Developing new markets in the agriculture, nursing care and medical fields

「The food-tech business, including capital investment for smart factories and solution proposals for food manufacturing plants, remained solid, while products related to disaster preparedness and BCP (business continuity planning) secured stable demand.」

「We promoted proposals to government agencies for disaster-prevention, disaster-mitigation and BCP-related products, as well as medical facilities. We also worked to expand functions including the used construction and agricultural machinery auction business, container-house manufacturing, and construction machinery maintenance and rental.」

「We strengthened sales of labor-saving and labor-reduction products, safe-construction solutions and imported products for construction and agricultural sites, and continued working to expand sales of products that visualize CO2 emissions at construction sites. We also promoted proposals to government agencies for disaster-prevention, disaster-mitigation and BCP-related products, as well as medical facilities. In addition, we worked to expand functions including the used construction and agricultural machinery auction business, container-house manufacturing, and construction machinery maintenance and rental.」

「In addition to working to strengthen our overall capabilities by expanding the group network, we focused on expanding sales, including by beginning to handle agricultural machinery in our used construction equipment auction business.」

「We also jointly established 株式会社ＤＯＮＫＥＹ, funded by 5 companies, to handle everything from the development to the provision of agricultural robots, with the aim of strengthening the smart agriculture field.」

「We also jointly established 株式会社ＤＯＮＫＥＹ through a capital contribution with partners to develop and sell autonomous multifunctional robots for smart agriculture and provide services using data collected from the robots, with the aim of developing and acquiring technologies and fostering the business in the smart agriculture field.」

「In addition to agriculture, nursing care and medical care, we will add entry into the food sector and the development of sharing businesses as new strategies aimed at the 3rd stage.」

「We also promoted various initiatives to develop new markets in agriculture, nursing care and medical care in order to identify and cultivate the next growth businesses, while building a new business foundation through these growth businesses and the development of new fields.」

「The amount spent on research and development activities during the current consolidated fiscal year was ¥29 million. Primarily to identify and cultivate the next growth businesses, we jointly developed next-generation agricultural robots and autonomous mobile collaborative robots, among other activities.」

「The amount spent on research and development activities by our group for the cumulative third quarter of the current consolidated period was ¥29 million. Primarily to identify and cultivate the next growth businesses, we participated in a consortium for developing next-generation agricultural robots and jointly developed automated guided vehicles equipped with articulated robots, among other activities.」

「The research and development expenses of our group for the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated period amounted to ¥24 million. Primarily to identify and cultivate the next growth businesses, we participated in a consortium for developing next-generation agricultural robots and jointly developed automated guided vehicles equipped with articulated robots, among other activities.」

「We also promoted various initiatives to develop new markets in agriculture, nursing care and medical care in order to identify and cultivate the next growth businesses.」

「We will expand products and services previously handled in our core businesses into new markets for the company, including agriculture, nursing care and medical care, and participate in a consortium for developing next-generation agricultural robots.」

「To realize Yuasa Vision 360 in anticipation of our 360th anniversary in 2026, we launched Growing Together 2020, a three-year medium-term management plan covering the period from April 2017, as the first stage, and worked toward achieving the plan. The basic policies of Growing Together 2020 were to strengthen the functions of core businesses, reinforce growth businesses and strengthen the management foundation, and we focused on enhancing our engineering, logistics and information dissemination functions. We also launched various initiatives to develop new markets in the agriculture, nursing care and medical fields as part of our efforts to enter new business areas.」