Komori 2030 Long-term Vision
Under our new statement of purpose, we have established the Komori 2030 Long-term Vision.
This vision defines its role through the end of the decade, in a time where prediction is difficult due to ever-changing social challenges and megatrends.
1. Social challenges/megatrends and Komori's role
As businesses go through this time of transformation, Komori provides three solutions for the four major social challenges and megatrends.
Environmental destruction, waste problems
- Growing energy-saving needs
- Manufacturing only the necessary amount of necessary goods
- Treatment of microplastics/chemicals/hazardous waste and expansion of reusable materials
Decarbonization
- Commitment to Carbon Neutrality
- Depletion of the ozone layer/global warming
- Conversion to natural energy
Changes in social infrastructure
- Respond to expansion of EC market
- Protection of personal information and rights
- Spread of digital currency and expansion of counterfeit goods
Complexity and diversification of global society
- Labor shortage due to declining birthrate and aging population
- Growing demand for automation, labor saving, and smart factories
- The spread of different values depending on the region
Business transformation
- Low environmental impact production solutions
- Automation, digitalization, and labor-saving solutions
- Solutions that respond to the diversity of society
2. Komori's business vision
Komori has been encouraging the educational development of children using print technology, conveying the beauty of art works in print, and contributing to the economy through the production process of secure banknotes.
In our business vision for the future, Komori will continue to support information, culture, and the economy as well as provide Kando through the evolution of print technology.
Supporting information, culture and economy by deepening, evolving, and creating value through the true value of Print Technology
Social issues / Megatrends
The value creation engine, the driving force necessary to fulfill Komori's role in addressing social challenges and megatrends, will be generated by the synergy of print technology and company-wide efforts.
Business transformation
- Low environmental impact production solutions
- Automation, digitalization, and labor-saving solutions
- Solutions that respond to the diversity of society
Contribution to society
With this, Komori will contribute to society by providing three business transformation solutions.
- Komori will provide low environmental impact production solutions by new solution businesses that have enhanced print technology.
- Komori will provide solutions in the areas of automation, digitalization, and labor-saving by integrating the production-quality data and optimal workflows that make up print technology and smart factories.
- Komori will provide solutions that respond to a diverse society by achieving open innovation and globalization and utilizing print technology in new domains.
3. Komori's materiality
Komori's activities are both business and corporate related. To achieve the business goal, Komori will provide three solutions for business transformation. To achieve the corporate goals, Komori will prioritize environmental, social and governance (ESG) management.
Through both channels, Komori will contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Through both channels, Komori will contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Materiality of corporate activities
Environment
Komori aims to achieve a sustainable environment and has set forth Komori Eco Vision 2030, aiming to reduce CO2 emissions by 50 percent by March 2031, as compared to the March 2011 level.
Society
Komori is promoting Komori-way workstyle reform in order to improve employee engagement. We are actively working on globalizing our workforce and promoting diversity.
Governance
To strengthen corporate governance to meet stakeholders' expectations, Komori is working on ensuring transparency in management through integrated reporting.
4. Solving social challenges through print technology
Based on our Long-term Vision Komori 2030, we will develop four businesses.
Offset business
As a core business, Komori will provide solutions that meet the needs of various markets including Asia, which will be a major global production base in the future. Komori will contribute to customers' business by providing smart factory solutions that achieve high productivity by means of environmental and robotics technologies. We will also expand customer support based on maintenance products.
Currency printing business
As a core business, Komori will provide solutions that contribute to the recognition of diverse identities, that is, the value of individuals and companies, and the protection of the uniqueness of countries around the world.
Due to the characteristics of this business, all countries in the world are our customers, and we will continue to provide solutions that can meet the diverse needs of each country.
Digital printing system (DPS) business
Komori will strengthen application development as a growth business and promote differentiation by improving product value. We will put the business on a growth trajectory and expand into new areas by utilizing digital technology.
Printed electronics (PE) business
As a growth business, we will promote elemental technology development of manufacturing equipment for the PE field using environmentally friendly printing technology. For this purpose, we will establish the PE Elemental Technology Development Center and promote open innovation.
Innovation in print technology
- Low environmental impact production solutions
- Automation, digitalization, and labor-saving solutions
- Solutions that respond to the diversity of society
