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Utilities such as electricity, gas, and water are now taken for granted in every household across advanced nations like Japan, Europe, and the United States. However, aging infrastructure is becoming a critical social issue worldwide. Inspecting and maintaining this infrastructure is not a task completed in a few years; it is described as a decades-long “never-ending project.”

Our construction machinery is essential for maintaining and renewing these lifelines.

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Japan

In Japan, lifeline infrastructure intensively developed during the period of rapid economic growth (roughly 1955 to 1973) is now significantly deteriorating. For example, water pipes were primarily installed in the 1970s. Since the legal service life of water pipes is 40 years, these need to be replaced as soon as possible. Despite exceeding their service life, the replacement rate is only about 1.5% per year. Therefore, replacing all of them would take over 65 years.

United States

In the US, the New Deal policies of the 1930s led to the development of large-scale lifelines 30 to 40 years earlier than in Japan. Because lifelines were developed ahead of the rest of the world, the problem of aging infrastructure became apparent early on in the 1980s, symbolically described by the term “America in ruins.”

United Kingdom

In the UK, infrastructure such as water and sewage systems, roads, and railways—developed even earlier than in the US, during the Victorian era of the late 19th century—remains in widespread use today. Water pipes installed at that time are increasingly deteriorating, leading to numerous leaks and bursts. The National Infrastructure Plan of 2016-2021 was formulated, investing £483 billion (approximately ¥87 trillion) over five years into infrastructure including roads, railways, energy, and water supply and sewerage systems.

Electrification of Construction Machinery

Battery-powered construction machinery offers the following advantages, making it an environmentally friendly product for both the planet and the workplace.

	Low GHG	Zero Emissions	Less Noise	Less Vibrations
Environmentally Friendly (Global Warming, air pollution, etc.)	X	X
Suitable for construction in urban areas and closed environments		X	X	X
Able to reduce operator workload		X	X	X

However, at present, most of the construction machinery operating on job sites worldwide—both our products and those of other companies—are diesel engine-powered units. While decarbonization is a shared global goal, it is impossible to achieve this goal solely through performance enhancements and fuel efficiency improvements of conventional diesel-powered construction machinery. As a fundamental prerequisite, the widespread adoption of battery-powered construction machinery is essential.

Issues facing the spread of electrification (Environmental and Economic Imbalance)

(1) Higher Unit Price	Governments starting to provide subsidies (Japan: GX construction machinery certification system)
(2) Long Charging Time	Innovations in battery technology
(3) Cannot Charge at the Site	Improved charging infrastructure

The inability to charge at construction sites is a critical issue for constructors. Projects are rarely completed in a single day. Consequently, after finishing work for the day, construction machinery is left at the site, refueled the next morning, and operations resume. But when it comes to battery-powered machinery, they must transport the machinery back to their base by truck, charge it there, and then transport it back again to the site the following day. This is not only inconvenient but also imposes extra labor and costs on users.

Electrification of construction machinery market is moving at a much slower speed than expected due to economic and efficiency drawbacks. Anticipating that the wave of electrification will eventually arrive, we keep continuing product development while monitoring social and market trends.

Automation and Remote Operation of Construction Machinery

Our products are also used in disaster recovery construction. Since disaster sites involve many hazards, such as removing partially collapsed buildings, ensuring operator safety through radio-controlled operation is desirable. Furthermore, among recent social changes are labor shortages at construction sites in most countries, and we can see that these labor shortages and the lack of skilled construction machinery operators are becoming problems. This is why we are working on developing machines that can perform some excavations automatically, even without a skilled operator.

In the future, we aim to enable remote operations of construction machinery even when not present at the construction site, thus helping to alleviate labor shortages.

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