Creating Area Niche Top and Global Niche Top Products
First written in FY2016. 5 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023. Latest entry: FY2026.
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- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, 4 new products were certified as PlanetFlags™/HumanFlags™, bringing the cumulative total to 38 products.」
PlanetFlags and HumanFlags certifications increased by 4 new products to a cumulative 38, and the company expanded into dual certification with Global Niche Top and Area Niche Top. - 2026-04-27AdvancedEarnings
「The company aims to increase the number of carefully selected products that meet both the certification criteria for PlanetFlagsTM/HumanFlagsTM, which recognize particularly significant contributions to the environment and humanity under the company’s own standards, and those for niche-top products, thereby addressing social issues while creating economic value.」
The company explicitly stated its policy of increasing the number of products certified both as niche-top products and under PlanetFlags and HumanFlags. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, we certified 11 new products, bringing the cumulative total to 35, as PlanetFlagsTM/HumanFlagsTM products.」
Linked its niche-top strategy to PlanetFlags and HumanFlags certifications, bringing the number of newly certified products to 11 and the cumulative total to 35. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「During the consolidated fiscal year, we newly certified 14 products, bringing the cumulative total to 24, as PlanetFlagsTM/HumanFlagsTM products. We will develop these products into Global Niche TopTM/Area Niche TopTM products.」
The Group linked its Niche Top strategy to certification of products contributing to the environment and humanity, reaching the stage of certifying 14 new products and 24 products cumulatively. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「We will accelerate innovation through the “Niche Top strategy,” which identifies niche fields without established leaders in growing markets and seeks a No. 1 market share through proprietary technologies.」
The Group positioned the Niche Top strategy at the center of its innovation model for achieving its 2030 vision, linking it to the Three New Activities and efforts to address social issues. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「We will accelerate innovation through the “Niche Top strategy,” which identifies niche fields without established leaders in growing markets and seeks a No. 1 market share through proprietary technologies.」
The Group has reaffirmed its basic strategy of using proprietary technologies in niche fields of growing markets to seek a No. 1 market share. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Our basic management strategies are the “Global Niche Top™” strategy, which selects growing markets, targets niche fields and seeks to leverage our proprietary differentiated technologies to achieve the world’s No. 1 market share, and the “Area Niche Top™” strategy, which seeks top market shares worldwide with products tailored to the needs of each area. We aim to expand our businesses through these two complementary strategies.」
The Group has reiterated Global Niche Top and Area Niche Top as its basic strategies for business expansion. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Our basic management strategies are the “Global Niche Top™” strategy, which selects growing markets, targets niche fields where our proprietary differentiated technologies can be used, and seeks to secure the world’s No. 1 market share, and the “Area Niche Top™” strategy, which seeks to secure top market shares worldwide with products tailored to the needs of each area. We aim to expand our businesses through these two complementary strategies.」
The Group has reiterated Global Niche Top and Area Niche Top as its basic strategies, aiming for the world’s No. 1 position and top market shares in each region. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Our basic management strategies are the “Global Niche Top™” strategy, which selects growing markets, targets niche fields where our proprietary differentiated technologies can be used, and seeks to secure the world’s No. 1 market share, and the “Area Niche Top™” strategy, which seeks to secure top market shares worldwide with products tailored to the needs of each area. We aim to expand our businesses through these two complementary strategies.」
The Group has reaffirmed Global Niche Top and Area Niche Top as its two basic strategies, aiming for the world’s No. 1 position and top market shares in each region. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We have adopted the policies of “Area Niche Top” (ANT) and “multi-axis creation,” identifying the problems customers are genuinely struggling with and working to solve them using all of Nitto’s technologies.」
ANT, which addresses region-specific needs, and the established Global Niche Top strategy serve as the pillars of research and development and new business creation.