Creating New Businesses by Combining Measurement and Control Technologies with IoT and AI
First written in FY2019. 6 of 12 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020. Latest entry: 2026-08-04.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2024: 2 of 13 companies on the "Worse" side.
8 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Solutions Business, to help improve the efficiency of energy supply and demand and reduce manpower requirements, we are developing energy management services and various devices for buildings and commercial facilities, as well as SmaRe:C, an energy management solution using storage batteries, and pursuing the Smart Maintenance Business, which promotes the digital transformation of safety management operations through remote and continuous monitoring of electrical equipment.」
Specific measures for creating new businesses expanded to include the use of storage batteries through SmaRe:C, smart maintenance, remote and continuous monitoring, and energy management. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In the Solutions Business, to help improve the efficiency of energy supply and demand and reduce manpower requirements, we are developing energy management services and various devices for buildings and commercial facilities, as well as systems related to smart locks. In addition to conventional AC measurement technology, we are focusing our R&D efforts on measurement technologies, including DC measurement technology, monitoring and control technology, power transmission and storage application technology, and AIoT utilization and applications, as related technologies required to create new products.」
In addition to developing smart lock and energy management systems, we made DC measurement, monitoring and control, power transmission and storage applications, and AIoT concrete technology areas for creating new products. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「In developing new products, the company is focusing its research and development on the measurement technology field, including DC measurement technologies in addition to its conventional AC measurement technologies; the monitoring and control technology field, including energy conservation; and AIoT application and utilization technologies, which are essential to implementing each solution.」
The direction of combining measurement and control technologies with IoT and AI was made concrete as R&D areas including AIoT utilization and applications, DC measurement, and monitoring and control. R&D expenses were ¥3,529 million. - FY2022-Q3Continued decline in smart-lock revenue following the previous year's shipmentsAnnual report
「In the domestic measurement and control business, revenue declined 4.6% year on year to ¥32,248 million, owing to lower smart meter revenue and a decline in revenue from smart locks for rental properties, which had been shipped in significant volume in the same period of the previous year.」
The decline in revenue from smart locks for rental properties developed as a new business, due to the reversal of the previous period's shipments, continued to weigh on revenue in the domestic Measurement and Control Business. - FY2022-Q2Continued decline in smart-lock revenue following the previous year's shipmentsAnnual report
「Due mainly to lower revenue from smart locks for rental properties, which had been shipped in a certain volume in the same period of the previous year, revenue was ¥21,405 million, down 4.0% year on year.」
The decline in revenue from smart locks for rental properties developed as a new business, due to the reversal of the previous period's shipments in a certain volume, continued. - FY2022-Q1Decline in smart-lock shipments following the previous year's shipmentsAnnual report
「Due to lower revenue from smart locks for rental properties, which had been shipped in a certain volume in the same period of the previous year, and other factors」
Revenue from smart locks developed as a new business declined due to the reversal of the previous period's shipments in a certain volume. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Orders for OPELO, the company's smart-lock new business, are increasing, and the company is steadily developing it as a new core business. It has also begun initiatives to create added value using local 5G.」
In its new businesses, the company confirmed an increase in orders for the OPELO smart lock and began initiatives to create added value using local 5G. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「The company is partnering with various organizations to create new businesses that change lifestyles and business practices by combining its measurement and control technologies with IoT and AI.」
The company has for the first time explicitly stated its concept of creating new businesses by combining its measurement and control technologies with IoT and AI through partnerships.