2025
July 18, 2025
MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc.
MinebeaMitsumi Concludes a Partnership Agreement
with Fukuroi City to Co-Create a Future City
MinebebeaMitsumi Inc. (Head office: Nagano Prefecture, Representative Director, Chairman CEO: Yoshihisa Kainuma, hereinafter referred to as "MinebeaMitsumi") has entered into a partnership agreement with Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture on July 18, 2025, for co-creating a smart city that meets the evolving needs of the time by utilizing MinebeaMitsumi's digital technologies, including smart lighting.
In Fukuroi City, only about 20% of the street and park lighting had been converted to LED. As a result, addressing issues such as reducing maintenance costs and lowering environmental impact had become essential. To this end, Fukuroi City launched a project, "Convertion to LEDs, Fukuroi City 2024 (or ESCO Project)" to convert their lightings into LEDs all at once. The benefit of the project extended beyond LED conversion, as MinebeaMitsumi's smart lighting system allows for centralized management of lighting intensity levels and other settings. This project is expected to bring out positive impacts, such as reducing CO2 emission by 80% and maintenance costs.
The aim of this partnership agreement is to conduct a field trial using Fukuroi City as a testing ground. By utilizing the smart lighting system installed throughout the city for the ESCO project, the initiative aims to address infrastructure challenges such as road flooding and traffic management. This trial will be conducted based on surveillance camera and communication technologies currently under development by MinebeaMitsumi. This is the first initiative of its kind in Shizuoka Prefecture. Moving forward, MinebeaMitsumi intends to expand the range of the field trial in order to solve wider aspects of issues that Fukuroi City faces.
Items to be Demonstrated in the Field Trial
Leveraging MinebeaMitsumi's smart lighting system incorporated into a LED lighting to connect the lights to Central Management System (CMS) via sensors and devices, the following field trial will be conducted:
1. Disaster Prevention/Mitigation
- For taking preventative measures for road flooding using surveillance camera and flooding sensors
2. City Planning
- For monitoring the flow of people and vehicles, planning for promoting bicycle use, land usage, measure for safe school routes, etc.
About Fukuroi City
Fukuroi City, home to 83,664 residents as of July 1, is located in western Shizuoka Prefecture. This year marks the 20th anniversary of its merger with the former town of Asaba. Taking advantage of its warm climate and one of the highest levels of sunshine in Japan, the area is renowned as the production site of "Crown Melon," a premium cantaloupe brand. Historically, Fukuroi prospered as a post town centered around Fukuroi-juku, located at the midpoint of the Tokaido, one of Japan's main travel routes during the Edo period. In modern times, the opening of the Tomei Expressway Fukuroi Interchange in 1969 served as a catalyst for industrial growth, attracting numerous companies to the area. Additionally, the Ecopa Stadium, located within the city, is one of Japan's premier sports facilities, having hosted international events such as the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
About MinebeaMitsumi
MinebeaMitsumi is an INTEGRATED* precision components manufacturer that develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of mechanical and electronic components, leveraging its core technologies in ultra-precision machining. The company holds No.1 global market share** in miniature & small-diameter ball bearings, which ensures smooth mechanical rotation, as well as single-cell protection ICs for lithium ion batteries. Its advanced technologies also extend to key components such as semiconductors, motors, and sensors.
MinebeaMitsumi's ultra-precision technologies are utilized across a broad applications—from household appliances such as air conditioners, vacuum cleaners, and hair dryers, to IT devices like gaming consoles, smartphones, and PCs; as well as in automobiles, aerospace and aviation products, and medical equipment. While often unseen, MinebeaMitsumi's components play a crucial role in supporting everyday life behind the scenes.
* This term was adopted with the intended meaning of "combining" rather than "summing up" resources. MinebeaMitsumi Group is committed to creating new values through synergy effects.
- ** According to MinebeaMitsumi
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