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R&D Policy and Strategy

Policy

In the face of diverse social challenges, including challenges related to the global environment, resources, energy and food, we will contribute to the creation of "A circular society in harmony with the environment", "An inclusive society creating diverse value", and "A comfortable society that lets people lead healthy, happy lives."

Strategy

There are four parts to the foundation of our R&D strategy, Functions, Organizations, Technologies, and Human Resources.

Staying focused on the social challenges that we aim to solve in our business portfolio, we conduct research aimed at resolving social challenges based on the technologies that are our strengths. At the same time, we also conduct research from a long-term perspective. From this perspective we envision the future that we want to create based on many possibilities in anticipation of the world in 2030 and thereafter, which is difficult to predict, and identify challenges by backcasting from the envisioned future.

We have researchers with varied backgrounds in fields such as polymers, organic synthesis, and biotechnology.

Human Resources

We have researchers with varied backgrounds in fields such as polymers, organic synthesis, and biotechnology.

3 laboratories
4 centers
1 planning & coordination division

Organizations

3 laboratories
4 centers
1 Planning & Coordination Division

These sites emphasize the development of technologies and human resources.

Promotion System

technical service, product variations development,
new product development,
process technology development,
new business development,
cornerstone technology & innovative technology development

Functions

Technical service, product variations development,
new product development,
process technology development,
new business development,
cornerstone technology & innovative technology development

The R&D Center conducts activities in pursuit of the following four objectives: creation of business opportunities, creation of new functions, profit generation, and sustainability.

technology platforms

Technologies

technology platforms

In order to strengthen our proprietary technologies and materials, we continually refine current core technologies and make efforts to acquire and incubate new technologies by reviewing our technology platforms.

Release

Research and development based on two approaches

Forecast-based R&D
A strategy to resolve foreseeable social issues

Conducting R&D into existing businesses and developing new products to achieve VISION2030
Research based on our technologies conducted by taking advantage of our strengths
Strengthening and expanding our technology platform in line with the social issues that we aim to resolve in each business portfolio

Backcast-based R&D
A strategy to help solve the social challenges of a difficult-to-predict future

Carrying out research from a long-term perspective in which we first consider what sort of future we want to create out of a wide range of possibilities, then backcast from this to decide which issues to try and solve
Backcasting eight candidates for new development areas at the Frontier Technology Center