Achieving Sustainability

「On the product front, the XWT-8, a 2-spindle, 2-turret precision lathe launched in November 2023, received the Japan Institute of Design Promotion Award at the 55th Machine Industry Design Award IDEA. It was recognized for reducing running costs and energy consumption and contributing to lower environmental impact.」

「Accordingly, the company discusses sustainability in general at the Management Committee, whose members are the executives responsible for business execution. The Management Committee discusses and decides on important issues (materialities) that the company must address to achieve sustainability, as well as its policies for addressing them. It also regularly monitors the progress of sustainability initiatives and works to ensure their appropriate and prompt implementation.」

「In addition to improving processing capabilities compared with conventional machines, we improved energy efficiency and maintenance functions to address carbon neutrality.」

「To achieve sustainability, we have established the sustainability basic policy, “TAKAMAZ contributes to enhancing corporate value and realizing a sustainable society through manufacturing that always continues to take on challenges.” We have also identified 4 material issues and are working to address them based on the 3 ESG perspectives of environment, society and governance.」

「At the venue, we also introduced a regrinding service for the collet chucks and flanges manufactured by us and owned by customers, which received considerable interest. By using this service, customers can reduce costs compared with purchasing new products and can also contribute to the SDGs through the 3Rs (reduce, reuse and recycle). We will continue promoting initiatives that contribute to the SDGs and sustainability.」

「Environmentally, as part of our efforts toward decarbonization and carbon neutrality, we began operating a solar power generation facility under a third-party-owned PPA model at our head office factory in August this year. The facility is expected to reduce CO2 emissions at the head office factory by 14%, or approximately 390 tonnes of CO2, compared with fiscal 2021.」

「At JIMTOF2022, held in November under the themes of labor saving, carbon neutrality and DX, we displayed operating models including the new XTS-6, which pursues further miniaturization from the best-selling XT-6 and achieves the industry's smallest floor space, and the new XWG-3, which enables high-precision, high-efficiency production with two built-in motor spindles in the compact space required for a single lathe. We also held workshops and proposed new automation solutions.」

「Both of the above new products use a regenerative power supply system that reuses electrical energy previously released as waste heat by conventional machines as power for the equipment, thereby reducing power consumption. We will continue developing products aimed at contributing to carbon neutrality, for which demand has been increasing in recent years.」

「Our R&D efforts have proactively addressed the needs of the times, including optimization of machining using AI and IoT technologies, DX through visualization of machine conditions, proposals for carbon neutrality through reductions in power consumption and waste, and the promotion of the SDGs through technological innovation, in addition to improving ease of use. These efforts attracted strong interest from many customers.」

「To achieve our management targets, we will pursue 5 key strategies: “responding to accelerating changes in the business environment,” “qualitative transformation of the machine tools business,” “improving our earnings structure,” “strengthening our management foundation,” and “achieving sustainability.” Through proactive change and challenge, we aim to achieve further growth and record-high revenue.」