Nikkei Research and Development Center, the nucleus of the NLM Group's cross-organizational development system, supports cooperation that takes advantage of the areas of expertise of the Group's companies and business divisions. By combining the Group's knowledge and capabilities at every development stage from technology development to productization and commercialization and linking these strengths to production and sales, the Center provides new value to customers.
NLM Group companies join forces and work together with customers to focus on the creation of new products and new businesses that take full advantage of aluminum-related management resources.
All NLM Group employees involved in marketing, development, and manufacture maintain a development-oriented mindset and take full advantage of the strengths of a fully integrated aluminum manufacturer to develop new technologies and products that meet the needs of the times. The Technology Committee formulates the R&D strategy by controlling the process sequence "Explore, create, make, and sell." In implementing the strategy, the Group demonstrates maximum synergy by deploying a cross-organizational development system that links different business units by means of a "market-in" mindset. By utilizing management resources on the basis of this system, the Group seeks to collaborate with customers in the creation of high value added products and services with strong market competitiveness.
Nikkei Research and Development Center (NRDC)
MAXUS™ is a high-functionality aluminum sheet produced by mixing boron, a neutron absorber, with aluminum powder. With MAXUS™, the Group has realized an unprecedented high performance material that meets customer expectations by effectively combining the knowledge and expertise of Nippon Light Metal business divisions and the powder technologies of Toyo Aluminium.
