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."
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R&D Policy and Strategy
Policy
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
4 centers
1 Planning & Coordination Division
These sites emphasize the development of technologies and human resources.
Promotion Systemtechnical 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
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
- 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
- Identifying areas where we aim to expand businesses beyond 2030, without being constrained by our existing business portfolio, and carrying out research and development in those areas
- Establishing the Frontier Technology Center
① Acquiring & cultivating future technologies; understanding trends in technology
② Finding and verifying future market opportunities
