Creating new value by integrating hardware and software through a digital manufacturing platform

「樹脂圧力、樹脂温度、金型温度など複合情報からの推論、AIによる成形条件の自動調整機能を搭載した次世代システムを発表(2026年度発売)」

「For base materials for molds, equipment, and jigs and tools, we released Futaba Order Site Plus, which enables users to obtain quotations easily by uploading drawing data online. We also advanced development of applications and larger molded products for Felcarbo, a thick CFRP plate for cutting applications.」

「We promoted globalization, including expansion into North America with collaboration partners, to make molds smarter」

「In Japan, although the molding and production-efficiency equipment and Machine Tool IoT Monitoring System that we are prioritizing grew,」

「In fiscal 2024, we newly released the Injection Molding AI System. This groundbreaking system uses data collected by an in-mold measurement system and AI technology to make a major contribution to optimizing customers' molding conditions and improving productivity.」

「Launch of an "Injection Molding AI System" using AI in the company's resin pressure measurement system for molding and production efficiency equipment」

「For the simple design and procurement service Plate Builder offered through the production equipment business's e-commerce site, we promoted more efficient procurement in the factory automation industry by expanding the range of supported processing and the types of processing available.」

「In the new products field, we developed software for the Machine Tool IoT Monitoring System in response to customer requests, making machine tools' operating status easier to view. We are also developing models for overseas markets, including Thailand and Vietnam.」

「Specifically, we actively pursued new value creation by concluding an agreement with a local government for a demonstration test leveraging our communications technology, promoting demonstration tests using industrial drones, holding a webinar on the new Felcarbo material, and displaying the new Tabread for the first time at a domestic exhibition.」

「We installed the Machine Tool IoT Monitoring System at our factory, improved the operating rate, and expanded business by publishing a case study on digital transformation.」

「Specifically, we actively pursued the launch of new products and services, including the market rollout of high-brightness, high-resolution compact color organic EL displays and the launch of a service integrating group company Kabuku's Plate Builder with our Futaba Order Site.」

「具体的な取り組みとして、小型カラー有機ELディスプレイの開発による高付加価値製品の市場展開、当社の産業用ドローンを用いた実証実験、Webを活用した新製品の積極的な販売促進、国内営業拠点の再編を行いました。」

「Specifically, we created new value by developing high-brightness, high-resolution organic EL displays and drone operation management systems, and by launching the new NC Belt Feeder from group company Satsuki Kizai Co., Ltd.」

「In the new products field, we are developing customers for the Machine Tool IoT Monitoring System, which centrally manages machine tools' operating status in the cloud. Felcarbo, a thick CFRP plate for cutting applications, is gaining adoption in the industrial equipment sector after we focused on its use for improving productivity through weight reduction, reviewed the material composition, and linked this to higher productivity.」

「Under the Futaba Innovation Plan 2023, during the second quarter we actively launched new products and services, including the MMS Cloud IoT system for centralized management of data from drone-related products and in-mold measurement systems.」

「We actively brought new products to market by combining and applying internal resources, including the Machine Tool IoT Monitoring System and Felcarbo, a thick carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) plate for cutting applications.」

「In addition, the company had recognized goodwill based on expected excess earning power when it acquired shares in its consolidated subsidiary カブク. However, as performance no longer supported the business plan initially anticipated, it recognized an impairment loss of ¥885 million as an extraordinary loss.」

「In addition, the company had recognized goodwill based on expected excess earning power when it acquired shares in its consolidated subsidiary カブク. However, as performance no longer supported the business plan initially anticipated, it recognized an impairment loss of ¥885 million as an extraordinary loss.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group worked to improve profitability by promoting cost reductions for organic EL displays, expanding sales of differentiated products, rolling out integrated products in the IoT field, and expanding sales of plate products to the equipment and machinery industries, among other measures.」

「In the production equipment business, we contribute to streamlining customers' manufacturing through the thorough use of ICT to make production processes intelligent. …In cooperation with Kabuku, Inc., a domestic group company, we will advance the development of rational production methods for base materials and equipment.」

「We will use Kabuku, Inc.'s software development and AI analytics technologies to advance the development of rational production methods for base materials and equipment.」

「In September 2017, the company made Kabuku Inc. a subsidiary to develop a digital manufacturing platform that would enable new approaches to manufacturing in the IoT era. Through this move, it aims to create new value in manufacturing by adding software elements to its conventional hardware.」