Announcement of Receipt of a Large-Scale Purchase Order for Charging and Discharging Equipment for EV batteries
Management
2024.01.09
Hirata Corporation is pleased to announce that we have recently been awarded a large-scale purchase order for charging and discharging equipment for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
We globally manufacture and sell various production equipment for industries such as automobiles (EVs and internal combustion engines), semiconductor wafer handling, and organic EL.
In particular, we have been actively involved in EV-related production equipment since the fiscal year ending March 2017. We are pleased to inform you that we have now received a large-scale contract for charging and discharging equipment for EV batteries. The details are as follows:
Although we have previously received orders for charging and discharging equipment in the range of hundreds of millions to billions of yen, we will continue to enhance our expertise in this field and strive to expand our orders in the charging and discharging equipment sector.
I. Overview of orders received
- Contract Amount: Over 4 billion yen
- Contract Equipment: Charging and discharging equipment for EV batteries (3 lines)
- Customer: The customer name will not be disclosed due to a confidentiality agreement. (There are no capital or personnel relationships to disclose between the customer and our company, and this transaction does not involve any related parties.)
II. Background of the order
We have been continuously receiving orders for large-scale automotive equipment (including internal combustion engine equipment and EV-related equipment), and our ability to respond to such large-scale projects and our track record of delivering charging and discharging equipment for EV batteries have been recognized, leading to this contract.
III. Impact to Business Performance
The contracted equipment will be recognized as sales in accordance with the progress of the construction. Therefore, while some of the sales from this contract will be reflected in the current fiscal year's performance, we expect that some will contribute to future fiscal years' performance.