Advanced Technologies, AI Robotics, Space Industry

HCI CO., LTD. specializes in robotics and AI technologies,providing robotic systems and AI solutions across various industrial sectors. The company's strength lies in its ability to offer comprehensive one-stop services, from the development of robots and AI robotic systems to delivery and operational support, leveraging advanced technological capabilities honed over many years. Notably,HCI operates a unique employee cafeteria that is fully managed by robots and AI, the first of its kind in the world. This innovative facility not only showcases the company's technological prowess but also makes important contributions to the local community.

KUMONOS Co., Ltd. is working to realize a safe, secure and prosperous society with state-of-the-art measuring technology. The company's proprietary “KUMONOS” technology, which can detect cracks with a width of 0.2 millimeters from a distance of 100 meters, is the only one of its kind in the world. The high-precision measurement ability of the KUMONOS technology and the firm's “SHIN KUMONOS” system, which also employs high-resolution photography, enable safe and efficient inspections for large buildings, difficult with conventional methods, as well as external walls and other structures, including even those with hazardous conditions and in dangerous areas. Contactless damage measurement and analysis are possible. The company's 3D measurement technology, employing a 3D laser scanner that can collect one million points of point cloud data per second, has been used for a total of about 3,000 projects in Japan and abroad. Experienced technicians from the company analyze every structure three-dimensionally.

Takatori Corporation is an industrial equipment manufacturer always committed to meeting the new needs of the times, as well as contributing to people's lives and the development of industrial society.
Since its founding in 1950, the company has worked to facilitate the growth of its customers, believing that its corporate value lies in "the production of things that have not been found in the world." This attitude reflects the corporate motto of "Creation and Innovation." The company has taken on challenges on the global stage, always trying to keep ahead of the times, seeking to propose solutions to meet the diversifying needs of customers with its own latest technologies and those developed jointly with others.
As its core business, the company develops, manufactures and sells cutting machines (multi-wire saw) and grinding machines for extremely hard but brittle materials with labor-saving and streamlining functions, manufacturing equipment for semiconductors and panel displays, and high-efficiency and high-precision cutting machines (automatic cutting machines) for functional fiber materials.
In the medical devices sector, Takatori manufactures and sells ascitic fluid filtration concentration devices and supplies ODM and OEM products. In addition, the company has started developing devices for the practical application of all-solid-state lithium-ion batteries in preparation for a carbon-neutral society.

Chinougijutsu Co., Ltd. is working to solve various social challenges by making full use of AI and robot technologies. It is developing robots for a range of purposes, including construction, firefighting,warehouse transportation and plant inspection, as well as automatic driving using generated AI,detection sensors for aging facilities, and AI for recognizing human actions. In particular, the company's strength is its ability to combine AI and robot technology to address dangerous and harsh working conditions and labor shortages at construction sites, fire sites, factories and warehouses, as well as on ships. Top-level universities and companies around the world are paying attention to the company's advanced technological capabilities.

Manufacturing flexible packages is the main business area of Nissin Seal Industry Co.,Ltd.The firm has introduced state-of-the-art printing and pouch-making machines, and provides technology for high-quality printing and a range of manufacturing and processing technologies for pouches. In particular, it has a printing machine capable of employing up to 11 colors for gravure printing. It can also reproduce delicate designs and photographic images. For pouches, the company has an array of equipment and technologies, such as BXP machines, to make special products including spouts and shaped pouches, so it can offer optimal packages that meet a variety of customer needs. Moreover, the company is actively working to reduce environmental burdens by offering products that conform to the green purchasing law as well as items using biomass films and inks,introducing volatile organic compound(VOC) treatment equipment and cutting the amount of waste.

MASUYAMA-MFG Corporation specializes in metal processing, combining high precision with fast processing speeds. The company produces a variety of parts, with a dimensional tolerance of ±10μ and a geometric tolerance of ±20μ. It makes almost all of its parts by scraping from rectangular blocks. Rocket bodies are produced through the scraping of an 8x10x15cm block to a thickness of 2mm. Using the same technology, the company produces casings for CubeSat microsatellites and other space parts.
With 3D processing data utilized as master data, it also conducts all in-house processing by 3D CAM. Manufacturing is carried out on the basis of a simple meeting and 3D data. In addition, MASUYAMA-MFG produces fuel cell-related products, parts for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, and various industrial machinery parts.
For example, the three-part block pictured nearby was created with "hameai" fitting technology. The shape of Tottori Prefecture pops out to the side by air compression at the push of a rod from above. When the rod is pulled back, the shape disappears, leaving the side surface smooth. The clearance between these parts is 2μ.
The company contributes to society with high-precision manufacturing with the use of aluminum and stainless steel materials, as well as hard-to-cut materials such as Inconel.

The large synchrotron radiation facility SPring-8 (Super Photon Ring - 8 GeV) and the X-ray free electron laser facility SACLA (SPring-8 Angstrom Compact Free Electron Laser) are world-class research facilities in Nishiharima, Hyogo Prefecture. Creating powerful synchrotron radiation and X-ray free electron lasers, they are able to analyze the structure and properties of materials in detail at the atomic level. The facilities host cutting-edge research in a variety of fields, including fundamental science, new materials and pharmaceuticals. They also provide opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange with researchers in a wide range of research fields.