Takamiya Co., Ltd. announced it has acquired a plot of land measuring 55,766.87 square meters in Block B of the Fujioka Interchange West Industrial Park, located in Shinozuka, Fujioka City, Gunma Prefecture, on March 25, 2024. Additionally, following Takamiya Lab. West in the Kansai region, the company will establish Takamiya Lab.

East at the acquired site. Takamiya Lab. West, the company?s platform's facility, is operated to allow customers to fully experience the allure of the company's platform.

This facility implements mechanisms for the fast possible handling of temporary equipment and quality management of customer assets through fixed-point cameras, as well as conducts exploration of safety and efficiency through image analysis and data analytics. Takamiya Lab. East will be the company's first facility to feature multiple functions, including Base, Logistics Warehouse, Manufacturing, and Safety Training.

Through this complex facility, the company aim to expand the customer service offerings of the Takamiya platform, increase the company's presence in the industry, and strengthen the foundation of the company's platform business. The reason for acquisition: The increasing number of users of the company's platform business service, OPE-MANE, has made it challenging to maintain an adequate supply system at the company's existing Base. Particularly in the Kanto region, there is high demand for the company's services, and the company anticipated this demand will continue to grow in the future.

In order to further improve convenience and service quality, the company has decided to establish a new base. The company will also establish an efficient product distribution network in the Kanto region. With the aim of comprehensive service improvement, including shortened delivery times and reduced transportation costs, the company will open a factory with an integrated logistics warehouse.

Improvement of Convenience for OPE-MANE: The new facility to be constructed on the acquired land will consolidate the inspection and maintenance of temporary equipment, which was previously conducted at various surrounding Bases. It will serve as a central equipment supply hub and hub function for the Kanto region's various Bases. On the other hand, the surrounding Bases will focus primarily on supplying equipment to customers and will establish a system to accommodate the increasing number of OPE-MANE users and improve service convenience.

Furthermore, in the maintenance operations of temporary equipment, the company will actively conduct research on AI, IoT, and automation to strive for energy efficiency, labor-saving, and personnel reduction. Factory with Integrated Logistics Warehouse: The company will establish a factory that will serve as the final process in the production process, focusing on the company's core product, the Iq System. This will also be the company's first factory to have an attached product warehouse.

By coordinating with the company's main factory, Gunma Factory located in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, the company aim to build an efficient product distribution network in the Kanto region. Through comprehensive service improvement measures such as shortening delivery times and reducing transportation costs, the company will work towards improving productivity and profitability. The synergistic effect of manufacturing, management, and logistics integration: By integrating the functions of manufacturing, management, and logistics within the premises, the company will establish a system to maintain high quality in the delivery and maintenance, inspection, and repair processes of temporary equipment owned by OPE-MANE users.

This setup will also enable swift supply to each Base in the Kanto region, maximizing convenience for OPE-MANE users. Additionally, it will serve as a key relay point for temporary equipment logistics from the Kanto region to the Hokuriku-Shinetsu region. Complex Safety Experience Training Facility: At Takamiya Lab.

East, the company will conduct Safety and Health Sensory Education for various industries, including but not limited to the scaffolding and construction sectors, as well as manufacturing. Safety training in the construction and scaffolding industries primarily focuses on sensory education and practical exercises for hazards such as falls from heights, falling and flying objects. In addition to these, as a Complex Safety Experience Training Facility, the company plan to offer unique safety sensory education specific to facilities with manufacturing capabilities, such as simulations of hazards like rotating body entanglements and pinching hazards.

The company's goal is to establish a facility that promotes safety beyond industry boundaries. Acquisition Cost is JPY 1,282 million. Scheduled Opening Date is April 2025.