Industrial Technology Center of Nagasaki

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Dr. Shigeyuki Mori, Director of ITCN

Stepping just into an entrance of the new millennium, Japanese economy is seemingly getting back on a recovery track as an aftermath of a lengthy economic malaise lasting from "lost 1990s". Turning an eye onto a local economy in Nagasaki, mid- to small-sized regional industries still remain ailing in chronically plagued recession and continuously pressured by a matured, information-oriented, modernized global economy. Pulling out of a current economic slump requires aggressive challenges in raising potentials of R&D, planning, information gatherings in order to manufacture highly value-added sophisticated items as well as to flexibly meet diversified customer demands. Isolated efforts of each enterprise would result in falling a standoff, being left behind in keeping up with today's innovation pace. Alternative approach therefore must be required, i.e., coordinated ways of actions traversing different sectors based on a broader business perspective to promote opinion exchanges among different enterprises, selections and focusing of business resources with full advantages of their technological strengths.
In response to such a global trends, seven prefectural research institutes (environmental & sanitation, manufacturing industry, ceramics, agriculture, fruit cultivation, livestock industry and fishery) have been integrated as of April, 2004. ITCN, so far focused mainly on manufacturing industries, is ready to deepen intra-relationships within other prefectural institutes aimed to apply its technological know-hows to other fields. We will furthermore enhance three-way intra-partnerships among the seven local research centers, an academica and regional industrial sectors to extensively promote harmonized technology developments, making a contribution to boosting a prefectural economy and creating new industries
Existing grass-root services such as technical consulting, chemical analysis, measurements and strength tests go on available as an open technology center for regional industries. Open laboratories and instruments are on public service from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM in a bid to quickly respond to urgent requests. ITCN is launching a 2004 fiscal year campaign "door-to-door visit to ten regional companies per one researcher" to seize technology needs and to solve problems with company staffs.
Finally, we ITCN staffs would like to cordially welcome industrial technicians, academic specialists, business entrepreneurs and of course regional citizens in chorus to explore technology frontiers and to spring new industries in Nagasaki