| 1. With a Greater Variety of Intellectual Resources
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Developing original, advanced technologies and industry-leading products under the research and development theme of "nano and solutions."
The Sodick Group's customer base spans a diverse group of industries including automobiles, home electronics, semiconductors, precision devices, optical equipment, and LCD's. These industries are characterized by intense competition and the need to constantly introduce new products to the market. Therefore, larger assortments of product manufacturing molds are produced while being used for a shorter period of time.
| 2. With a Greater Global Presence
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Advancing the globalization of production and sales facilities to support manufacturing endeavors throughout the world.
The Sodick Group addresses the world market by dividing it into five areas - Japan, China, Asia and Oceania, North and South America, and Europe - and develops its market responses after carefully analyzing developments in each of these five areas.
Sodick has established technical centers at core facilities in each of these areas to enhance sales and service activities. Technical centers are showrooms that offer customers' total solutions based on the machines and products available from Sodick's three businesses. Technical centers handle not only sales and business meetings but also offer complete customer support.
In regards to production, Sodick is shifting these facilities to overseas locations, which offer the advantages of both low costs and high quality, such as Thailand and China. In the field of R&D, the Group has established Sodick America Corporation in the US, where the latest information technology is available. Sodick America Corporation works together with the R&D division of Sodick's Japanese headquarters to perform research for advanced CNC control systems.
Working to further strengthen our quality assurance system as part of our efforts to bring customers a sense of safety and confidence.
Responding to customer demands, the Sodick Group constantly works without compromise to achieve the highest possible performance and quality in its products.
While almost all of Sodick's machine tool production has been transferred overseas, each overseas production facility has built its own quality assurance system that meets or exceeds the quality that was previously achieved in Japan.
