Strengthening the Value Chain
The global supply chain disruptions caused by the situation in Ukraine have resulted in major logistical challenges. It has always been our basic stance to produce in areas of demand when pursuing full-scale globalization, and thanks to the local procurement framework we established in each region, we have been able to minimize the impact of these kinds of supply delays. While international friction may continue to arise in the future, we will work to strengthen our value chain using a diversified approach in order to provide our customers with a stable supply of products.
Policies and Mindset
- Developing products based on core technology
- Developing products that aim to solve customer needs and concerns
- Promoting green, global procurement in the optimal locations
- Accelerating work speed and boosting work efficiency with AI
- Working with suppliers to establish a structure to increase production and promote improvement activities
- Increasing productivity and improving customer satisfaction through on-time delivery
- Employing transportation methods that reduce CO2 emissions
- Considering load efficiency and productivity in logistics
- Reducing CO2 emissions year on year
- Entering new markets
- Strengthening proposal-based sales
THK's Strengths
- Developing products that meet market needs
- Cultivating new markets with core technology
- Extensive product lineup
- Services such as technical calculations based on operating conditions
- Building a production framework with business partners
- Achieving high durability and long service life with proprietary materials
- Establishing a production structure in domestic and international areas of demand
- Establishing transportation methods that reflect feedback from business partners
- Brand strength as the top linear motion component manufacturer
Responding to
geopolitical risks
geopolitical risks
- Establishing global R&D facilities (China: 1, Germany: 1)
- Strengthening global procurement framework
- Distributing disaster risk by purchasing from multiple suppliers
- Cultivating new suppliers and building a robust system of collaboration with existing suppliers
- Establishing alternative production structures, including overseas factories, in case of a major disaster
- Securing transportation channels during a disaster
- Strengthening global collaboration
- Sales network covering Japan and other countries
- Compliance with laws and regulations related to security export control
Activities to
promote ESG
promote ESG
- Actively promoting the shift from sliding motion to rolling
- Developing products to replace hydraulic with electric
- Developing products that require less maintenance
- Developing products that can handle high speeds and fast takt times
- Developing products related to renewable energy
- Preemptively replacing materials based on each country's banned substance information
- Investigating compliance with domestic and international regulations
- Collaborating with all purchasing-related departments regarding legal requirements
- Activities to reduce CO2 emissions
- Holding regular energy conservation meetings to improve environmental awareness among employees
- Complying with ISO 14001/ISO 45001 and confirming environmental measures
- Reducing CO2 emissions by utilizing reusable containers
- Promoting modal shifts and joint delivery
- Proposing electric and labor-saving products
- Conducting remote sales activities such as online visits
Future challenges
to address
to address
- Developing products to achieve carbon neutrality
- Refining core technology (long service life, highspeed performance, etc.)
- Effectively using renewable materials to reduce waste
- Promoting DX activities and strengthening collaboration with other THK departments
- Further efforts to reduce CO2 emissions
- Promoting energy-saving activities
- Promoting DX activities
- Selecting optimal shipping methods through DX
- Reducing labor needs by utilizing AI
- Entering new markets such as medicine and electric vehicles
- Developing new business such as seismic isolation and robots