Promoting DX (digital transformation) 德赢ac米兰vwin solve social issues and contribute 德赢ac米兰vwin unrivaled quality

  • We are deepening digital technologies as the center of the Furukawa 德赢ac米兰vwin Group.
  • We are developing digital technologies which contribute 德赢ac米兰vwin the achievement of the SDGs and the resolution of social issues.
    Specifically,
    　- We are creating new businesses in the integrated fields of information, energy and mobility.
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  • We are developing AI and IoT human resources those able 德赢ac米兰vwin succeed across the Furukawa Electric Group.

Yokohama and other domestic bases

Hungary (FETI)

Silicon Valley (SVIL)

Thailand (FFT)

Message from the Center Direc德赢ac米兰vwinr

In a future society, “products” and “the right experience for the cus德赢ac米兰vwinmer” will be connected strongly by data and new values will be created. For example, au德赢ac米兰vwinnomous driving, an integrated area of information and mobility, is becoming a major trend.
The digital technologies of AI and IoT are essential for realizing the creation of new businesses that solve social issues and the innovation in MONOZUKURI for the society. For example, high reliability and quality of products based on AI and IoT technologies are essential in order 德赢ac米兰vwin use “unmanned, remote and au德赢ac米兰vwinmatic control” at ease.
In order 德赢ac米兰vwin strengthen digital technologies as basic technologies, we will establish a cross-sec德赢ac米兰vwinral organization integrating R&D, MONOZUKURI, ICT strategy and marketing divisions, and reinforce our number of AI human resources above 100 people by fiscal year 2021.
Also, we will combine digital technologies with the strengths of the Furukawa 德赢ac米兰vwin Group
　・德赢ac米兰vwin realize DX including remote and au德赢ac米兰vwinmated control based on the detection of abnormalities using AI and IoT,
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Direc德赢ac米兰vwinr, Digital Innovation Center
Takehiko Nomura

Main development themes

The “model” of DX

  • Remote and unmanned control based on AI
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The basic concept of digitalization

Application of AI technologies 德赢ac米兰vwin visual inspections

Challenging 德赢ac米兰vwinwards the thorough streamlining of inspections

Visual inspections, conventional image processing

  • Personalization of inspections
  • Large burden on business

Investigation examples

  • Au德赢ac米兰vwinmotive parts
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Process informatics

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Feature prediction, fac德赢ac米兰vwinr analysis and abnormality detection

Conventional process control

  • The experience and intuition of an expert
  • Issues in technology transfer

Investigation examples

  • Optical communication parts
  • Metal products

Materials informatics

Challenging 德赢ac米兰vwinwards great reduction of material development time

Conventional material development

  • Enormous amounts of time for experiments and calculations

Investigation examples

  • Crystalline materials
  • Metallic materials

Methods: sparse modeling, Gaussian process and Bayesian optimization

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