Proposals for high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies
First written in FY2018-Q3. 18 of 24 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 2 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
3 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「・Research and development to incorporate new advanced technologies such as AI into products at an early stage ・Review of internal systems with a focus on DX to increase productivity ・Introduction of business-improvement software in connection with work-style reforms and the promotion of telework」
The company continues research and development to incorporate advanced technologies such as AI into products, reviews of internal systems with a focus on DX, and the introduction of business-improvement software. - FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「In the machine tools business, capital investment trends are gaining strength as the global economy recovers, and demand is expected for equipment that contributes to labor-saving investment and higher productivity, including greater precision, higher speed and AI integration, across a broad range of industries.」
The company continues to pursue equipment for labor-saving investment and higher productivity, including greater precision, higher speed and AI integration, as a direction for product and equipment proposals that meet customer demand. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「・Research and development to incorporate new advanced technologies such as AI into products at an early stage ・Review of internal systems with a focus on DX to increase productivity ・Introduction of business-improvement software in connection with work-style reforms and the promotion of telework」
The company continues research and development to incorporate advanced technologies such as AI into products, reviews of internal systems with a focus on DX, and the introduction of business-improvement software. - FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities while focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company continues its policy of making equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「In the woodworking machinery business, the rapid increase in housing construction costs caused by declines in housing starts accompanying Japan's population decline and by labor shortages is a near-term concern. However, while pursuing the strengths of our technological capabilities, we will continue to focus on technology development addressing digitalization and labor reduction.」
The company continues to develop technologies addressing digitalization and labor reduction in response to population decline, labor shortages and rising housing construction costs. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities while focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its medium- to long-term policy of making equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities while focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of making equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities while focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its medium- to long-term policy of making equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2023RaisedAnnual report
「・Research and development to incorporate new advanced technologies such as AI into products at an early stage ・Review of internal systems with a focus on DX to increase productivity ・Introduction of business-improvement software in connection with work-style reforms and the promotion of telework」
The company is expanding the scope of its initiatives from considering the introduction of AI and DX to research and development to incorporate advanced technologies such as AI into products, reviewing internal systems with a focus on DX, and introducing business-improvement software. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities while focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its medium- to long-term policy of making equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies in response to the decline in competitiveness resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2022RaisedAnnual report
「・Consideration of introducing advanced technologies such as AI ・Review of internal systems with a focus on DX to increase productivity ・Introduction of business-improvement software in connection with work-style reforms and the promotion of telework」
The company is expanding the scope of its initiatives from conventional equipment proposals integrating digital technologies to the introduction of AI, the review of internal systems with a focus on DX, and the introduction of software supporting telework. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities while focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of making equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2021RaisedAnnual report
「・Consideration of introducing advanced technologies such as AI ・Review of production systems, including DX, to increase productivity ・Introduction of business-improvement software in connection with work-style reforms and the promotion of telework」
The company is expanding the scope of its initiatives from conventional product proposals using labor-saving and ICT technologies to reviewing production systems, including AI and DX, and introducing business-improvement software. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The machine tools we manufacture are supported by customers processing various materials across a broad range of industries. We therefore need to pursue market development through integrated manufacturing and sales operations in order to provide the technologies required by each industry.」
The company continues its policy of providing customers across a broad range of industries with the technologies they require and developing markets through an integrated manufacturing and sales operation. - FY2021-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The machine tools we manufacture are supported by customers processing various materials across a broad range of industries. We therefore need to pursue market development through integrated manufacturing and sales operations in order to provide the technologies required by each industry.」
The company continues its policy of providing customers across a broad range of industries with the technologies required by each industry and developing markets through an integrated manufacturing and sales operation. This is described as a market response consistent with rationalization investment and equipment proposals integrating digital technologies. - FY2021-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Furthermore, over the medium to long term, in response to the decline in the competitiveness of the manufacturing industry resulting from population and labor-force declines, we intend to promote the continued development of corporate activities by focusing on equipment proposals that integrate digital technologies.」
The company has developed its previous wording concerning proposals for high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies into equipment proposals integrating digital technologies as a response to the decline in competitiveness resulting from population and labor-force declines. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Going forward, we will continue to obtain customer needs through a variety of networks, promote customer proposals that meet the needs of the industries we serve for safe, user-friendly products capable of addressing market demand for efficiency-enhancing investment, and demonstrate the superiority of our technologies by exhibiting at various trade shows.」
The company continues to offer safe, easy-to-use customer proposals that meet the needs of rationalization investment and to develop markets through its network and trade shows. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「At the same time, we will continue promoting customer proposals that meet the market need for rationalization investment and are safe and easy for customers in the relevant industries to use」
Amid cautious views on labor shortages and capital investment, the company continues its policy of advancing safe, easy-to-use proposals that meet the needs of rationalization investment. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「However, in Japan, we must develop technologies that contribute to labor savings in response to labor shortages and propose high-quality products that also use internationally competitive ICT technologies.」
The company continues its policy of proposing high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies in response to labor shortages. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「While actively promoting the introduction of new equipment and software based on new ideas」
The wording concerning customer proposals for high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies seen through the previous quarter is absent, and the annual report shifts the focus to the introduction of new equipment and software on the factory-operations side. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「However, in Japan, we must develop technologies that contribute to labor savings in response to labor shortages and propose high-quality products that also use internationally competitive ICT technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of proposing high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies in response to labor shortages and domestic capital investment. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「However, in Japan, we must develop technologies that contribute to labor savings in response to labor shortages and propose high-quality products that also use internationally competitive ICT technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of proposing high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies in response to labor shortages and domestic capital investment. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「However, in Japan, we must develop technologies that contribute to labor savings in response to labor shortages and propose high-quality products that also use internationally competitive ICT technologies.」
The company has reaffirmed its policy of proposing high-quality products using labor-saving and ICT technologies in response to labor shortages and domestic capital investment. - FY2018-Q3First statedAnnual report
「However, the decline in domestic capital investment resulting from population decline is a concern, and the company must continue proposing high-quality products that incorporate internationally competitive ICT technology, together with technological development contributing to labor-saving measures as a response.」
For the first time, the company explicitly states that it will develop technologies that contribute to labor savings and propose high-quality products using ICT technologies as measures to address the contraction in domestic capital investment accompanying population decline.