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Japan Ecosystem operates across four core business pillars: facility services, environmental services, transportation infrastructure services, and asset management services. The company manufactures and sells fire-resistant plywood and other processed materials, designs and installs air conditioning and water supply/drainage systems, operates prediction services and AI-powered forecasting systems for public sports venues, and handles the design and operation of renewable energy and wastewater treatment systems.

The company's primary customers include local governments, public works project commissioners, road management authorities, sports facility operators, major telecommunications companies, and facility management firms. Revenue comes from contract fees for equipment design, installation, maintenance and repair services, sales of equipment and materials, operating income from online betting and prediction services, and electricity sales from company-owned power generation facilities.

Each business segment has distinct responsibilities: the facility services division handles building material manufacturing and sales as well as facility operations; the environmental services division manages wastewater treatment, water circulation systems, and solar power generation design and maintenance. The transportation infrastructure division focuses primarily on highway inspection, maintenance and repair work, telecommunications base station construction, and road lighting maintenance. The asset management division handles real estate and management consulting, aiming to extend the lifespan of regional infrastructure while improving profitability.

The company aims to achieve stable mid-term growth while improving profitability. Specifically, it targets annual revenue growth of approximately 8% over the next five years and plans to expand renewable energy generation capacity to approximately 200 megawatts by 2030. Additionally, the company will gradually increase the proportion of recurring revenue from maintenance and operations relative to design and construction services, with the goal of composing approximately 50% of total revenue from ongoing maintenance contracts and power sales within five years.

In priority investment areas, the company is pursuing differentiation through facility services and environmental businesses. It will streamline manufacturing lines for building materials such as fire-resistant plywood to improve gross margins, and stabilize revenue by establishing long-term maintenance contracts following the design and installation of air conditioning and water supply/drainage systems. For rooftop solar and wastewater treatment plants, the company will increase equipment ownership to secure power sales and operational revenue, with plans to invest approximately 15 billion yen in capital expenditures over the next three years.

For new market development, the company will expand beyond existing public sector customers to local governments and private facility operators. It will leverage prediction services and online voting technology developed for public racing venues into digital services for regional revitalization and tourism facilities, targeting the acquisition of 5 to 10 large projects in major regional cities domestically. Concurrently, the company will pursue acquisitions of small regional operators, integrating up to five companies over three years to strengthen on-site maintenance capabilities and project acquisition capacity.

The company actively incorporates technological innovation, including artificial intelligence-driven prediction services and remote monitoring via sensors. By deploying sensors on street lighting, telecommunications base stations, and power generation equipment to detect failure precursors and optimize maintenance, the company targets annual reductions in maintenance costs of 1 to 2 percent. The company will allocate approximately 2% of sales to research and development and digital transformation, with initial pilot deployment of remote monitoring systems at 50 locations to verify operational effectiveness.