Focused Industry Sectors
As part of our quest for regional revitalization through the creation of new industries in keeping with broader trends in society, we are focusing our attention on harnessing local strengths in four core sectors with high growth potential: DX (AI, ICT, and robotics); environment and energy; health and medical care; and aviation, space, eVTOL, and drones.
DX (AI, ICT, Robotics)
Not only do ICT and robotics have the potential to alleviate chronic problems such as labor shortages, skill transfer, and production efficiency, but there is also a growing expectation that digital technologies may transform businesses and society itself.
Our IoT, AI, Robotics Support Unit constantly receives inquiries from businesses who are unsure about how to make the most of these technologies. By offering on-site, close-quarters support, we aim to make DX more easily accessible for SMEs and pave the way for innovation in their business practices.
Environment and Energy
Kobe’s Port Island was the site of testing to verify that the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier ship could transport hydrogen produced in Australia to the handling facility on Kobe Airport Island.
The findings of this proof-of-concept for the hydrogen supply chain are sure to reverberate from Kobe throughout the world.
As the world continues to decarbonize, we at NIRO produce forecasts of market trends for hydrogen and related products, and help SMEs looking to enter this industry roadmaps to success.
Health and Medical Care
Being located on Port Island in Kobe places us among Japan’s largest biomedical cluster. We are ideally located to forge health and medical care R&D networks (esp. regenerative medicine, medical devices, healthcare), and can call on these strategic advantages to deliver growth support for core companies in the region. In this way, we can offer comprehensive assistance including matching enterprises and their “seeds” with businesses able to nurture them, prototyping and product development support, and much more.
Aviation, Space, eVTOL, and Drones
The aviation industry continues to show strong signs of recovery from the difficulties of the travel-less days of the Covid-19 pandemic, and there are rising expectations for the space sector, too.
Buoyed by popular demand, we at NIRO are ramping up our support for companies seeking to enter the aerospace industry through initiatives such as NEXT, the Kansai aircraft industry platform.
Meanwhile, as demand for real-world implementation of drone technologies swells, we have launched a new Drone Utilization Platform, and offer attentive support to companies looking to expand into the drone space.
