YKK AP to Focus on Domestic Renovation, Offshore Emerging Market

YKK AP’s president Tadahiro Yoshida said at presentation on Tuesday the firm focuses on window renovation demand and offshore market development. The firm launches project to develop domestic window renovation demand while the firm develops emerging market including India, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The firm tries to expand offshore business under the 4-year plan started in April 2009. The firm expands the business at existing operations in USA, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Indonesia while the firm conducts feasibility study for potential operations in India, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The firm tries to follow growing renovation demand under new governmental support for new building and renovation for environmental house. The firm expands the energy saving window products line including outer window while the firm already launched energy saving inner window, Plamado U. The new project is to follow the window renovation demand.

The firm starts construction of around 11 billion yen new window plant in Saitama in June starting the operation in July 2011 as a part of reshuffling of the domestic plants for construction market.