Announced details
The amount of water added can be adjusted by ±5% of the amount indicated by the water-level line (approximately 100 mL for 1 sho).
Sushi robots, onigiri and rice-bowl products are used in more than 90 countries worldwide (implementation track record for the subject product, NW-QSZ18A: Not disclosed)
The companies have collaborated for approximately 4 years. They jointly developed a commercial IH rice cooker, with Zojirushi Corporation commercializing the product and Suzumo Machinery handling sales and after-sales service. Capital and personnel relationships: Not disclosed
Head office: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture; Representative Director, President and Executive Officer: Ichikawa Norio (市川典男). The company has rice-cooking technology developed through its work on household rice cookers. Other attributes: Not disclosed
20th Food Service Industry Award 2023
Food Service Industry Press Association
Suzumo Machinery Co.,Ltd.: 6th Floor, Nakano Central Park East, 4-10-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo
Open price
The company does not address Contract Value / Impact on Business Performance.
Fuji Keizai, “2025 Worldwide Robot-Related Market: Current Status and Future Outlook, Service Robots,” and the Food Service Industry Press Association
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | Commercial IH rice cooker NW-QSZ18A, Fuwarica, Compact sushi rice-ball robot S-Cube, Recommended vinegar for cooking sushi rice |
| Counterparty | Zojirushi Corporation |
| Counterparty overview | Head office: Osaka, Osaka Prefecture; Representative Director, President and Executive Officer: Ichikawa Norio (市川典男). The company has rice-cooking technology developed through its work on household rice cookers. Other attributes: Not disclosed |
| Relationship with the Company | The companies have collaborated for approximately 4 years. They jointly developed a commercial IH rice cooker, with Zojirushi Corporation commercializing the product and Suzumo Machinery handling sales and after-sales service. Capital and personnel relationships: Not disclosed |
| Offering price | Open price |
| Launch date | 1 April 2026 (scheduled start of sales) |
| Applicable area | Restaurants, Accommodation facilities, including hotels and ryokan, Izakaya, Restaurants serving Japanese, Chinese, Italian and other cuisines, Specialty restaurants, including ramen restaurants |
| Award/certification name | 20th Food Service Industry Award 2023 |
| Awarding / certifying body | Food Service Industry Press Association |
| Location | Suzumo Machinery Co.,Ltd.: 6th Floor, Nakano Central Park East, 4-10-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo |
| Quantitative Effects | The amount of water added can be adjusted by ±5% of the amount indicated by the water-level line (approximately 100 mL for 1 sho). |
| Usage history | Sushi robots, onigiri and rice-bowl products are used in more than 90 countries worldwide (implementation track record for the subject product, NW-QSZ18A: Not disclosed) |
| Source | Fuji Keizai, “2025 Worldwide Robot-Related Market: Current Status and Future Outlook, Service Robots,” and the Food Service Industry Press Association |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.To address challenges in the food-service industry, including labor shortages, the need to improve operational efficiency, and the need to stabilize rice-cooking quality, by combining Zojirushi Corporation’s rice-cooking technology with Suzumo Machinery’s expertise in developing and operating cooked-rice processing equipment.