Introduction

Manufacturing Capital
Manufacturing technology organization leveraging insights
and expertise accumulated over many years

Related materialities

Productivity improvement

Safety, ANSHIN, and well-being

Contribute to improving the productivity and efficiency of our customers and society aroundthe world by providing the IDEC Group’s long-cultivated control technology, products, andsystem solutions that have been developed ever since its foundation.

Value Creation Story

We operate a Manufacturing Technology Department that designs and manufactures diverse production equipment usedby Japan and overseas Group companies, including dies, jigs, and robot-supported automated assembly equipment.
We constantly strives to improve our Group’s production efficiency by leveraging manufacturing technology insights andexpertise accumulated over more than 70 years.
Major sustainability KPIs (FY2025)

Frequency rate ofindustrial accidents 0(IDEC unconsolidated)

Designing and manufacturing production
equipment to improve our productivity

IDEC Report 2023

Molding die

Resin part molding line

We are committed to improving the safety, ANSHIN,
and well-being of people around the world through ourmanufacturing capabilities. We do this by using the HMI
and safety insights we have amassed since our founding
to provide high-quality, highly reliable products globally,enhance quality and production efficiency, and promoteautomation. We have also worked to reorganize ourmanufacturing sites and devise measures to strengthen
production capacity. Going forward, however, we willplace greater emphasis on strengthening our ability totransform ourselves so that our manufacturing operations
can cope with the increasingly challenging changes in themanufacturing environment.
The Manufacturing Division is at a key turning point andfaces a major transformation. To enable the IDEC Group tocontinue its sustainable growth in anticipation of its 100thanniversary, we will initiate further structural reforms forproduction and continue our thorough pursuit of improved
quality, reduced production costs, and shorter delivery times.

DataDie manufacturing process

Daisuke Yuguchi
Division General Manager
Manufacturing Division
IDEC CORPORATION

Governance* T he Quality Management and Quality Control Examination® is a registered trademarkof the Japanese Standards Association.

Manager’s Message
Structural reform of production in pursuitof improved quality, reduced production
costs, and shorter delivery times

Foundation For Value
Creation

The Manufacturing Technology Department designs andmanufactures a diverse array of production equipment that isused at our manufacturing sites both in Japan and overseas,
strengthening product manufacturing and achieving ongoing
improvements in productivity.
Precision machining and assembly technologies, including
die technology, are the core of product manufacturing. Dies
include both molding dies, into which molten plastic material
and the like is poured and then cooled to solidify and form
the products, and press dies that are used to shear and bendplate-like or tape-like metal materials. It is no exaggeration to
say that these technologies determine the quality of products.
Even maintenance is conducted in-house to maintain andimprove product quality. Our production efficiency is enhancedby our technical expertise in die design and manufacture,assembly technologies enabling diverse assembly methods,

and concurrent coordination with product design departments.
In addition to dies, the Manufacturing Technology Department
also manufactures in-house various other types of equipment used
at our manufacturing sites. We are able to further improve theproductivity of our Japanese and overseas factories by supplying
them with customized production equipment. These are optimallyselected combinations of manufacturing approaches that are
tailored to the characteristics of each product group, such as
production quantity and product shape. Moreover, the use of
our own switches and safety-related products helps to ensure
equipment safety.
We continuously make improvements through QC circle
activities at our Japanese and overseas manufacturing sites, andthrough problem-solving reviews at our monthly corporate-wide
quality meetings, with the aim of further increasing quality acrossour Group. We also provide Group employees with continuing
training in quality and encourage them to acquire QC certification.
As of April 30, 2023, the Quality Management and Quality Control
Examination®* certification has been acquired by 660 employees.

Business Strategy

Improve safety, productivity, and well-being through technology development, humanresource development, management, and rulemaking.

Automated assembly line

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