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Autonomous navigation
advancements in marine electronics and communications
technologies, FURUNO is developing new technologicalinnovations to achieve safer and more efficient autonomousship operations.

Over the last few years, the shipping industry has seen arapid increase in the use of cutting-edge digital technology
to visualize operational status, on-board and off-board
navigation, and engine systems. Based on the most recent

Autonomous
VesselObjective:
Zero Maritime Accidents
Analysis andJudgement

Zero
Condition
Detection

Situational
Awareness

Recognition Support

We want to help people
working on ships!

Together with Society

Digital Transformationof the Marine Industry

The Future of Digitalization

Accidents at Sea!

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Ship Operational
SupportDecision Support

Towards autonomous vessels“Challenge the Invisible” is also
FURUNO’s business theme. To
contribute to the automatic
operation of vessels, FURUNO isdeveloping two types of support:

Support 1

Support 2

A Recognition Support system, whichmakes use of marine electronicequipment and unique sensor technology
to provide a better understanding of thesurrounding situation.

A Decision Support system thatanalyzes collected data andhelps the operator avoid
dangerous objects based onenhanced situational awareness.

Towards remote management
Maritime accidents and manpower shortage
Today, Japan is facing a declining birthrate,
an aging and shrinking population, and a shortage of labor in all fields.
Seafarers in coastal shipping, of which more than half are over 50 years
old, are no exception.
Furthermore, human error is said to be responsible for approximately 70
to 80% of maritime accidents.
We believe that unmanned vessels can be one of the solutions to thesesocietal issues.

Essential communications between ships and shore are
becoming faster and more affordable, and marine
electronics are more sophisticated and digital than everbefore. FURUNO builds communication
infrastructures between shore andonboard ships with a view to the
future digital shift of the entire
Data
Info Service
maritime industry. We offer awide range of ICT/IoT
IoT Infrastructure
solutions that meet theneeds of our customers.
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AR Navigation System, using AR to assist the recognition of surroundings.

For more information, visit our website
https://www.furuno.com/en/marine-dx/

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Get to Know FURUNO | 1 | Zero Accidents at Sea!

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Reduction ofCrew Burden

Towards Zero
Accidents

This project aims to improve the circulation of
distribution, people, costs, and traffic, and to have
50% of the vessels running in Japan unmanned by
2040. FURUNO joined the following consortiums.

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Financial and Non-financial Datachange the oceans!

To contribute to our business vision “Achieve better safety, security and comfort,”
we launched the Autonomous Navigation System Development Department in 2019
to resolve maritime issues.

Unmanned Vessel Project

Designing the future of full autonomous shipping

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Providing Even
More ValueMEGURI 2040:
Fully autonomous ship program

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FURUNO to protect oceans!

More than 30 Japanese companies are working together to develop a
fully autonomous navigation system for container ships. The
consortium is taking an open-innovation approach with the aim ofpractical implementation.

Thanks to the efforts of our members, the Nippon Foundation, andcollaboration with other companies, we are now seeing theContainer shippractical application of the autonomous navigation system. I
would like to see FURUNO technology used not only in Japan but
also in ships around the world to realize safety and security at sea.

Verification testing of fully autonomous technologies

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The consortium is developing fully autonomous navigation systems forcontainer ships and ferries. This will include an automated navigation
function for within the harbor, including automated berthing andunberthing, etc.

Sunflower Shiretoko

Towards achieving objectives
My team participated in a consortium of 30 companies that realized
the unmanned operation of a container ship. FURUNO oversaw

Successful unmanned vessel operation

information collection and integration for autonomous navigation,

FURUNO conducted a demonstration test
simulating the actual operation of a future
unmanned vessel on a 790km round trip between
the ports of Tokyo and Tsu-Matsusaka. The vessel
was connected via satellite and groundresponse system. Working with other companies was a great

action planning, and the development of a land-based emergency

communication lines to a land-based support
center equipped with functions to remotely operate
the vessel from land, including a function to predictmechanical abnormalities.

experience to see our work as cooperative yet competitive, with thesame goal of protecting the safety of seafarers.

Collaborating with other companies
Our team collaborated with other companies and succeeded in theTokyo Bay

unmanned operation experiments. We oversaw recognizing thewith Uraga waterway

surrounding conditions during the operation. It was meaningful for us

Tsu-Matsusaka PortIse Bay with Irago waterway

to collaborate with other companies to create a new system and to talkRound trip
About 790km

with the ship’s crew, which allowed us to take a fresh look at
FURUNO’s technologies.

Unmanned operation system fora series of voyages

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Always with Marine
Customers!
For fishermen and shipping companies
around the world!

From Japan to the WorldFURUNO has been striving to expand its electronic equipment for the fishing industry around the world.
To assure proper equipment training and support, FURUNO has established its own subsidiaries, both inJapan and overseas.
In the merchant vessels market as well, service support at major bases around the world is
indispensable, and so FURUNO has developed its own bases.
Today, with sales offices in more than 80 countries around the world, we are a leading manufacturer ofmarine electronics equipment and are expanding our business worldwide.

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Coverage of Europe
Europe is home to many of the world’s leading merchant shipping and fishing nations, and FURUNO hasestablished many subsidiaries in these countries. Here are some of them.
FURUNO ITALIA (Italy)
Italy is the world’s largest builder of luxury yachts.
Together with France, famous for its sailing yachts,
Italy forms a major production center for pleasureboats. FURUNO ITALIA S.R.L. was established in
Italy in 2014, and together with FURUNO FRANCE
S.A.S., plays a key role as an important base in theEuropean pleasure boat market.

FURUNO HELLAS (Greece)
Greece is the largest shipping country in the worldin terms of number of shipping companies andnumber of ships they own. FURUNO HELLAS S.A.
was established in 2009 to strengthen local sales
activities, improve technical services, and further
enhance customer satisfaction.

FURUNO

Around the WorldFURUNO NORGE (Norway)

Latest smart bridges on fishing boats(left: Turkey, above: Norway)

Two types of marine radar installed on
pleasure boats

Norway, a country with territorial waters six times
the size of its land, catches and cultivates 2.7 million
tonnes of marine products annually. FURUNO firstsold products to Norway in 1959 and established its
first overseas subsidiary, FURUNO NORGE A/S, in
1974.

FURUNO CYPRUS (Cyprus)
Cyprus has been attracting shipping and ship
management companies as a national policy and is
now one of the world’s major hubs. FURUNOCYPRUS LTD. was established in 2012 and isalways striving to increase customer satisfaction.

Large fishing boat bridge in EU

Subsidiaries and Representative Offices
Affiliated Companies
National Distributors
Sailing yacht in France

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Jon Closson
Product Manager for Fishing Vessels

FURUNO U.S.A., INC.

I’m in charge of sales for fishing boats in the U.S. andCanada. I was so fascinated with fish that I wanted to
become a biologist and have conducted research onriver ecology. I’m a fishing and outdoor expert and a
big fan of FURUNO products.

I want to bring the excitement of being in contact with nature through fishing
I have loved fishing and marine sports since I was achild, and I still often go fishing on my days off. In
my daily sales activities, I am more than happy toshare even the smallest ideas and insights with thedevelopment team, give them shape, and help

satisfy customers’ expectations. I feel very fortunate
to be at FURUNO because I can combine what I
love with world-class technology and work withpeople who are boldly pushing forward towards
their goals.

FURUNO Employees Work
Globally!
FURUNO has 60% of its sales overseas, offices in 85 countries, and 35% of its employees atoverseas bases. Many overseas employees help local operations run smoothly.

Marcela Ureta
Marketing Manager

Chae Woo Lee

FURUNO FRANCE S.A.S.

Assistant Service Manager

FURUNO KOREA CO., LTD.

Multilingual in five languages. I also worked in Spainand South America. For almost 20 years, I have built

Expert with experience in engineering work at Korean

my career mainly in marketing. Currently in charge of

shipyards, including repair and performance verifica-

marketing activities in France, Italy, and Spain.

tion of merchant ships equipment. I’m committed tocustomer-oriented services.

Enjoy change and keep challenging yourself
The goal in life is to keep learning. I have always
been open to learning new things, whether it begetting a master’s degree or learning video
production. Since joining the company, I have been
given many new projects, all of them started fromscratch. That’s why we can try different
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FURUNO is a very attractive place to work because
it gives you the possibility to grow and learn. The
work-from-home, flexible hours and the support ofothers make it possible to balance work and homelife.

It’s a lifetime asset to meet people worldwide!
I wanted to work for a global company, so I decided
to join FURUNO. I make at least one business trip a
week to understand what customers are looking forand build relationships of trust. I keep myexplanations brief and simple, which is the secret to

improving customer satisfaction. I am working on a
global stage, being in contact with teams at theheadquarters and other overseas subsidiaries,
which is very rewarding.

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We Protect the
Seafood Culture!

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FURUNO: Always
Here for Fishermen!

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Delicious Fish Forever!
For a sustainable fish-eating culture
There is a need for a sustainable and stable supply of fish andfood, and aquaculture is one of the solutions. However,aquaculture is facing challenges, such as management
pressure due to feeding costs and the lack of successors,which has led to concerns about a decline in the industry.

The aquaculture support
business
FURUNO aims to create a service so that evennewcomers to the aquaculture business can start
immediately. In 2020, FURUNO launched the Fish
Farming Management Support Service to contributeto reducing feeding costs. FURUNO will continue todevelop new services that are close to customers
and created together with them.

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M E S SA
Shigeru Asaumi
Aquaculture Business Support &Development Office
Marine Electronic Products Division
Office Manager

Fish weight estimation camera
Measurement and weight estimation using AI
automatic analysis.

The industry is in trouble due tothe pandemic
COVID-19 has affected various industries in many
ways. In the fisheries industry, fishermen suffered
greatly because the marine products they haveworked so hard to catch had no place to go.
FURUNO wanted to do something about it, so welaunched a website to introduce fishermen topotential business partners.

To bring you delicious fish
From North to South, there are many rare fish andseafood products that can expand your experience.
FURUNO hopes that many people will be able toenjoy delicious fish.

Camera in the fishtank

Recording bluefin tuna

Co-creation with partners
The measurement results (fish weight, tailstock
length, etc.) can be viewed. More than 20
customers including Nissui and Maruha Nichiro
are using this service.

It has been about four years since I first imagined the aquaculture
support business, and we are finally at the starting line. But it’s only

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the beginning. I will continue to focus on getting closer to customers
and assure they are satisfied with our services.

Wataru Sato
Aquaculture Business Support &Development Office
Marine Electronic Products Division
When I joined this business as a new graduate, I was a little
apprehensive, but with encouragement from customers and company
members, I was able to tackle my work with a positive attitude. I willcontinue to work hard to provide services one step ahead of thecompetition!

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Joint R&D in Norway
With its subsidiary in
Norway, FURUNO isdeveloping cutting-edge
R&D, promoting fieldtests and informationexchange in a huge fishtank.

Employees and fishermen
who helped with the website

It strengthened ourrelationship with ourcustomers.

Let’s work together tomake the industry more
prosperous.

It was rewarding to get
thanks from fishermen!

The website will
promote fishermen!

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FURUNO is not just boats and fish!

On Land and in New
FieldsNew Challenges: FURUNO’s New Business
Construction tech

Shotaro Ishino
Research Department 2
Research and Innovation
Center

Wi-Fi system for construction

The construction industry is facing many problems, andthere is no time to spare to reform the way of working
through DX. We are finally establishing “connections” withcustomers and distributors, and we hope to continue
proposing solutions that will please the field.

FURUNO released a system that creates a Wi-Fi
environment throughout an entire tunnel
construction site where cell phones cannot be
connected. This system is used to improve
construction efficiency.

Medical equipment
Biochemical analyzers andreagents
These devices measure a wide range of items, fromthe familiar to trace elements such as tumor
markers. FURUNO provides high-quality,
high-performance instruments and reagents inSoutheast Asia, and contributes to the improvementof the medical environment.

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Hop-width LAN

OfficeAccess point

Biochemical analyzer at Chayapmuram Hospital (Thailand)

Wired/wireless LAN connection

GNSS timing
Offshore wind power generation

Time synchronization
GNSS receivers for time synchronization provide
time information comparable to atomic clocks using
signals from satellites. FURUNO’s high-precisiontime synchronization technology contributes to theoperation and maintenance of critical infrastructure.

GE
M E S SA

Coexistence of safe and secure
offshore wind power generation
projects with the fishing industry
5G mobile base station

Offshore wind power is expected to become a major
source of renewable energy. FURUNO provides total
support, from the provision of equipment forassessment prior to construction to the managementof offshore areas after operation begins.

Wireless LAN
Access points

Kiyoshi Furuno
Executive Officer
Marketing Head Office
General Manager and Domestic
Marketing Department
General Manager
Marine Electronic Products Division

We had to participate in the offshore wind power
generation project in Japan, which is now 20 years behind
Europe, because the key word was “offshore.” At first, we
assumed we would provide surveillance radar andoffshore civil engineering support, but in fact, our activity
lied in symbiotic measures with the fishermen operating inthe surrounding areas, as we have been close to thefishing industry.

FURUNO’s Offshore Wind Power Solutions
The Tsukuba City Board of Education has beenworking since the mid-2000s to create an ICT
environment to enable classes to use learningterminals. Currently, access points have been
installed in regular and special classrooms,
including gymnasiums, of about 750 classes in 45
schools in the city, and a network has been
constructed.
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Surveillance Radar

GNSS Satellite

Internet
GNSS Reference Point

Surveillance Radar

GNSS Measurement Sensor

GNSS Timing
Synchronization

GNSS
Measurement

Bird Detection

Surveillance Radar

GNSS
Measurement

Marine Sensor

Multi-Beam Sonar
Seafloor Topography
SurveyGNSS Measurement Sensor

Note: From the Tsukuba City Board of Education case study on the
FURUNO SYSTEMS website.

Coastal Data
Collection

Wave Height
Detection

Detection of
Suspicious Vessels

Fixed Shore Trap

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Where Value Co-creation
BeginsNew R&D building “SOUTH WING”

SOUTH WING, completed in November 2021, is a basefor R&D that combines an experiment area with an
office area, where we can take on the challenge ofinnovation. We can meet and connect with a wide rangeof people, and together we can create new value.

Blending with the residential area
SOUTH WING was built on the south side of theheadquarters. The exterior of the building blends inwith the surrounding residential complex, and thestreet trees surrounding the site provide a lush
green landscape.

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SOUTH WING was created with the concept of “a place where people and information naturally gather
and connect.”

Connect and be creative
The office floor consists of common areas such as
meeting rooms and refreshment areas gathered in
the center, surrounded by desks and workspaces.
The single floor, which has no walls between
departments, creates a flat environment forinteraction. Having a variety of meeting spaces justa short walk from any seat is a strong benefit. They
can be used casually and are perfect for quick
gatherings. Solo workspaces are also available.
Being able to choose a place to work can improve
performance in an environment that suits every
employee.

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Received Kinki New Office
Promotion Award

Co-creation with external
parties
The lobby on the first floor is an open space foractively promoting interaction not only within thecompany but also with people outside the company.
It can be used for lectures, seminars, and otherevents for more than 100 people.

SOUTH WING received the Kinki New Office Promotion
Award, which is given to offices that have been createdwith the following criteria in mind: what is important to thecompany, where it aims to go from here, what kind of work
style it wants to achieve, whether the office can serve as aplace where people can enjoy a comfortable lifestyle inaddition to working, and whether the office is considerateof the global environment and local community.

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