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| Aiming to become a key organization in a high-value-added industry |
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The project plan to make the western part of the Tokyo metropolitan district, centered in the area along National Route 16, into a creative base TAMA for high value-added industries. The objective is to fully utilize the potential of the area's science and engineering universities, research institutions, small and medium enterprises focused on product development, and other resources, and to make a conscious contribution to regional environment. |
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Manufacturing of industrial machinery, electronic equipment, communication devices, and their parts and development of peripheral software |
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Western region of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area (covering the southwestern part of Saitama Prefecture, the Tama region of Tokyo and the central part of Kanagawa Prefecture) |
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TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association Inc.
URL: http://www.tamaweb.or.jp
TEL: +81-42-631-1140 FAX: +81-42-631-1124 |
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Ome Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Atsugi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sagamihara Incubation Center, Sayama Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tokyo Metropolitan Small Business Center |
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| The total number of members is 600. Among them, 309 companies, 41 universities, 20 local governments, 36 societies of commerce and industry, chambers of commerce and industry, and 9 financial institutions have built a network. Collaboration with key organizations started in FY 2005, effort is being made to further strengthen the network. |
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| Our association works to step up the research and development capabilities of companies oriented toward product development that are active in leading-edge fields and located in the western part of the metropolitan region, and further step up the expertise of companies oriented toward infrastructural technology that possess excellent fabrication technology in an attempt to ensure international market competitiveness. |
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| An advanced network will be used to further promote inter-industry and industry-university collaboration. Moreover, a system will be established that can quickly procure funds, personnel, sales channels, and other resources necessary to smoothly commercialize the results of research and development, and thus form one of the world's leading key organizations for creating new business. |
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The western region of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area has an industrial concentration of high technological potential, involving companies with excellent processing technologies for industrial machinery, electronic equipment and communication devices, innovative companies having a large market share and about 40 universities specializing in science and technology. To make use of that potential, our association has built up a continuous, straight-through support system. Working together with TAMA-TLO Co., Ltd., our association lends support for each stage from R&D to commercialization, while working to create a close network of people in industry-university-government-metal circles. |
| Hideto Okazaki |
| Secretary-General, TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association Inc. |
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| Number of new authorized collaboration plan: |
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| Strategic development of fundamental technologies support project: |
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| Number of agriculture-commerce-Industry collaborations certified: |
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| Number of businesses launched: 2,000 businesses in 5 years |
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Main Participants of the Project
Private companies (309 companies): industria Co.,Ltd., Stack Electronics Co.,Ltd., Mano-Seiko Co.,Ltd., Elionix Inc., Seki Corporation Ltd., ECG-Kokusai Co.,Ltd., Tosei Electrobeam Co.,Ltd., Showa Shinku Co.,Ltd., Iriso Seimitsu Co.,Ltd., Nanaboshi Electric Mfg.Co,Ltd., CERARICA NODA Co.,Ltd., Soken Chemical & Engineering Co.,Ltd., Mitsuya Co.,Ltd., Onizuka Glass Co.,Ltd., Nagase Co.,Ltd., Nishihara Rikoh Corporation, Regitex Co.,Ltd., Digital Stream Corporation, etc.
Related administrative organizations: Tokyo prefecture, Hachioji city, Sagamihara city, Hamura city, Atsugi city, Akishima city, Sayama city, etc.
Financial institutions: Seibu Shinkin Bank, Tama Shinkin Bank, Ome Shinkin bank, Resona Bank, Ltd., Kawasaki Shinkin Bank, etc.
Business Incubators: Fuji Incubation Office, Seibu Incubation Office, Sayama Incubation Center21, Sagamihara Incubation Center Ltd., Mitaka Town Management Organization, etc. |
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| ACHIEVEMENT EXAMPLE 1 |
Die-less production system leads to sudden growth in TCS project Iguchi Issei |
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Iguchi Issei has employed the latest in laser punch and bending equipment to establish its die-less production system, which is capable of steel plate processing to manufacture precision parts with equivalent or greater accuracy than die-based production. The company's production system has been favorably evaluated, and Iguchi Issei was awarded the Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade, and Industry Bureau Chief Award in the FY 2006 TAMA Business Plan Contest.
Even after this, the company has actively availed itself of the support of the TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association, and as part of the TAMA Collaboration Square project, TAMA coordinators produced a PR report extolling the strengths of Iguchi Issei's technology. Backed by this, the company has participated in match-up meetings with various large corporations, leading to new business such as orders from major electronics makers for prototype manufacture.
The companies that Iguchi Issei has gotten to know through the TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association network and the match-up meetings have helped spread the company's die-less production system, with orders coming in from large corporations in various different fields to boost sales by 1.6 x over previous figures.
The company is also looking overseas, and hopes for further developments such as actively participating in TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association exchange projects being implemented in Shanghai. |
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Iguchi Issei's die-less production system
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Participating company comment: Issei Iguchi CEO, Iguchi Issei
Iguchi Issei is an active participant in TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association support projects, and this has been effective in gaining the company business opportunities. Through TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association projects, autoparts makers have proposed joint development with the company, and Iguchi Issei plans to focus on related technological development this FY. |
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| ACHIEVEMENT EXAMPLE 2 |
Industry-industry partnerships for environmental manufacturing
P-Trap Co., Ltd.(partnered with Nomura Industry Co., Ltd.) |
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P-Trap is achieving rapid growth as a product development venture company through means such as joint research with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) into activated charcoal technology for processing various types of wastewater.
P-Trap has seen and learned from many different water treatment failures at active kitchen water treatment facilities, such as chemical, ozone, and antimicrobial processing. As a result, P-Trap's technicians found that all of the failures were apparently caused by waste oil and grease, and the company thus developed and patented equipment to pre-process wastewater by running it through a grease trap to filter out and recover the grease. However, P-Trap faced difficulties in manufacturing and selling this equipment on its own, and so participated in a TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association matching meeting (TCS project) to find a potential partner. Upon learning of P-Trap's equipment, a quick response came from Nomura Industry, a manufacturing company strong in high-quality stainless steel fabrication.
A TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association patent negotiation advisor led the two companies through the process of signing a patent licensing contract, and Nomura Industry undertook manufacture. At the same time, another company came forward to express an interest in selling P-Trap's product, and sales in the first year under the "Grease Nai Master" brand name came to 500 units (200 million yen), and shipments for the second year are projected at 1,000 units (300 million yen). These results have led to these two companies to partner in pursuit of further growth in environmentally friendly business areas. |
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Grease Nai Master, from P-Trap and Nomura Industry
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Participating company comment: Emiko Hasama CEO, P-Trap Co., Ltd.
Thanks to the patent negotiation adviser's timely exhibition introductions, advice in creating sales promotional materials, and advice on sales strategies, among other assistance, our marketing efforts made progress, we brought in customers, established a smooth partnership, and brought P-Trap's product to market. In future, we hope to establish a means of recycling recovered fats in animal feeds or biodiesel fuel, which would really complete our fat separation and recovery business and contribute further to improving our water environments. |
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| ACHIEVEMENT EXAMPLE 3 |
Certified as the first agricultural-commercial-industrial partnership
Soma Optics, Ltd. (partnered with Shinmei Chikusan) |
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Soma Optics designs and manufactures measurement devices using spectrography technology, and over the past seven years, under the leadership of University of Miyazaki Professor Irie, the company has been researching the measurement of fat content in foods as a possible new field, and produced a prototype capable of easily measuring the amount of fatty acids (mainly olein) in foods. The amount of olein is one parameter determining the tastiness of meat, with high-olein meat having a melt-in-your-mouth texture and well-aged flavor. The company sought business partners who could help with technology development from a user's perspective, in the move to commercialization of this measurement device.
On consulting with the TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association, Soma Optics found a partner in Shinmei Chikusan, via the regional financial institution network (Seibu Shinkin Bank).
Soma Optics leveraged the TAMA network to refine its device
and develop a brand of pork using its device, and the development
and sale of its device for easily measuring the fat content
of pork and the "Golden Pork" brand using it led
to the company and its partners being certified in FY 2008
as the first agricultural-commercial-industrial tie-up. |
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Prototype pork fat content measurement device |
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Participating company comment: Nobuo Ura CEO, Soma Optics, Ltd.
Our company is a typical R&D company, working in the field of analysis devices. We are confident in our manufacturing capabilities, but neither product design nor finding partners in other fields are our fortes. The support of the TAMA Industrial Vitalization Association has allowed us to supplement our weaker areas by leveraging the regional network, and we are determined to use this opportunity to succeed in our business. |
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