技術承継機構 significantly increased net sales and ordinary profit in the first half of 2026, while Hitachi moved its Taiwan-bound N700ST shinkansen into the mass-production phase. In addition, NVIDIA is considering providing financial support for OpenAI’s massive data center. These developments could affect the way business succession at small and midsize manufacturers and long-term investment are approached.
技術承継機構 increased net sales to ¥13.486 billion, 2.4 times the year-earlier level, and ordinary profit to ¥2.086 billion, 4 times the year-earlier level, in January–June 2026. Seven groups, including Miyasaka Kogyo and Taga Seisakusho, which joined the group, contributed to the results, with the new consolidation of acquired companies driving earnings growth. The full-year forecast was left unchanged, and the share price rose in after-hours trading.
The company’s core strategy is a series of acquisitions, generally involving the purchase of 100% of high-profit manufacturing companies, with a long-term holding approach. It is strengthening its role in supporting the succession of small and midsize manufacturers facing a shortage of successors, while standardizing procedures for production management, hiring and sales and continuing to deploy cash toward its next acquisition. In 2026, it acquired 堀越精機, 大崎電業社 and 三晃技研工業, expanding its business scope.
Hitachi, Ltd. shipped the first 12-car trainset of the new N700ST rolling stock for Taiwan at the end of July. Ordered for approximately ¥124 billion by a consortium including Toshiba, the train is based on JR Central’s latest N700S and has been adapted for Taiwan. The company aims to have all trainsets enter commercial service by the end of 2028. At the worksite, it has introduced “physical AI” that uses AR devices to display and record bolt tightening force, putting into practical use a system that reuses work data from skilled workers in instructions for subsequent tasks.
During the mass-production phase, the company plans to maintain a supply system for 12 trainsets, or 144 cars, equipped with SiC power semiconductors and self-propelled batteries using SCiB. Coordination in maintenance and operations is also expected to advance through the use of Hitachi’s rolling-stock data platform, HMAX.