with the powder.」
In the edible insect field of the Mirai Creation Business, the company progressed to commercializing insect powder and beginning sales of food products and other items. It plans to complete development of prototypes and make customer proposals for the titanium product development business and antiviral products business during fiscal 2022. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In the first year of the Medium-Term Management Plan 2025, the Company is actively deploying resources toward development for electrification, the construction of a demonstration line for the manufacturing innovation initiative FutureFactory, which combines digital technology with craftsmanship, the development of new businesses including insect-based food to address food-related challenges, and ESG management including initiatives toward carbon neutrality.」
Following entry into the food business, the company continues to develop new businesses, including edible insects, as an initiative in the first fiscal year of Medium-Term Management Plan 2025. No completion of commercialization of any new business is disclosed. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In the first year of the Medium-Term Management Plan 2025, the Company is actively deploying resources toward development for electrification, the construction of a demonstration line for the manufacturing innovation initiative FutureFactory, which combines digital technology with craftsmanship, the development of new businesses including insect-based food to address food-related challenges, and ESG management including initiatives toward carbon neutrality.」
The company continues to develop new businesses, including edible insects, which had been identified as one of the Mirai Creation Business areas, as an initiative in the first fiscal year of Medium-Term Management Plan 2025. No completion of commercialization of any new business is disclosed following entry into the food business. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「During the first quarter of the current consolidated cumulative period, the company entered the food business. There was no change in any major affiliated company as a result. The business is included in the "Other" segment for segment reporting purposes.」
The company states that it entered the food business in the first quarter with respect to the food field it had been considering as one of the Mirai Creation Business areas in the previous fiscal year. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「Positioned as the Mirai Creation Business, the company is considering commercialization in 3 areas. First, in anticipation of future food shortages, it is pursuing an edible insect business using its powder-processing and heat-treatment technologies. Second is a titanium product development business that leverages the company's original technologies and materials. Third is an antiviral products business that uses the company's patented technologies.」
Aiming to establish a fourth core business after automotive, railway, and hydraulic equipment, the company first presented in a consolidated manner its consideration of commercializing edible insects, titanium products, and antiviral products using patented technologies in powder processing and heat treatment, MIM and titanium MMC, and sintered vents.