Integrated Report 2020
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WHO WE ARE WHAT WE ASPIRE TO HOW WE REMAIN A GOING CONCERN DATA SECTION SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group’s Sustainability Research & Development/Manufacturing/Intellectual Property SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group recognizes that maintaining 28 Technological Platforms headquarters. In addition, Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd., and other key a prominence in technology is the bedrock for creating affiliated companies maintain independent R&D divisions and facilities. value. This is particularly the case in the “Residential and Directly linked to the enhancement of existing businesses and Acoustic/ Conductive/ the pioneering of new frontiers, the R&D conducted at divisional Social Infrastructure Creation” and “Chemical Solutions” thermal/ insulating air quality material management companies focuses on product development and manufacturing Adhesive Energy device fields, where the Group’s technology platform provides Life/ bonding, technology themes that will lead to profit in the near future. In fiscal health joining material Polyvinyl management Infrastructural/ chloride the underlying strength of its competitive advantage. In functional 2019, we launched our "new smart power station," which enhanced materials g Pr Energy t eci the safety and convenience of energy self-sufficient housing by order to further advance this prominence in technology, management Livin desig se PVA/PVB ronmen n envi Res React strengthening IoT functions, our "large-scale high-drainage system,” onment y r in cont io Microparticles the Group is committed to consistently strengthening g rol materia r n Ener g envi ol ivin cont which provides four times the drainage capacity of traditional Housing production/ L ls its human resources and organizational structure in the construction/ Precise products of the same size to cope with frequent torrential rains, and method n molding n g o g i n l n i esi d our “high thermal conductivity sheets,” a heat dissipating material s uct research & development, manufacturing and intellectual d cia Filler o ous o od H r compounding eatio ptimum / r P g O for the growing market of 5G. Looking ahead, SEKISUI CHEMICAL n ocess n i r property fields. io Common base e C Pipeline p r Solution Chemical on/meth i construction/ uct Group will continue to actively introduce new products in fiscal 2020 al and S plant design d method i Assessment o cal Digital ocess e i r r n r analysis, P analysis o P ent quality t as a part of efforts to secure a new phase of growth. - d technology Plastic assurance n hem rastructu o construct molding f C nmen n Resi I In contrast, as an independent research unit, the R&D center within g rastructu f Surface n constructi Research & Development / Manufacturing Functi I Infrastructure assi treatment, Corporate headquarters is conducting research into themes that present construction/ multilayer method System Pr ife e oduc l urc Composite extremely high technical hurdles to be addressed over medium- and des t des eso n ign ig re and o-r molding n Bi ilizatio Structura Natu ut long-term timeframes, large-scale themes spanning the entire Company, SEKISUI CHEMICAL’s Approach to R&D Infrastructure ana e lysi l Lif e Green design s enc and new business domain themes that we have never challenged sci chemistry before as a group. For example, with our manufacturing technology In the Group’s long-term vision “Vision 2030,” the vision statement is Drug Housing Medical design development “Innovation for the Earth.” In the four domains of residential (housing), solution material that converts waste to ethanol, the first of its kind worldwide, we have advanced lifeline (social infrastructure), innovative mobility (electrics/ Energy Clinical formed an agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. for cooperation device diagnostics design mobility), and life science (health and medical), as well as next-generation on social implementation of manufacturing technology that creates frontiers, we will continue to generate innovation with prominent core polyolefin from waste raw materials, and have begun moving toward technology at its origin to generate new fields, support the foundations commercialization. We are also vigorously promoting development with of life, and pursue the creation of “peace of mind for the future.” the goal of creating new, attractive business related to other themes. Contributes to Stable Conduction Homes that Provide Peace of Forming the basis of these efforts are the 28 technological platforms Performance and Quality in Moreover, divisional companies and Corporate headquarters are Mind Even during Disasters! with direct links to the Group’s two business domains, “Residential and Displays and Electronic Devices! bringing to the table their respective intellectual capital while engaging Social Infrastructure Creation” and “Chemical Solutions.” These are the SEKISUI HEIM Micropearl AU: in co-development activities to promote a variety of fusion themes. Smart Power Station series plastic core conductive particle core technological platforms that support the Group’s product lineup SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group has also established the New Innovation and should even be said to be the source of the competitiveness Committee (NIC) as a forum to support these endeavors. The NIC is that has been cultivated over many years. An example of this would comprised of officers who oversee the Group’s R&D, manufacturing, be our processing, which imparts smart value to components and business strategy and human resources functions, and is charged with our molding that enhances the functionality of materials. In this area, the responsibility of calling for and evaluating themes with the potential we listen to the needs of our customers as a way to best determine for fusion. Those themes considered worth pursuing are then supported Technological Platforms (TPF) Small-diameter particles on the order to several the path to adding value. Moreover, by effectively combining multiple microns (1/1000 of a millimeter) either through corporate expenses or through the dispatching of Housing production/construction/ method personnel. Several themes have already been approved and are in the platforms, we will continue to develop new products and services that Technological Platforms (TPF) process to realization. As one example, SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group are capable of maintaining a clear lead in the market even in a harsh Energy management Conductive/insulating material competitive environment. is taking preparatory steps to develop a Town Energy Management Acoustic/thermal/air quality management Microparticles Serving as the R&D system in the Group responsible for these System (TEMS) under which the Company will purchase excess platforms are the four primary R&D centers within the Housing Infrastructural/functional materials Surface treatment, multilayer electricity generated solar power generation cells from customers living Company, the UIEP Company, the HPP Company, and the Corporate etc. in SEKISUI HEIM houses. In addition to supplying this excess electricity SEKISUI CHEMICAL Integrated Report 2020 49 WHO WE ARE WHAT WE ASPIRE TO HOW WE REMAIN A GOING CONCERN DATA SECTION SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group’s Sustainability Research & Development/Manufacturing/Intellectual Property to customers living in SEKISUI HEIM houses that are not equipped with systems, products and services) based on feedback from customers. into new intellectual property trends such as materials informatics power-generating facilities, the purchased power will also be made and AI. Through the activities above, we are contributing to growth available use at domestic plants and business sites of the Group. This Treatment of Human Resources Engaged in R&D and creation for our business in the intellectual property field in the service was launched in fiscal 2019. We will continue to promote cross- and Manufacturing Medium-term Management Plan “Drive2022”. company fusion for creation in fields such as town development, aircraft and moving bodies, cell culturing solutions, AI, and IoT. As part of our system for the evaluation and appreciation of superb Intellectual Property Activities Corresponding to researchers and engineers, the Group has established the “Technology the Divisional Company Organization System Strengthening Manufacturing Capabilities Award” and “Invention Grand Prize.” The Group has also established a specialist position system for researchers and engineers with highly At SEKISUI CHEMICAL Group, we have established independent The Group is working to promote R&D that helps to create new products. specialized skills. The system selects exceptional individuals who have intellectual property divisions for our Corporate headquarters and At the same time, the Group is placing equal emphasis on strengthening been recognized as possessing highly advanced skills and appoints each divisional company to promote intellectual property activities its manufacturing capabilities in a bid to reinforce the competitive them to uniquely defined specialist positions. The system promotes corresponding to the Divisional Company Organization System. advantage of its existing products. In the “Drive2022” Medium-term ongoing development and aims to cultivate outstanding researchers At Corporate headquarters, we carry out planning and drafting of Management Plan, “realization of an on-site environment where the and engineers recognized both inside and outside the Company. As of shared intellectual property strategies used by all companies, as well as fusion of on-site ability and digital technology enables