Development of environmentally friendly products with low resistance, high efficiency and long service life
First written in FY2016. 10 of 11 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-06-03.
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- 2026-06-03AdvancedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「Development of next-generation products addressing reduced environmental impact and EV-related components」
In addition to reducing environmental impact, the Company has specified components for EVs as a target area for next-generation product development. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Our basic policy is to contribute to shorter customer lead times and lower processing costs through higher efficiency and precision and longer service life. We also aim to develop environmentally friendly products by reducing energy consumption during manufacturing.」
Based on an R&D policy that includes reducing environmental impact, the company is developing new products such as low-cutting-resistance inserts and DLC-coated inserts. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The product was certified as an environmentally friendly product by the Japan Cutting Tool Manufacturers’ Association for fiscal 2023 because it reduces power consumption through high-efficiency machining and discarded tools through longer tool life.」
The new product was certified as an environmentally friendly product for fiscal 2023 because it reduces power consumption and discarded tools, demonstrating continued results from the environmentally friendly product development policy. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The product was certified as an environmentally friendly product by the Japan Cutting Tool Manufacturers’ Association for fiscal 2022 because it reduces power consumption through high-efficiency machining and discarded tools through longer tool life.」
The shoulder milling cutter and Mirror Ball TS inserts were certified as environmentally friendly products for fiscal 2022 because they reduce power consumption and discarded tools. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「“Strike Drill EZN” was certified as an environmentally friendly product by the Japan Cutting Tool Manufacturers’ Association for fiscal 2021.」
The new product was certified as an environmentally friendly product, producing the concrete outcome of external certification for the environmentally friendly product development policy. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「We developed the indexable cutter “Multi Extreme EXM/MEX,” which enables high-feed and shoulder milling with the same insert. “Multi Extreme EXM/MEX” was certified as an environmentally friendly product by the Japan Cutting Tool Manufacturers’ Association for fiscal 2020.」
In addition to high-efficiency machining, double-sided inserts and reduced cutting resistance, the product has progressed to certification as an environmentally friendly product. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Our R&D policy is to contribute to shorter customer lead times and lower processing costs through reduced cutting resistance, higher efficiency and precision, and longer service life, and to develop environmentally friendly products by reducing energy consumption during manufacturing.」
In addition to the previous focus on low cutting resistance, high efficiency and longer service life, the company has explicitly identified reducing energy consumption during manufacturing as a policy for developing environmentally friendly products. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「Our R&D policy is to contribute to shorter customer lead times and lower processing costs through lower cutting resistance, higher efficiency, greater precision and longer service life, and to develop environmentally friendly products by reducing the use of increasingly expensive rare metals.」
In line with its R&D policy, the company is developing new products with specific performance characteristics, including an axial depth of cut of up to 15 mm, compatibility with 70 HRC materials and R accuracy of ±5 μm. - FY2018AdvancedAnnual report
「Our R&D policy is to contribute to shorter customer lead times and lower processing costs through lower cutting resistance, higher efficiency, greater precision and longer service life, and to develop environmentally friendly products by reducing the use of increasingly expensive rare metals.」
The company reaffirmed lower cutting resistance, higher efficiency, greater precision, longer service life and reduced rare-metal use as R&D priorities, leading to product development such as SKS-GⅡ and the anti-vibration S Head. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「By making both sides of the insert usable, we launched a new high-efficiency indexable tool that takes into consideration not only tool performance and cost-effectiveness but also the environment.」
The company has disclosed the launch of a specific new high-efficiency tool with environmental benefits. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Our R&D policy is to develop environmentally friendly products that reduce power consumption through lower cutting resistance, improve efficiency and precision, and shorten lead times and reduce processing costs through longer service life.」
The development targets for environmentally friendly products are to reduce power consumption, processing time and processing costs.