Daiwabo Holdings supports the development and utilization of information and communication technology (ICT) to provide children with a high-quality educational environment that leads them to the future. Although the introduction of one device for each student in elementary, junior high, and high schools nationwide has progressed, there are still issues to be addressed in their utilization, such as the development of an infrastructure (telecommunications) environment, enhancement of educational content, and improving the ICT utilization skills of teachers during learning. In the IT Infrastructure Distribution Business, Daiwabo Information System (DIS) has had a dedicated department for the education market for about 10years, and has contributed to the development of the education environment through a community-based structure in cooperation with its sales offices throughout Japan. Currently, it is focusing on the use of installed devices in classes, the promotion of introducing STEAM education environments, and support activities. STEAM education is an educational concept that combines the initial letters of five words: science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. Itis interdisciplinary education that combines exploration and creativity and utilizes learning in each subject to solve problems in the real world that has become the foundation for cultivating the human resources needed in the Society 5.0 era. DIS, together with Intel, has been engaged in empirical research at 18 elementary, junior high, and high schools and universities to promote the spread of STEAM Labs. We have also co-sponsored the Nikkei STEAM2023 Symposium, hosted by the Osaka head office of Nikkei Inc. There we have exhibited a hands-on corner where visitors can directly experience advanced technology by leveraging strengths as distributors, and holding a workshop that had high school and university students pretend to join DIS and propose ICT solutions that would be used in future education. In addition, DIS provides training for teachers to realize problem-solving-based learning (PBL) and assists them in designing next-generation education tailored to the educational environment using customized menus regardless of the size of municipalities or schools nationwide. In the future, DIS will also provide educational support in collaboration with university teaching programs to help solve social issues for the development of future human resources.

In recent years, research companies have announced that the Japanese cloud market has been growing steadily, but sales partners around the country are constantly consulting on proposal techniques. Demand for digital transformation (DX) is accelerating, such as improving customer productivity and BCP measures for business continuity. In order to respond to increasingly diverse and sophisticated customer needs, sales partners need to flexibly incorporate cloud services into conventional IT infrastructures, and provide proposal capabilities, implementation, and operational support to realize the users’ DX. Accordingly, DIS has formed strong partnerships with manufacturers and IT vendors to quickly catch up on global advanced technologies and information, and provide new businesses and services. We support the promotion of DX throughout Japan by developing managed services to support IT operation, as well as management and educational services to develop DX human resources.

Renewable energy sources include mainly solar, hydro, and wind power, but there are growing expectations for wind power due to the balance between the length of operating time and the size of the production volume. Among these, offshore wind power generation is becoming the focus in Japan, which has a small land area, because it is easier to generate high-capacity electricity by continuously capturing stronger wind than on land. High precision is required for the manufacture of bearings used in the turning of the main body of wind power generation equipment and the rotor blades, step-up gears, and such, and medium- and large-sized vertical lathes are necessary. The medium- and largesized vertical lathes manufactured by O-M Ltd. have the accuracy and performance to meet the requirements for each part, and demand is growing as the number of wind power generation facilities increases. For growth in the wind power generation market, we are promoting proposal-based marketing that improves the efficiency of processing and the effectiveness of installation, rather than just selling off-the-shelf products. In addition, we will strengthen our sales promotion in the Chinese market by acquiring opportunities for business negotiations and establishing a system to provide products with short delivery times. In addition to growth as a business, we will also contribute to solving users’ ESG issues, such as power saving by shortening processing time, improvement of factory environments and consideration for operators’ health through totally enclosed machine covers, and so on.

The Daiwabo Group is promoting donation activities as part of its social contribution.

● Daiwabo Information System (DIS) has donated 200 million yen to the Japan Committee for UNICEF’s COVID-19 emergency fund and the non-profit organization International Medical Volunteers Japan Heart to support medical care related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A donation system has also been implemented in which the considerable amount of money required for conventional gifts such as flowers and New Year’s cards will be part of donations for social contribution. In fiscal 2022, we donated 6.65 million yen to the Japan Committee for UNICEF.

● Daiwabo Holdings and the Daiwabo Group support the purpose of the "Yumeiku Work Support Business" and have concluded agreements on the use of illustration data created by persons with disabilities. "Yumeiku Work Support Business" is a program run by Shimane Prefecture/social welfare corporation Shimane Prefecture Social Welfare Council/San-in Godo Bank, Ltd., which promotes employment support for the disabled. These fees are used to promote employment support for persons with disabilities in Shimane Prefecture as part of subsidies for initiatives such as raising labor costs and improving the working environment for users of facilities that support the employment of persons with disabilities.