1. Identifying new businesses and markets
   • 2013: Acquired U.S.-based Wynright, to expand FA&DA business in the U.S.
   • 2014: Acquired New Zealand-based BCS, to expand ATec business
   • Served global demand for automation in the e-commerce market
   • One-of-a-kind/Device businesses: BAGgate, D-PAD, CONPROSYS, audit
2. Bolstering global business
   • Non-Japan sales ratio: 52% → 65%
   • Non-Japan employee headcount: 3,742 → 5,536
3. Expanding existing business
   • Service sales ratio: 25%
   • Established retrofitting business

1. Increasing value added
   • Provided high-end solutions that deliver high value-added in e-commerce, etc.
2. Boosting cost-competitiveness
   • Expanded non-Japan production
   • Implemented bulk purchasing, standardization
3. Strengthening businesses using ICT*
   • Real-time sharing of customer/project data, etc., across the network to help boost productivity

* ICT: Information & Communications Technology

1. Leveraging managerial resources
   • Initiated use of ATec’s Sym3 (3D software) for FA&DA business, providing avenues for using technology across businesses
2. Enhancing financial integrity
   • Paid-in capital: 8 billion yen → 15 billion yen
   • Per-share dividend: 15 yen → 42 yen
   • Included in the JPX-Nikkei Index 400
3. Streamlining business operations
   • Systematized Group operations
   • Optimized U.S./Chinese subsidiaries

1. Raising employee awareness
   • Conducted annual employee awareness surveys, 4 times in total
   • Offered global business training for Japan-based staff and leadership training for global staff
2. Changing the approach to customers
   • Shifted from physical-visit-based to information-based model of customer acquisition, making effective use of websites and exhibitions
3. Building a new brand
   • To evolve into a value innovator, established the brand message of “Always an Edge Ahead”
   • Held brand briefings at affiliates and offices worldwide