{"id":3930,"date":"2024-04-23T13:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T04:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agus.co.jp\/en\/?p=3930"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:35:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T05:35:41","slug":"interview-with-president-and-ceo-of-suga-co-ltd-creating-new-value-through-collaboration-based-on-the-originality-of-the-customer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agus.co.jp\/en\/?p=3930","title":{"rendered":"Interview with President and CEO of SUGA Co., Ltd. – Creating new value through collaboration, based on the originality of the customer."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ikumasa SUGA
President and CEO
SUGA Co., Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s work together to provide new value from Hokkaido to the world.<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We, SUGA Co., Ltd. provides a comprehensive range of R&D support equipment that can be useful in the field of R&D for device\/material development with vacuum and high temperature technologies as its core technologies, and marine equipment for fishing boats, mainly clutch systems for driving auxiliary equipment, as an expert in power transmission.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 1946 in the business of repairing fishing boat equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1993, the company started manufacturing vacuum equipment and vacuum devices with the aim of further developing and improving the company.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2000, SUGA began selling its own sputtering equipment and has expanded its activities mainly to universities and research institutes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This episode features an interview with Ikumasa Suga, President and CEO of SUGA Co., Ltd.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the industry <\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

– What are the assumptions regarding ‘recent industry concerns\/issues’<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, due to various circumstances and regulations, fewer customers are making their own laboratory equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, a few customers still actively build their own devices.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, since the experiment is an act of “searching” for the optimal combination, it is apparent that the researchers are struggling due to the demand for faster results and the lack of human resources.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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– What are the perceptions and measures regarding ‘latest trends and future of the industry’?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The following are some of the elements that make them up.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n