{"id":111,"date":"2023-02-10T10:10:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T01:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-centralstartup-staging.kinsta.cloud\/en\/?p=91"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T06:16:27","slug":"meet-the-ex-student-council-president-future-proofing-central-japans-manufacturing-industry-with-3d-point-cloud-technology-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/2023\/02\/10\/meet-the-ex-student-council-president-future-proofing-central-japans-manufacturing-industry-with-3d-point-cloud-technology-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the ex-student council president future-proofing Central Japan\u2019s manufacturing industry with 3D point cloud technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/recruit-fig-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/recruit-fig-01.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/recruit-fig-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/recruit-fig-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/recruit-fig-01-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go Fukino works at the LINKWIZ office in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSolving social problems is the most important mission for any startup. If you\u2019ve found your problem, you should challenge yourself to solve it,\u201d said Go Fukino during a business trip to San Francisco, where he was learning how to market his growing startup LINKWIZ during JETRO\u2019s Startup City Acceleration Program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LINKWIZ specializes in applying 3D point cloud technology \u2013 essentially software based on 3D coordinate data \u2013 to the manufacturing process. The technology is traditionally used in product development but recently, it\u2019s been applied also to self-driving cars, which use an array of sensors to \u201csee,\u201d and to geometrical measurement for precision manufacturing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LINKWIZ\u2019s unique software does the latter \u2013 in other words, it makes it possible for manufacturing equipment to \u201csee\u201d what it is working on, adjust to each unique piece, and recognize how different it is from a reference object. LINKWIZ wants to enable manufacturing equipment to self-adjust via machine learning so human workers can be freed up from having to make fine tweaks to the equipment during the manufacturing process.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_97\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97\" style=\"width: 1052px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-97 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/L_QUALIY_pana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1052\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/L_QUALIY_pana.jpg 1052w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/L_QUALIY_pana-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/L_QUALIY_pana-1024x645.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/L_QUALIY_pana-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1052px) 100vw, 1052px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-97\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LINKWIZ\u2019s L-QUALIFY system pictured here can automate various inspection processes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You might think Go got his start in San Francisco, a hub of innovation targeting social problems, but LINKWIZ\u2019s journey actually started in March 2015 in Hamamatsu City. Located in Central Japan in Shizuoka Prefecture, it is a city of almost 800,000. Growing up in this \u201cCity of Manufacturing,\u201d Go was impressed by its importance to the Japanese and global economies, brokered through a roster of famous manufacturers including Suzuki, Yamaha, and Kawai. He also saw how the city struggled with dropping population in a very labor-intensive industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city offers unparalleled access to these major manufacturers and their factory floors. This is key to Go as his company works hand-in-hand with manufacturers to design custom solutions. He says that being a member of the community and being available makes it easier to form collaborative, trusting relationships with clients as they both work towards enabling a less-labor intensive but still high-quality manufacturing process.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-98 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/image0004-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LINKWIZ\u2019s custom-built office has ample space for testing and development on the first floor, with an office space and eating space on the second so employees are never far from the shopfloor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located about an hour from Tokyo to the east and Osaka to the west, Hamamatsu is a quiet but powerful part of Japan\u2019s economy. Surfing beaches are just 10 minutes by car from the city center, and LINKWIZ employees fish for red snapper, sardines and mackerel in the same waters. It doesn\u2019t hurt that rent is much cheaper than Tokyo, either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In July 2020, the city was designated along with Aichi and Nagoya city as a Global Startup City representing Central Japan under the national startup acceleration program, Startup City Project Japan. Hamamatsu\u2019s mayor Yasutomo Suzuki personally supports the Hamamatsu startup community of some 40 to 50 companies by promoting programs and financial support, particularly for wellness, next-gen transportation, energy, agriculture, and robotics industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/hiraipich_20190608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/hiraipich_20190608.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/hiraipich_20190608-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/hiraipich_20190608-1024x520.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/hiraipich_20190608-768x390.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Go stands next to the mayor of Hamamatsu City, Yasutomo Suzuki (seated), and Minister for Digital Transformation, Takuya Hirai (also seated; left to right), at the Hirai Pitch contest held in the LINKWIZ offices<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go has been involved deeply with the startup community on multiple levels since launching LINKWIZ in 2015, by sharing information via seminars with fellow founders, and more. He says, due to the nature of the region, startup founders tend to be engineers and non-engineer talent is highly valued.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The startup community in Hamamatsu is growing with companies like Go\u2019s: they have a global vision and are accelerating expansion plans as the restrictions of the pandemic wane. Go wants to encourage future entrepreneurs to consider Japan as a base for their business. \u201cIf you have an idea that you think it could benefit society, you should do it,\u201d he says. \u201cI think Japan has a relatively low risk of failure. People in Hamamatsu especially like to support those who are taking on a challenge. And society in general has started to value challengers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-100 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/central-startup.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/DSC_0164-scaled-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entrepreneurs gather at an event in Central Japan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go has always loved the challenge of building new things. In high school in Hamamatsu, while he didn\u2019t love following the rules, he did love leading the preparation for school festivals and his fellow students as student council president. Inspired by study-abroad students in his high school, Go decided to attend college in Canada where he could learn from a diverse group of people. He\u2019s never forgotten his experience\u2013 in fact it hardened his resolve to make a difference in the world. \u201cI want people to know that there are many opportunities for people in the Central Japan startup community \u2013 it could be discovering a social problem and making your own company, or it could be joining an existing startup. There\u2019s no need for young people to automatically choose large companies out of school,\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSolving social problems is the most important mission for any startup,\u201d emphasizes Go. \u201cLINKWIZ\u2019s mission is to strengthen and modernize the manufacturing industry, starting with Japan and working outward.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seven years after the launch of LINKWIZ, Go has become a leader who can show others the ropes in the startup community. \u201cMoving forward, I plan to grow my company by adding more non-Japanese talent as we work to expand our business abroad. I also want to support newer founders as they take on challenges.\u201d With support from the national and local government and founder cohorts, failure doesn\u2019t seem as much of a risk.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSolving social problems is the most important mission for any startup. If you\u2019ve found your problem, you should challenge yourself to solve it,\u201d said Go Fukino during a business trip to San Francisco, where he was learning how to market his growing startup LINKWIZ during JETRO\u2019s Startup City Acceleration Program. LINKWIZ specializes in applying 3D point cloud technology \u2013 essentially software based on 3D coordinate data \u2013 to the manufacturing process. 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If you\u2019ve found your problem, you should challenge yourself to solve it,\u201d said Go Fukino during a business trip to San Francisco, where he was learning how to market his growing startup LINKWIZ during JETRO\u2019s Startup City Acceleration Program. LINKWIZ specializes in applying 3D point cloud technology \u2013 essentially software based on 3D coordinate data \u2013 to the manufacturing process. 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