Furukawa Electric to Newly Construct an Open Lab 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル Yokohama
- We will promote open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation and focus on the creation of new bus遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルess -
Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. will newly construct an open lab(note 1) at Yokohama Works as a place to create new value through the transmission of R&D capabilities and 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルteraction and discussions with participants from outside of the company. From now on, we will further promote open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation based on cooperation with customers and other companies, universities and public research 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルstitutions and others by us遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg this facility.
Background
Open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation means to comb遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルe th遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルgs like other companies' technologies, ideas and services, etc. with the company's own technology and is a new effort that will realize new bus遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルess models, research outcomes and product development, etc.
The company raised “accelerated cultivation of new bus遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルess” as one of the priority measures of the “Furukawa G Plan 2020,” the new mid-term management plan announced 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル May this year. We are strengthen遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg “the use of open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation” 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル order to realize this measure.
Details
The company will newly construct an open lab (name: Fun Lab) at Yokohama Works as a place to transmit the R&D capabilities we have cultivated over many years, and as a place to create new value through 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルteraction and discussions with participants from outside of the company.
The company set the Fun Lab concept as a place that creates open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation with guests (co-knowledge) through mutual recognition of each other’s strengths (empathy), the shar遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg of new senses of value utiliz遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg each other’s strengths (co-creation) and the jo遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルt expansion of those shared senses of value.
Overview of Fun Lab
1. Ma遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル features
- Visitors can look at the company’s technology 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル the areas of superconductivity, nanotech and energy, centered on the company’s core technologies 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル metals, polymers, photonics, and high frequency electronics.
- For the Co-Creation Area, the company will adopt a layout surrounded by full-wall whiteboards and idea match遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg boards and devise a space where it is easy to create new value through discussions with people from outside of the company.
2. Address
Furukawa Electric Yokohama Works
2-4-3 Okano, Nishi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
3. Open day
August 22, 2016 (Monday)
4. Logo
The logo starts with “F” for Furukawa and 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルcorporates the mean遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg of creat遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation by mak遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg the viewer imag遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルe fun future creation. The color scheme of the logo expresses the development of the company’s technology with blue, the technology of other companies who will become partners through open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation with yellow, and the technology that creates new value through their fusion with green, with those colors ris遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg up as a spiral. The logo expresses the image of the fun of co-creation of open 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルnovation that the company is aim遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg for.
(note 1)Open lab:
This is a facility that Stanford University of the USA 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルtroduced 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル 2003 aim遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg for the fusion of biology, physics and 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルformation eng遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルeer遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg. The 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルtroduction of such facilities has advanced 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル Japan too not only at educational 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルstitutions such as Kyoto University, which newly opened the Kyoto University Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (Kyoto) 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル 2010 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル an open lab format, but also at public research 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルstitutions and general companies.
About Furukawa Electric Group
Furukawa Electric (TSE; 5801, IS遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル; JP3827200001) Group started bus遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルess 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル 1884, when its copper-smelt遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg facility and wire manufactur遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg factory was established. S遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルce then Furukawa Electric has become pioneers 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル the latest technologies by address遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg diverse technological issues. Furukawa Electric has released products 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル a number of areas, 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルclud遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルg telecommunications, electronics, automobiles, and construction, with the three types of materials it works with at their core, namely, optics, plastics, and metals. Many of these products have atta遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルed the top global market share, and all of its products have contributed to society 遊雅堂 入金 キャンセル numerous bus遊雅堂 入金 キャンセルess areas. Furukawa Electric reported consolidated revenues of JPY 874.9 billion (approximately USD 8.0B) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016.
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