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HOYA’s Core Competencies in the IT Field
HOYA conducts many business activities in the IT field and
supplies products to meet differing market needs. Activities in our
business domains are based on five technologies for glass
formation/melting/molding, polishing, cleaning, precision
processing, and membrane production. These are our core
competencies. HOYA is organized according to divisions that
operate on a daily basis as profit centers with substantial authority
delegated to them. Each of these divisions further develops these
corporate technologies optimally for its own business activities. As
a result, these divisions are “big fish in small ponds,” having
superior competitive power in their own niche markets, and
maintain high profitability.
On the other hand, depending on the business, it may be
necessary to develop new customers in different fields. We would
like to review and put these five core technologies in order to
understand the necessity of developing and making effective use
of them in other fields and prioritizing the issues we should address. In addition, the HOYA Group has not typically
moved personnel across existing divisions, but, instead, the typical model has been for technical personnel to
spend many years in one business accumulating experience and specializing in one technical field. However, since
I became COO of the IT segment, I have placed more emphasis on the interchange of technical personnel and
actively reassigned personnel across divisional lines. As a result, we have worked to transfer technologies to other
divisions and raise the overall technological level of the Group. I have also taken more active initiatives than
previously in expanding personnel to support HOYA’s technology.
Aiming for Stable Growth
The markets where HOYA has a presence within the IT field are
assessed as mature markets, but, because we look to future
technological needs and stay ahead of our competitors, we
think there is considerable room for growth in these businesses.
Also, in each of these businesses, since we believe that the
source of profit is technological capability, we have no intention
of ceasing our quest to strengthen our technological
capabilities. As the COO in charge of the IT segment, we want
to continue to contribute to raising the corporate value of the
HOYA Group by generating stable earnings and continuing our
stable growth.
We look forward to the continuing understanding and support of our shareholders.
Eiichiro Ikeda
Executive Officer & COO, Information Technology
In the LCD-related product field, we are assuming that there will continue to be a trend toward higher-precision
and higher-resolution units across the board from small and medium-sized to large panels, including the
smartphone and tablet computer fields. We are working to differentiate ourselves by responding to customer
needs accurately and promptly and increase our market share.
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