Future World

Capture the coming era

According to the United Nation estimations, the world population will increase to 9.7 billion in 2050.The trend of urbanization will continue to rise and 72% of the total population will be concentrated in urban areas. In such a future, in order for any residents in the world to have a safe, secure, and comfortable living environment, we believe that there are tasks and new challenges that we should struggle with through co-creation with our partners.

The first task is to reduce the environmental load in housing development (construction). Efforts to minimize the increase in CO2 emissions are indispensable in response to the increasing global housing and construction demand. It is necessary to bring together the wisdom of humankind in every step of the construction process, such as expanding the use of natural materials and extending the service life of buildings.

The second task is the improvement of the work site environment in housing development. It is difficult to secure human resources with certain experience and skills, which may become a bottleneck in the future housing supply. In addition to promoting automation and mechanization, it is important to create solutions for workers to work in safe, secure, and comfortable workplaces.

The third task is to improve the well-being of residents. It was once thought that natural material = wood is inferior in durability and fire resistance to metals such as iron. In recent years, technological innovation has significantly increased the potential of wood as a building material, allowing people to live a warm and prosperous life surrounded by more natural materials.

Vision

The purpose of Co-Creation

In order to reduce the environmental load in housing development, we would like to work with co-creation partners to accelerate the introduction of highly sustainable materials centered on natural materials (wood, etc.) and manufacturing equipment for mass production. In addition to construction, we would also like to work on improving energy efficiency to achieve carbon neutrality from upstream to downstream, such as making smart homes housings.

Towards the realization of the environmental improvement of the work site in a residential development, along with the co-creation partners, and utilizing the "moving" know-how of our cultivated taking advantage of our high expertise for “motion control” with hydraulic system hydraulic equipment, we will provide solutions that enable everyone involved in housing development industry to be able to engage a safe, secure and more productive value creation and contributions.

Aiming for a world where residents can enjoy a rich living environment surrounded by natural materials, together with co-creation partners, through the utilization of timber as construction material and the expansion of upcycling, it will also enhance the sustainability of the forestry industry and create a prosperous ecosystem related to the circulation of natural through the value chain.

Intellectual Capital

Potentials for the future

1.Global customer & supplier network

We have a global supply chain and distributor network that can provide our products to customers in the construction machinery, industrial machinery, and marine machinery fields around the world. We have a system in place to provide specific solutions to disseminate new ideas that have the potential to generate innovation in the future around the world.

2. Achievements and expertise in manufacturing a wide range of industrial machinery

We have high-precision "motion control" technical expertise using hydraulic pressure in a wide range of industrial machinery fields such as power plants, steel mills, and press machine. For example, it can provide solutions from a hardware perspective when manufacturing or processing new building materials.

3. Knowledge related to Robotics

We have developed an Electro-hydraulic actuator by the synergistic efforts of our core technology of hydraulic system design technology with the Robot Business division. This system can be widely used beyond the application of conventional hydraulic systems.

4. Mass production technology that stably supplies at the world's highest level of quality

After achieving the strict requirements of major construction machinery and agricultural machinery manufacturers around the world, we have flexibly adjusted the production volume to the ever-changing number of demands and provided a stable supply. We are capable of proposed solutions to widely disseminate new construction materials and production equipment that manufactures them to the world.

5. Expertise of hydraulic technology for manufacturing CLT and other new construction materials.

A press process is required for the production of CLT, which is promising for the future spread of wooden high-rise buildings. We can provide solutions based on our hydraulic press system design and manufacturing technology for improving product quality and reducing costs in this process.

6. Professional team of mechanical and electrical technology

We have highly skilled and experienced specialists in both mechanical engineering and electrical engineering fields, where technical issues could be handled in a comprehensive manner from electrical commands to mechanically moving areas.

7. Knowledge and achievements regarding hydrogen fuel control

We are supplying components for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to major overseas automobile manufacturers. We have the technical expertise to handle high-pressured hydrogen gas, and capable of proposed solutions for the utilization of hydrogen fuel, which is expected as an next generation energy source for the next generation living environment.

8. Knowledge and achievements of sea wave power generation

We are involved in the development of sea wave power generator that uses the force of littoral waves to convert it into electrical energy. It can contribute to the construction of an environment-minded residential ecosystem based on renewable energy.

9. Providing PoC(Proof of Concept) opportunities at our factories and facilities

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group owns a large number of factories and office buildings/facilities in Japan and worldwide, where new technologies and new materials for houses, buildings and factories related could be swiftly introduced as early adopter on a trial basis.

Potential Partner

Partners expecting for Co-Creation

• Players aiming to develop and disseminate new materials and new technologies in housing development (building materials related companies, ventures, research institutes, etc. that are using natural materials such as CLT materials and renewable materials)
• Players aiming to popularize and expand buildings such as houses and buildings with higher sustainability in housing development (construction industry and developers who design and construct wooden buildings, etc.)
• Players aiming to provide automation, mechanization, and digitization solutions to realizing safe and secure construction sites and working environments in housing development (Con-tech ventures, major general contractors, etc.)
• Players involved in the realization of sustainable utilization of natural capital such as forestry and lumber (forestry companies, lumber companies, building materials companies, biomass companies, etc.)
• All players aiming to realize sustainable housing development (government agencies, local governments, universities, forestry associations, energy companies and venture companies, etc.)

Asset

Assets provided by the Organizer

Global customer & supplier networks

In the fields of construction machinery, industrial machinery, and marine machinery, we have built solid relationship of trust by providing products and solutions to customers all over the world for past 100+ years. In addition, we have a supply chain and a network of dealers that have closely cooperated in the design, SI, and sales of hydraulic equipment to achieve the above. We are capable of proposing solutions that incorporate the innovative technologies and ideas of co-creation partners in housing development into hardware and disseminate them worldwide as concrete solutions.

Wide range of manufacturing achievement and know-hows in industrial machinery

In the field of industrial machinery, we have a track records of delivering high-pressure, large-capacity hydraulic systems that perform highly accurate speed, position, and pressure control in a wide range of fields such as electric power, steelmaking, and forging.

We are capable of proposing solutions from the viewpoint of hardware when manufacturing and processing new building materials in housing development.

Possession of hydraulic technology which are curtail for manufacturing CLT materials and etc.

A press machine that uses a hydraulic device as the power source is required to produce CLT materials, which are expected to become widespread in the future of wooden high-rise buildings.

In mass production and manufacturing of new construction materials, we are capable to provide hardware design and manufacturing know-how for improving manufacturing quality and reducing costs.

Mass production technology that stably supplies the world's highest level of quality

Until now, we have cleared the strict requirements of major construction machinery and agricultural machinery manufacturers around the world, flexibly adjusted the production volume according to the daily changing number of customer demands, and continued to provide a stable supply of high-quality products.

We are capable of proposing solutions for mass production of sustainable building materials required for future housing development and machines required for their production with stable quality and widespread use.

Professional team of mechanical and electrical technology

We have highly skilled and experienced specialists in both mechanical engineering and electrical engineering fields, where we are able to form a mechatronics integrated development team that applies advanced analysis technology and control technology to realize high-quality solutions.

In addition, we have advanced analysis technology and control technology that support high reliability and high performance of products.

• Analysis technology: Dynamic behavior analysis, FEM, CFD, etc.
• Control technology: software, IoT compatible, control board, etc.

Knowledge and achievements in the field of forest machinery

The hydraulic system of forest machinery represented by harvesters and forwarders is required to have high reliability that operates reliably even in a harsh working environment where equipment maintenance is difficult.

Our hydraulic equipment is widely used in forest machinery in Japan and overseas, centering on pumps, motors, and various valves that drive and control the position of mounted attachments.

Knowledge and achievements regarding the utilization of electric hydraulic actuators

In recent years, he has been working not only on the design and manufacture of hydraulic systems that serve as power sources, but also on the development of electric oil actuators.

By making the best use of this technological development and pursuing automation and robotics that link hydraulic equipment and data, we can make proposals for the realization of safe and secure housing development sites.

Knowledge and achievements regarding hydrogen fuel control

Utilizing the knowledge of high-pressure gas control valves that we have been continually innovate until this day, we are able to started developing valves for hydrogen gas tanks for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Currently, it supplies products to major overseas automobile manufacturers.

Through this product development, we have knowledge about hydrogen fuel, which is expected as an energy source for the next-generation living environment, and in future residential energy management, we believe that we can propose energy services using high-pressure hydrogen gas together with co-creation partners.

Knowledge and achievements regarding wave power generation

Utilizing the knowledge of conventional design and manufacturing of hydraulic equipment, we are working on the development of equipment that converts ocean waves into electrical energy using a hydraulic system.

By applying the knowledge gained from this technological development, we can contribute to the construction of an energy local production for local consumption type residential ecosystem using renewable energy together with co-creation partners.

Providing PoC(Prove of Concept) opportunities at our factories and facilities

The Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group owns a large number of factories and office buildings/facilities in Japan and worldwide, which capable of quickly and experimentally introduce new technologies and materials related to houses, buildings, and factories as early adopters.