Responding to the New Normal through Digitalisation and a Hybrid of Online and In-Person Engagement

「While continuing to invest actively in high-priority areas, including aggressive development investment as part of its growth strategy and the construction of extensions to new buildings at the Shirai facility and Finetech Sendai, which are central to its manufacturing transformation, the company worked to diversify communication and improve productivity through digitalization, including hybrid activities combining IT tools with in-person interaction.」

「While continuing to invest actively in high-priority areas such as research and development and capital expenditure, the company worked to diversify communication and improve productivity through digitalization by using staggered working hours and working from home to prevent infection, and by pursuing a hybrid approach combining IT tools with in-person interaction. It also focused on strengthening organizational capabilities by actively hiring talented personnel and improving the workplace environment, including through the construction of new buildings for sales companies nationwide.」

「While restricting nonessential spending, such as business travel and exhibiting at trade shows, the company continued to invest actively in high-priority areas such as research and development and capital expenditure. It also worked to diversify communication and improve productivity through digitalization by using staggered working hours and working from home to prevent infection, and by pursuing a hybrid approach combining the use of IT tools with in-person interaction.」

「In its business activities, the company is primarily conducting workshops, demonstrations and seminars online, while also pursuing a hybrid approach that emphasizes in-person activities as circumstances require.」