Message from the CEO

Under our management philosophy, Automation that Inspires, we will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through our business activities

Since its establishment in 1937, the Daifuku Group has continued grow by utilizing its core competence of material handling technology to meet the needs of customers in numerous diverse industries. In May 2024, we formulated our long-term vision Driving Innovative Impact 2030. Under our management philosophy Automation that Inspires, the vision encompasses our strong desire to achieve even greater economic and social value by strengthening our initiatives with new future-oriented ideas and trailblazing groundbreaking change for our stakeholders. Alongside our long-term vision for 2030, we have also formulated a four-year business plan for 2027 that will take us to the midpoint of our vision.

Under our new vision and four-year business plan, we will further advance the economic and social value of the Group. We are aiming for consolidated sales of one trillion Japanese yen and an operating margin of 12.5% by 2030. We are also aiming to further raise our social value by supporting social infrastructure such as logistics and production sites, impacting society with cutting-edge innovation, such as the realization of fully unmanned operations, and contributing to the resolution of social issues in new areas such as food and the environment, all using our core competance of automated material handling technology.

Focusing our gaze on the future, our Group will utilize flexible and creative thinking unconstrained by convention, as well as our ability to implement reforms to existing frameworks, to increase our corporate value and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society.

May 2024
Hiroshi Geshiro, President and CEO
Daifuku Co., Ltd.