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Autonomas, Inc. (Head Office: Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture; Representative: Hayashi Yumoto), a company that supports operational reform of organizations based on the concept of “Human Ingenuity with Digital Technology,” has raised a total of 59 million yen through financing by the Japan Finance Corporation and other financial institutions, as well as through third-party allotment to private investors and other parties. (Headquarters: Hiroshima, Japan; Representative: Hayashi Yumoto; “Autonomas”), which supports operational reform of organizations based on the concept of “Human Ingenuity with Digital Technology,” has raised a total of 59 million yen in financing through loans from the Japan Finance Corporation and other financial institutions and third-party allotment to individual investors and other parties.

Background of Fund Procurement

Autonomas is a consulting firm that helps organizations utilize digital technology with the mission of solving social issues such as “solving labor shortages” and “improving energy efficiency. Since its establishment, Autonomas has developed its business by designing and building business operations for production activities and supporting the introduction of IT tools. In response to the growing demand for DX and smart manufacturing, the company will newly expand its engineering business, which supports the study of automation at manufacturing sites through virtual commissioning (*1). In response to the growing demand for DX and smart manufacturing, we will expand our engineering business to support the study of automation at manufacturing sites through virtual commissioning*1.

1 Virtual commissioning: A method of verifying the operation of automated equipment in a digital virtual environment. It contributes to the reduction of rework at the time of start-up of automated facilities and the shortening of the start-up period.

Purpose of Fund Procurement

Through this fundraising, we will accelerate the hiring of IT and factory automation (FA) engineers and develop a tool environment to provide virtual commissioning services, including production process simulation software, in order to establish an engineering system that supports companies that provide or introduce industrial robot systems and automation equipment to verify productivity and operation in advance with a digital twin. By developing a tool environment to provide virtual commissioning services, including simulation software for production processes, we will build an engineering system to support companies that provide or introduce industrial robot systems and automation equipment to verify productivity and operation in advance using the digital twin. This will allow us to provide a full range of services, from conceptual design of business operations through consulting to improve productivity in organizations, to implementation of designs in a virtual environment through digital engineering, to broadly connect management and the workplace to help clients transform their business processes, improve design efficiency, and reduce losses in the manufacturing stage. We will enhance our services to help clients transform their business processes, improve design efficiency, and reduce losses at the manufacturing stage.

We look forward to your continued support of Autonomas.

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Autonomas, Inc.
info@autonomous.co.jp