Developing and Launching New Products for Advanced Markets

「Under Medium-Term Management Plan 2029, we have identified the fundamental strengthening of our research and development capabilities and the launch of next-generation core products as one of our key objectives. Beginning with the fiscal year ending August 2026, we will also launch a new product development project and begin developing products that could become our next core products.」

「In September 2024, we added the intermediate-size file JIZAI Pre 020 to the lineup. … Beginning in June 2025, we launched sales of the sterilized JIZAI series for Europe and North America.」

「Beginning in September 2024, we launched JIZAI Pre 020, a new product in the JIZAI¹ series of NiTi rotary files for dental root canal treatment, designated as a priority development product under the medium-term management plan.」

「In the fiscal year ended August 2024, we undertook initiatives including expanding the JIZAI product lineup in response to KOL demand for broader and higher-quality dental root canal treatment. … We also advanced initiatives including developing eyeless needles suitable for robotic surgery using MANI Hard Fiber Stainless Steel, our proprietary stainless-steel material.」

「We are strengthening marketing activities to establish mass production and expand sales of the JIZAI NiTi rotary file, a priority product under the medium-term management plan.」

「During the fiscal year, we strengthened marketing activities to establish mass production and expand sales of the JIZAI NiTi rotary file, a priority product under the medium-term management plan, promoted domestic sales of the MANI Micro Forceps, and advanced sales activities for the dental restorative material in Europe.」

「During the fiscal year, we strengthened marketing activities to establish mass production and expand sales of the JIZAI NiTi rotary file, a priority product under the medium-term management plan, promoted domestic sales of the MANI Micro Forceps, and advanced the initial European sale of a new dental restorative material jointly developed by the company and its German consolidated subsidiary GDF.」

「During the fiscal year, we strengthened marketing activities to establish mass production and expand sales of the NiTi rotary file, a priority product under the medium-term management plan, and advanced preparations for the domestic launch of the Vitreous Forceps and the initial European sale of a dental restorative material sold under the MANI brand.」

「In addition, we completed the regulatory registration and obtained regulatory approval for the Vitreous Forceps, which we had been developing as a priority product under the medium-term management plan. We also established a mass-production structure for the NiTi rotary file and are conducting marketing activities, including seminars to raise awareness, to expand sales.」

「In addition, we established a mass-production structure for the NiTi rotary file, a priority product under the medium-term management plan, and advanced development of the new Vitreous Forceps for launch in the second half of the fiscal year.」

「We have made shortening development timelines through the selection and concentration of development themes our top priority, and worked to establish a system for effectively concentrating resources on highly important themes.」

「We have worked to shorten development timelines by setting further selection and concentration among development themes as a goal, newly establishing a system for carefully selecting themes, and effectively concentrating resources on higher-priority themes.」

「We have established a structure aimed at more efficient and effective development by setting further selection and concentration among development themes as a goal, carefully selecting themes with strong future potential and concentrating resources on the highest-priority themes.」

「For our new product development structure, which had previously emphasized the number of new products launched, we will prioritize development themes, make our policy of selection and concentration more explicit, and seek to acquire new proprietary technologies, deepen our core technologies and accelerate time to market.」

「During the six-month period ended [date], we launched JIZAI, a NiTi rotary file, as a new product expected to see expanding demand in future dental root canal treatment.」

「In development, beginning in the previous fiscal year, we consolidated the development functions for the Surgical, Eyeless Needle and Dental segments, and, in addition to cross-segment technical exchange and shared equipment, shifted to a project-based structure that enables agile development management, thereby further accelerating new product development.」

「Beginning with the fiscal year ended August 2020, we shifted to a project-based structure organized by development theme to accelerate new product development, and newly established a dedicated marketing department.」

「During the fiscal year, we launched the ENT Knife for otolaryngological surgery and the Side-Port Knife for ophthalmic surgery as new surgical products.」

「During the fiscal year, we launched the Lift-Up Needle as a new product among our eyeless needle-related products and the Ophthalmic Trocar as an improved product among our surgical products.」

「In addition, during the nine-month period ended [date], we launched the Lift-Up Needle as a new product among our eyeless needle-related products.」

「During the consolidated fiscal year, we launched the Slit Knife (Short Head), Straight Knife (with marking) and 27G Port Knife as surgical-related products, and the Surgical Bar (with an additional MZB type) as a dental-related product.」

「During the cumulative third quarter consolidated period, we launched the Short Head ophthalmic knife, which incorporates new marking technology from the Short Head knife, as a surgical-related product, and the Surgical Bar, with an additional MZB type, as a dental-related product.」