Greetings from CEO
Thank you very much for your continued support.
Homura Heavy Industries is focused on providing systems for the outdoor environment.
According to the United Nations, the world’s population is to increase rapidly from 7.6 billion (2019) to 9.7 billion (2050). There are challenges against the expanding food production along with the population grows, and there are concerns about shortages of meat, fish, and grain that we take for granted today. Since many of today’s primary industries are labor-intensive, we must further digitalize them in the future.
We have used our experience in outdoor environments to develop Bio Group Control®, which controls the behavior of organisms, and robotics, which controls the behavior of machines. We will combine these technologies and promote the digitalization and industrialization of food production in primary industries with a focus on practical, on-site operations.
We look forward to the collaboration with you in the future.
CEO / FURUSAWA Yosuke
Company Overview
| Company Name | Homura Heavy Industries Corporation. |
| Established | February 25, 2016 |
| Board members | CEO / FURUSAWA Yosuke CFO / HAGINOYA Masahiro (CPA) CSO / TANIZAKI Atsushi Outside Director / ISHIDA Takashi Outside Director / NOBORI Daiyu (Ph. D) Outside Auditor / ADACHI Yukihiro |
| Special Advisor | ABE Fusao |
| Address | 57-9 Anaguchi, Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture 020-0633, Japan |
| Capital | 179.2 million yen (including capital reserves) |
| Main business | Development and sales of automation products and services with a focus on control technology. Development and sales of Bio Group Control®, Marine Drone, and underwater cameras for monitoring. |
| Features | We handle both hardware and software production in-house, covering all stages from design to manufacturing. By overseeing all processes internally, we can support digitalization and implement information security measures tailored to the customer's environment. |
Introduction of board members
CEO / FURUSAWA Yosuke
Born in Iwate in 1982. After graduated from Systems and Information Engineering of Graduate School of University of Tsukuba, joined at CYBERDYNE and engaged in designing of electrical system for robot suite called HAL. Experienced to apply and obtain the certification of ISO13482, ISO13485, IEC60601, IEC62133 and launched the product in the market. Established Homura Heavy Industries Corporation in 2016. Received several awards from Japanese government and graduated from Draper University of U.S.A.
CFO / HAGINOYA Masahiro (CPA)
Born in Tokyo in 1986. After graduated from Keio University, joined at EY Japan. Engaged in auditing of listed companies and IPO support of venture companies in the audit department. Through the experience of audits of numerous factories, finally realized the importance of Japanese "manufacturing". Joined our company in 2019 with the belief to contribute to food and the system through manufacturing by using Japanese technology.
CSO / TANIZAKI Atsushi
Born in Fukuoka in 1976. After graduated from Meiji University, joined at Aldebaran Robotics Japan as the Head and CEO of Smart Robotics, etc. Our company is automating all kinds of technologies and products in the water territories and having our own control technology that makes the above possible, and soon will launch at the global market. “I want to utilize my business experience at several robotic companies and the overseas business experience for more success of this company.
Outside Director / ISHIDA Takashi
- Born in Miyagi in1964.
- Joined at Iris Ohyama Co., Ltd.
- East Japan General Manager
- Executive Officer, Business Manager
- Director, BtoB Headquarters
- Director of Iris HT Solutions Co., Ltd.
- Representative Director of Iris Electric Works Co., Ltd.
- Director of Iris Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Director of Ohyama Estate Co., Ltd.
- Director of Vegalta Sendai, etc.
Outside Director / NOBORI Daiyu (Ph.D)
- Born in Hyogo in 1984.
- Doctor of Engineering, University of Tsukuba
- Currently enrolled in the medical program at the University of Tsukuba.
- University of Tsukuba Visiting Professor
- CEO of SoftEther
- Director, Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA)
- NTT East Japan special bureau member
Outside Auditor / ADACHI Yukihiro
- Born in Miyagi in 1958.
- Master of Laws, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School
- Completed MOT, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, etc.
- Currently Specially Appointed Professor, Meiji University Professional Graduate School
Introduction of Special Advisor
ABE Fusao
- Born in Akita in 1951.
- Completed Department of Navigation, Faculty of Mercantile Marine of Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine
- Experienced the captain of a VLCC
- Joined at the former Marine Accident Inquiry Agency
- Served as a resident, administrative judge, and chief marine accident investigator for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Transportation Safety Board, and retired in 2017.
Our Mission
Automate primary industry to solve global hunger
According to United Nations projections,
the world’s population will increase by 2.1 billion people over the next three decades from 7.6 billion (2019) to 9.7 billion (2050).
As the population grows, expanding food production presents its own set of challenges.
There are concerns about potential shortages in staples like meat, fish, and grain that we currently take for granted.
Our goal is to automate primary industries, using new technologies, with control technology as the forefront.
What do we do?
Tackling on the Challenge of Automating primary Industry
The world’s agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors face various challenges, including climate change, water scarcity, and land degradation. Combined with increasing global demand for food and diminishing arable land, improving productivity and sustainability is a significant challenge.
We are categorizing tasks related to water into "underwater tasks" and "water surface tasks." Our aim is to promote digitalization and remote work tailored to each type of task, and we provide automation solutions to support this effort.
Automation of underwater tasks
Automate the movement of live fish remotely with Bio Group Control®.
Achieve remote working.
Automation of water surface tasks
Link and digitalize “Marine Drones (Marine Robots)” and various devices.
Automate various tasks and achieve remote working.
Core Technology
With control engineering as the core, we have identified two technical areas: “Bio Group Control” for biological control, and “robots” for object control, and we are working on technology development on a daily basis.
We regularly publish our development results in Homura Heavy Industries Technical Reports.
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Achievements
| August 2022 | Selected for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism “Demonstration Project on the Utilization of Next-Generation Mobility in the Sea FY2022.” (*) “Demonstration Project on the Utilization of Ferry Boat Robots as Decentralized Mobility in the Tokyo Bay Area, an Archipelago” |
| October 2021 | Won second prize in the CEATEC Award 2021 Startup & University category. |
| July 2021 | Selected for the FY2021 Global Startup Ecosystem Enhancement Project Subsidy (Monozukuri Startup Ecosystem Construction Project). |
| May 2021 | Selected in the open call for demonstration tests in Yumeshima, where the 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo will be held. |
| June 2019 | Certified as a Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry J-Startup. |
| November 2018 | Selected for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications FY2018 ICT Innovation Creation Challenge Program (I-Challenge!). |
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