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Value Creation Process

Generating New Trends as a Company Focused on Creation and Development

THK aspires to create a sustainable and affluent future while striving to develop products that meet society’s needs and working to solve society’s problems.

Corporate Philosophy

Providing innovative products to the world and generating new trends to contribute to the creation of an affluent society

History

Providing the world with the indispensable LM Guide and continuing to develop new products to help solve society’s problems

Management Capital and Strengths

Human Capital

Human Capital

As we develop talent that can succeed across our global business, we are also enhancing the ways we grow digital talent that can make use of the latest technologies.

Manufacturing Capital

Manufacturing Capital

By bolstering our production structure in each region to produce in areas of demand, we continue to build our brand by providing customers around the world with a stable supply of high-quality products.

Financial Capital

Financial Capital

We drive greater shareholder returns through profitability enhanced by structural reform and growth investments and through strong cash flow generation.

Technology and Intellectual Capital

Technology and Intellectual Capital

We secure our competitive advantage through a thorough, customer-focused design cycle; adapting our core technologies to give rise to products and services with new and better functionality; and judicious management of our intellectual property rights.

Brand strength backed by products with high quality, long service life, high rigidity, and high accuracy
Strong development and sales expertise offering new value-added products that match market needs
A globally integrated sales and production structure responsive to environmental changes and customer needs

THK’s Business Model

Business

Industrial Machinery Business

Machine component business
  • Products for machines
  • Products that adapt core technology for new business areas
FA solution business
  • Mechatronic and modular products
  • IoT services

Automotive and Transportation Business

  • Next-generation auto parts
  • Linkage and suspension parts
Human Capital

Value Chain

Development
Design
Procurement
Purchasing
Production
Logistics
Sales

Vision, Growth Strategies, and Management Policy

Vision:

Transform into a
manufacturing and innovative
services company

Growth Strategies:

  • Full-scale globalization
  • Development of new business areas
  • Change in business style

New Management Policy:

Achieve an ROE greater than 10%
as quickly as possible
  • Promote management that emphasizes profitability and capital efficiency
    • Review of business portfolio in consideration of capital costs
    • Highly disciplined investments to bolster business competitiveness for the sake of sustainable growth
    • Review of capital policies
  • Strengthening of corporate governance

Material Issues

  • Creating an
    affluent society and solving social issues through innovation
  • Decarbonization
    and realization of a recycling-oriented society
  • Realization of a diverse and meaningful work environment
  • Strengthening of a sustainable value creation platform

Goals for Society (Outcomes)

  • Contributing to industrial automation and labor savings
    Contributing to industrial automation and labor savings
    • Decent work and economic growth
    • Industry, innovation, infrastructure
    • Responsible consumption, production
  • Decarbonization and realization of a recyclingoriented society
    Decarbonization and realization of a recyclingoriented society
    • Affordable and clean energy
    • Responsible consumption, production
    • Climate action
  • Workplaces where people from diverse backgrounds can thrive
    Workplaces where people from diverse backgrounds can thrive
    • Decent work and economic growth
    • Industry, innovation, infrastructure