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FY2020 ASV Awards Grand Prize

Grand Prize Winner

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Fine-Techno Co., Inc.
“Energy saving” and “CO2 emission reduction” by developing novel magnetic materials

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Fine-Techno Co., Inc. (AFT)’s “new magnetic materials” contribute to energy conservation in semiconductors used in servers and 5G base stations. A magnetic material is a material that has magnetic properties. Liquid magnetic materials are rare, so AFT began its research from scratch.

Winners

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Meeting demand of new modality “siRNA”: the establishment of “AJIPHASE®” and oligonucleotides production technology for the pharmaceutical companies and patients.

Winners developed a new competitive manufacturing method toward the oligonucleotide now modality siRNA by combining ×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö’s original enzyme technology with “AJIPHASE®” synthesis technology. The technology realized costs commensurate with its high quality and economics and paved the way for it to manufacture and supply drugs for the treatment of intractable diseases.

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Frozen Foods Co., Inc.
20-years history of HCFC-free freezer

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Frozen Foods Co., Inc. achieved conversion of all 47 freezers in factories in Japan using Hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) to natural refrigerants by the end of FY2020 as scheduled.

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Engineering Corporation
Business development of 3D facility management service “PLANTAXIS®”

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Engineering Corporation (AJEC) has launched cloud-based facility management system, called “PLANTAXIS®” that utilizes 3D scans data as an easy-to-use SaaS (Software as a Service), to lead the ×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö’s DX initiatives.

AJINOMOTO DO BRASIL INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO DE ALIMENTOS LTDA.
Emergency assistance to family-owned restaurant’s survival (under COVID-19 adversities)

×ãÇò¾º²ÊÍƼö Do Brasil supported family-owned restaurants who severely suffered under COVID-19 situation by providing online training courses, information and consultancy for their business skills or different recipes through digital platform and social media, and “Restarting Kits”.