R&D of new products that will earn market recognition

「In the gripper field, the company completed development of a faceplate-changeable hand and a three-jaw measuring hand for collaborative robots, and advanced preparations for commercialization and market launch.」

「The resulting rise in crude oil prices and impact on logistics networks emerged as new risks that could drive up global energy prices and lead to a slowdown in the global economy.」

「Under these circumstances, the company focused on improving productivity and expanding sales of the BR series, a high-value-added power chuck product. It also opened a web showroom on its website and worked to provide the latest product and technical information. In addition, to enter new market areas such as robotics, it actively approached system integrators and robot manufacturers. As a result of these initiatives, sales of the BR-series power chuck increased significantly year on year.」

「Under these circumstances, the company focused on improving productivity and expanding sales of the BR series, a high-value-added power chuck product. It also opened a web showroom on its website and worked to provide the latest product and technical information. In addition, to enter new market areas such as robotics, it actively approached system integrators and robot manufacturers. As a result of these initiatives, sales of the BR-series power chuck increased significantly year on year.」

「Under these circumstances, the company focused on improving productivity and expanding sales of the BR series, a high-value-added power chuck product.」

「During the consolidated fiscal year, the company began mass production and sales of a newly designed standard BR-series chuck with significantly improved gripping accuracy and design. In addition to the 6-, 8- and 10-inch models, it newly developed a 12-inch model.」

「To promote commercialization in the industrial robot peripherals market, the company worked to address management issues for future growth, including improving the quality, cost and delivery of robot hands, advancing development, and building a network with system integrators. It also conducted active sales activities to increase market awareness of the new standard BR-series chuck. In addition, it promoted its products through web-based trade fairs, including participation in JIMTOF2020 Online.」

「The company also conducted active sales activities to increase market awareness of the new standard BR-series chuck.」

「The company also focused on increasing market awareness by expanding sales of the next-generation standard BR-series chuck.」

「The company also exhibited at MECT 2019 and EMO Hannover 2019, an overseas trade show, and pursued initiatives including the launch of new products such as the MK350 NC rotary table and slim two-jaw parallel gripper.」

「The company also unveiled the new MK350 NC rotary table and slim two-jaw parallel gripper at EMO Hannover 2019, an overseas trade show. It plans to exhibit at MECT 2019 in October and will further accelerate its efforts to develop new products.」

「The Company launched the BR series, developed as a high-value-added product based on one of its core products, the power chuck, and began focused sales activities.」

「Against this backdrop, we unveiled the new BR Series power chuck and a thin two-jaw gripper (robot hand) at JIMTOF2018, accelerating our efforts to develop new products.」

「The Company worked to establish a business foundation by focusing on developing new products in each business field.」

「Under these circumstances, we actively pursued new product development and launched a general-purpose gripper (robot hand) as a new product during the period, working to expand into new product fields.」

「Against this backdrop, the Company continued product development based on needs identified through orders for customer-specific products (customized products). It also began launching some new products and worked to expand orders.」

「In addition, during the fiscal year, the company developed equipment focused on wettability, a property used in the field of surface science. The equipment features a new evaluation method that can non-contact assess materials with extremely high wettability that could not be measured using conventional methods. When the company made the first exhibition of this non-contact wettability evaluation system, Wettio, at ASTEC2017 (Advanced Surface Technology Exhibition), it received a strong response from researchers in various industries.」

「The company exhibited and presented numerous new products developed through these initiatives at the 28th Japan International Machine Tool Fair (JIMTOF2016), held in November. Going forward, it will work to stimulate further demand and expand orders by using the market launch of these new products as a catalyst.」

「We established a new product-development structure and worked on product development based on needs identified through orders for customer-specific products, with the aim of launching the products in the second half of this fiscal year.」

「We established a new product development structure and accelerated product development based on needs identified through orders for customer-specific products.」

「The company is securing intellectual property rights for these R&D results as industrial property, while also developing and acquiring the elemental technologies that form the foundation for product development. It will continue to conduct R&D on products that can earn recognition in changing markets.」