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Toshihiro Takai

Position

President Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd.

Company Name

Bio

October 1955 Born in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Mar 1978 Graduated from Nagoya National Institute of Technology

Mar 1978 Joined Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd.

Jun 1986 Genaral Manager of Engineering Department

May 1990 Director and Head of Engineering Department

Jun 1999 Managing director

Sept 2004  Senior Managing Director

June 2010 Executive Vice-President

June 2012 President

Information

Education

Studied the fundamentals of mechanics, including industrial mechanics, fluid mechanics and material mechanics, at the Nagoya National Institute of Technology, where he also conducted vibration analysis of structural beams using computer simulation in his graduation research. He joined Asano Laboratories Co., Ltd., where he was in charge of development and design and laid the foundations for the products currently manufactured by the company.

 

Areas of Expertise

There are numerous types of plastics processing machinery, including injection, blow moulding, inflation moulding and sheet extrusion. Thermoforming (pressure and vacuum thermoforming), which we design, manufacture and sell, is a very niche and unique industry, with a market size of only 3-4% of total plastic processing machinery sales in Japan. However, the products produced by thermoforming machines range from food containers such as lunchbox containers, frozen food containers, rice containers and tofu containers, which are sold in many supermarkets and convenience stores, to refrigerator inner boxes, door liner, automobile interior parts and housing construction material parts such as washbasins. The company has the ability to propose the most suitable equipment from the customer's point of view for a wide range of applications.

 

What have been the main lessons you have learned in your career and how do you implement them in your management?

Companies can only survive if they can contribute to society. In other words, companies that are needed by the world will survive, while those that are not needed will be eliminated.

We also have a strong sense of professionalism and "strive for customer satisfaction (CS) and customer delight (CD)", as well as telling our company and related partner companies that "the downstream department is the customer, so always think about what will make the customer happy and carry it out". We always think about and do what makes our customers happy."

 

Mentors

I was strongly influenced by Kazuo Asano, the second president of the company, and my father, who ran a company that manufactured and sold products welded by high-frequency welding. I have also been blessed with excellent employees and numerous customers, who have always encouraged me.