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At the signing ceremony | TOKYO, October 30, 2025 -- Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Takahiro Mori; “OKI” hereinafter) and Mito Kogyo (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chonburi, Thailand; Managing Director: Akira Nawata; “Mito Kogyo Thailand” hereinafter) signed a partnership agreement on October 28, 2025, to expand the deployment of the Projection Assembly SystemTM in the Thai market. This system is designed to help ensure zero work errors at production sites. Under this agreement, OKI aims to expand sales channels for the system by leveraging the customer base it has built through its printer business, with OKI Systems (Thailand) Ltd. (Head office: Bangkok, Thailand; President: Takashi Nakasendo; “OKI Systems Thailand” hereinafter), the OKI Group company responsible for printer sales, will serve as the main hub for this initiative. Mito Kogyo Thailand will provide one-stop services locally, encompassing sales, installation support, and after-sales service. The collaboration between the two companies will help |
address issues facing manufacturing sites in Thailand, including the need for improved productivity and consistent quality. | |
| Thailand is home to various manufacturing industries, including automotive and home appliance manufacturers. At sites involving assembly processes in particular, problems such as labor shortages, quality variations due to differences in skill among workers, and rising training and teaching costs have become apparent. Promotion of the government’s Thailand 4.0 (Note 1) policy has also placed increasing demands on production sites to improve efficiency and achieve quality assurance meeting international standards. | |
| [Features of the Projection Assembly System] | |
 | ・ Supports zero work errors and consistent quality Projection-based visual navigation provides guidance on work procedures, enabling anyone to perform tasks with stable and consistent quality. ・ Reduces training costs and teaching burden The system allows human resource development through actual practice, minimizing training costs and teaching burdens. Tasks are video-recorded to promote the accumulation and transfer of expertise. ・ Improves quality through visualization and data utilization Utilizing work history data makes it possible to easily identify issues and areas for improvement and to support quality improvements. |
OKI’s Projection Assembly System is a solution that combines projection mapping with image sensing technology. The system supports zero work errors at manufacturing sites of some 100 companies in Japan, and is also slated to be deployed in the Indonesian market. OKI Systems Thailand is launching the deployment of its first industrial solution in the Thai market. This will enable the OKI Group to create new growth businesses in Southeast Asia and promote business expansion in collaboration with local partners. OKI and Mito Kogyo Thailand will continue to strengthen joint efforts to help solve various issues facing manufacturing customers in Thailand and across Southeast Asia. OKI will also look to expand deployment to the entire Global South to contribute to industrial and social development in each region. [Terminology] About Mito Kogyo Thailand Press contact: | |
