Maximizing the Use of External Capabilities and Moving Away from an In-House-Only Approach
First written in FY2019. 9 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2021-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「On 27 January 2026, we agreed with ミネベアパワーデバイス株式会社 to enter into a technical alliance concerning production cooperation in back-end processes and the joint development of products for the intelligent power module (hereinafter, the “power module”) market.」
The use of external capabilities took concrete shape through a technical alliance with ミネベアパワーデバイス concerning production cooperation in back-end processes and the joint development of products. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「To gain a competitive advantage in the GaN power device market, which we intend to expand, we completed the absorption-type merger of 株式会社パウデック, acquired in April 2025, effective 1 October, in order to bring high-performance GaN power devices to market at an early stage.」
Following the acquisition of パウデック, the use of external capabilities progressed to the integration stage through completion of its absorption-type merger with our company, with the aim of bringing GaN power devices to market at an early stage. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「PSL will leverage its strengths in the production of high-voltage power semiconductors and sensors to expand production capacity, improve production efficiency and enhance its ability to serve customers over the long term through this capital increase. We also expect this to expand our stable wafer procurement capacity and reduce the burden of capital investment and other costs from a long-term perspective.」
The introduction of external capital was completed, moving the Fab-Light strategy into the execution stage, with the aim of expanding Polar’s production capacity and improving production efficiency while expanding our wafer procurement capacity and reducing the burden of capital investment. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「In the front-end process, we are pursuing a private placement by our U.S. subsidiary Polar Semiconductor, LLC with a private equity fund as the subscriber as part of a fab-light strategy aimed at securing production capacity while restraining investment. We are negotiating toward execution of a definitive agreement, with closing targeted during the current fiscal year.」
The use of external capabilities progressed to the stage of negotiating toward the execution of a formal agreement on a private equity fund’s third-party allocation of shares in Polar Semiconductor. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「This is driving the Fab-Light strategy, which will expand stable wafer procurement capacity and reduce the burden of capital investment and other costs from a long-term perspective.」
The use of external capabilities took concrete shape through the acceptance of an investment by a private equity fund in Polar Semiconductor, aimed at expanding wafer procurement capacity and reducing the burden of capital investment. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company decided that the best course of action was to transfer the business concerned to that company, combine the resources and expertise of the business concerned and GS Yuasa, and achieve sustainable growth, and accordingly decided to implement this absorption-type company split and share transfer.」
The use of external capabilities progressed to concrete execution through the transfer of the social systems business to GSユアサ and the combination of both companies’ resources and expertise. - FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company decided that the best course of action was to transfer the business concerned to that company, combine the resources and expertise of the business concerned and GS Yuasa, and achieve sustainable growth, and accordingly decided to implement this absorption-type company split and share transfer.」
The use of external capabilities progressed to concrete measures: transferring the business to GSユアサ and combining the resources and expertise of both companies. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「④ Pursuing rapid and efficient management by maximizing the use of external capabilities and moving away from a self-reliance model」
As a basic policy under the 18 Medium-Term Management Plan, management measures to use external capabilities and move away from a self-reliance model were explicitly stated for the first time.