Acquisition of New Core Competencies and Expansion of Business Domains through Collaboration
First written in FY2024. 2 of 3 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2025. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
54 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Through this absorption-type company split, we will succeed to Kowa's network solutions business and other operations, which possess the software technologies sought by our company and the commercial rights relating to those technologies. This will enable us to secure an appropriate number of software engineers, expand our range of software-equipped products, participate in themes in our ongoing marketing activities and deploy the technologies in other businesses, including the optoelectronic fusion project. Through expansion of our Group's business domains and business model innovation, we aim to further enhance corporate value.」
The integration of software development capabilities and the solutions business was given concrete form through the succession of Kowa's network solutions business. Consideration was ¥495 million, the business succession was completed on 1 June 2025, and a gain on negative goodwill of ¥309 million was recorded. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Through this absorption-type company split, we will succeed to Kowa's network solutions business and other operations, which possess the software technologies sought by our company and the commercial rights relating to those technologies. This will enable us to secure an appropriate number of software engineers, expand our range of software-equipped products, participate in themes in our ongoing marketing activities and deploy the technologies in other businesses, including the optoelectronic fusion project. Through expansion of our Group's business domains and business model innovation, we aim to further enhance corporate value.」
The integration of software development capabilities and the solutions business was given concrete form through the succession of Kowa's network solutions business. The company split was carried out on 1 June 2025. - FY2024First statedAnnual report
「2) Acquiring new core competencies / Expanding business domains through collaboration with other companies ① Strengthen initiatives to expand the domains of the core businesses ② Build collaborations and bring capabilities in-house in the fields of electroforming, MEMS processing and optoelectronic convergence technologies ③ Fully launch a solutions business in parallel with bringing software development capabilities in-house」
The new medium-term management plan for the first time systematically identifies collaboration in electroforming, MEMS processing and optoelectronic convergence technologies, bringing software development capabilities in-house, and shifting from product sales to solutions sales as means of expanding business domains.