Daifuku Group Four-Year Business Plan

In February 2013, Daifuku Group announced its new corporate management plan, Value Innovation 2017, which applies for the four-year period from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2017. Based on this plan, Daifuku aims to achieve sales of 280 billion yen and an operating income ratio of 7% in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. In May of the same year, Daifuku will be celebrating its 80th anniversary and so it will strive as a Group to reach its objectives to coincide with this important milestone.

As part of Value Innovation 2017, Daifuku endeavors to evolve from a manufacturer of material handling systems to a top-class Value Innovator that provides the best solutions for customers, backed by the expertise and technologies it has accumulated as a comprehensive manufacturer and integrator of material handling systems.

Under the previous three-year corporate management plan, Material Handling and Beyond, Daifuku set targets of sales of 220 billion yen and operating income of 11 billion yen. The recent business environment has remained harsh and these goals now look difficult to achieve. Nevertheless, Daifuku has seen a sure recovery from the effects of the 2008 global financial crises, as it actively strove to develop new products, businesses, and markets.

To further sustain this upward momentum, Daifuku set four themes under Value Innovation 2017: Business Domains, Profitability, Brand Power and Operational Efficiency.

In addition, Daifuku established a new brand message, Always an Edge Ahead. Daifuku Group will continue to advocate this new message as an effective boost, with the aim of becoming a true value innovator.