Environmental Contribution

We are offering “Piomatix for Green” and “Piomatix LBS”. The Piomatix for Green is a platform that provides solutions to environmental issues by combining our route searching technologies and our proprietary technologies for estimating fuel efficiency and electricity consumption rates. The Piomatix LBS is a platform that can be used for various systems such as cloud-based navigation and fleet management for EVs, utilizing a vast amount of driving history data and our patented routing technology. These platforms contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and other environmental burdens during driving in consideration with various conditions, such as drivers and traffic, in real time.

We have our years of wealth of knowledge and experiences in sound and manufacturing of in-vehicle equipment. Based on them, we have developed lightweight speakers that are environmentally friendly without compromising the quality of in-vehicle sound. We are contributing to the reduction of GHG emissions in the supply chain through reducing the size and weight of the product as well as the amount of materials used by not only reducing the weight of the component parts, but also by utilizing the structure of the vehicle as part of the speaker structure.

Our products use printed circuit boards (hereinafter “circuit boards”) on which electrical components are mounted. The circuit boards are cut and mounted onto products in the production line, and the excess portions are recycled as material. Focusing on the reduction of the recycling portion, we define an indicator called “effective utilization rate” (calculated by dividing the used area by the total area), set a target, and manage it in product development. We also optimized the shape of our circuit boards against the ones supplied from manufacturers. As a result, substrate manufacturers are able to use raw materials more efficiently and reduce their waste and CO2 emissions in manufacturing and transportation.
Moreover, for us it is led to reducing the recycling portion on circuit board, raising awareness on wastefulness, and accelerating cost reduction. It has a positive effect on reducing the environmental impact on the supply chain.

We have worked on reducing the magnet cover (plastic protector) on the back of the speaker unit as the activity of reducing the number of consisted parts onto the product. This was achieved by focusing on parts that are almost invisible to the customer and that do not affect performance. The reduction in the number of parts contributes to environmental conservation by saving resources. This is an example of an improvement activity that resulted from discussions across divisions such as between the department of exterior design and the department of engineering design during the product development process.