Expanding into Production Engineering

「The Hirayama Group accurately assesses market conditions, promotes the appropriate selection of target customers and optimal assignment of personnel, and seeks to improve engineers' skills progressively.」

「To address this issue, the Hirayama Group appropriately selects target customers and promotes skills development by enabling young employees with no or limited experience to progressively gain practical experience. These initiatives are intended to increase market value, raise dispatch rates and improve revenue.」

「To address this issue, the Hirayama Group appropriately selects target customers and promotes skills development by enabling young employees with no or limited experience to progressively gain practical experience. Through this process, the Group seeks to increase their market value, achieve higher dispatch rates and contribute to higher revenue.」

「Amid the growing shortage of engineers in the manufacturing industry, the company has been assigning young engineers progressively to upstream processes to improve their skills and increase their market value, thereby contributing to higher revenue.」

「In addition, new business was launched in emerging fields related to AI, IoT and other areas, contributing to higher revenue.」

「In addition, new business was launched in emerging fields related to AI and other areas, contributing to higher revenue.」

「In addition, new business was launched in emerging fields such as AI, contributing to higher revenue.」

「At some major manufacturing customers, investment in technology development with a medium- to long-term perspective began to recover, and orders for the Hirayama Group, particularly for engineers in embedded software for electronic equipment, semiconductors and production equipment, entered a recovery trend. Step-up training for experienced personnel at training centers and tailored training based on customer needs contributed to assignments to high-unit-price projects, leading to higher revenue.」

「As digital transformation advances across society, shortages of engineers in the IT and AI fields are also continuing, driving further growth in staffing demand. To address market expansion, the Hirayama Group will continue to place greater emphasis on staffing highly skilled engineers in new fields.」

「At some major manufacturing customers, investment in technology development with a medium- to long-term perspective began to recover, and orders for the Hirayama Group, particularly for engineers in embedded software for electronic equipment, semiconductors and production equipment, entered a recovery trend. Retention among employees hired as new graduates in April 2022 improved, and the enhanced career counseling and the establishment of a technical counseling desk helped reduce the turnover rate. The number of engineers on assignment also remained steady.」

「At some major manufacturing customers, investment in technology development with a medium- to long-term perspective began to recover, and orders for the Hirayama Group, particularly for engineers in embedded software for electronic equipment, semiconductors and production equipment, entered a recovery trend. The placement of engineers secured through April 2022 new-graduate recruitment progressed faster than expected, and the number of engineers on assignment remained steady.」

「At some major manufacturing customers, investment in technology development with a medium- to long-term perspective began to recover, and orders for the Hirayama Group, particularly for engineers in plant design, semiconductors and IT, entered a recovery trend. The placement of engineers secured through April 2022 new-graduate recruitment progressed faster than expected, and the number of engineers on assignment remained steady.」

「At some major manufacturing customers, investment in technology development began to recover alongside industry realignment in response to COVID-19, and orders for the company's engineer staffing business, particularly for IT-related engineers, entered a recovery trend.」

「Although concerns about the economic outlook persist because of the spread of COVID-19, some customer companies have become more willing to increase their engineering headcount, and demand for IT-related engineers remains steady.」

「The Hirayama Group will continue to address ongoing demand for engineers in existing fields while expanding its customer base into new fields such as production engineering, IT and AI. Specifically, it will place greater emphasis on staffing highly skilled engineers in new fields to address market expansion in areas including smart factories, smart cities, autonomous driving and 5G.」

「In recruitment, the placement in Japan of personnel from partner universities overseas, which was delayed by entry restrictions in the previous fiscal year, remains limited to some placements despite the intermittent lifting of those restrictions. In Japan, applications from less experienced and foreign personnel are trending higher, so the company has been developing engineers through training programs for inexperienced candidates and programs to convert non-technical employees of Hirayama Group companies into engineers since the year before last.」

「The Group will continue to address ongoing demand for engineers in existing fields while working to expand its customer base into new fields such as production engineering, IT and AI.」

「By launching a maintenance center staffed by electrical engineers familiar with factory automation and engineers familiar with IT infrastructure, the company will enhance maintenance services in Thailand, where further automation and labor-saving are expected to advance.」

「While continuing to address ongoing demand for engineers in existing fields, the Group will work to expand its customer base into new fields such as production engineering, IT and AI. It will ensure a stable supply of engineers while making upfront investments in three key areas: regularly producing technical personnel through training programs for inexperienced candidates and programs that convert non-technical employees of Group companies into engineers; significantly increasing and training new graduate hires; and recruiting engineers through partnerships with universities in Myanmar.」

「In staffing, demand is increasing not only for general factory workers but also for engineers familiar with machine tools and technical staff involved in production-support equipment for labor-saving and automation. The company is conducting sales activities to propose staffing services that address these higher-value needs.」

「To meet strong customer demand, we will accelerate our expansion into production engineering, secure a broader range of talent and further increase hiring capacity for foreign engineers with proven experience.」

「In addition, the expansion into the production engineering field, launched as a new initiative in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year, is beginning to generate results, mainly with existing customers. Having judged that sufficient growth can be expected going forward, the company strengthened both recruitment and sales as upfront investment. It also actively recruited new graduates in April to prepare for a return to profitability next fiscal year.」

「Meanwhile, the expansion into the production engineering field, launched as a new initiative in the fourth quarter of the previous fiscal year, is beginning to generate results, mainly with existing customers. Although its impact is currently limited, the company expects sufficient growth going forward and will further strengthen both recruitment and sales.」

「In the engineer staffing business, initiatives in new fields progressed steadily, while spending on upfront investment increased.」

「To meet strong customer demand, we will accelerate our expansion into production engineering, secure a broader range of talent and further increase hiring capacity for foreign engineers with proven experience.」