Environmental Measurement Business
Business Overview and the Society We Aim to Create
The Environmental Measurement Business provides high-performance power supply equipment that promotes the electrification of mobility, as well as highly reliable information and communications solutions that support the strengthening of network infrastructure. Through these projects, we aim to create a society where everyone can live safely and securely.
Social Issues and Customer Issues
As natural disasters caused by global warming threaten our way of life, society as a whole is facing the challenge of taking a multifaceted approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preventing and mitigating disaster. Specifically, there is an urgent need to build a decarbonized society centered on the transition to alternative energy, and to create resilient cities, including disaster prevention measures for social infrastructure. In addition, in order to deal with the increasingly serious shortage of labor, efficient and labor-saving approaches to work through the use of IT are also an important issue.
Strengths and Strategy of the Anritsu Group
The Environmental Measurement Business contributes to improving the performance and shortening the development time of electric mobility by developing and supplying innovative EV and battery development and evaluation solutions that utilize measurement technology, electric energy control technology, and information and communications technology. Furthermore, we aim to apply this technology to realize energy management systems that suppress greenhouse gas emissions from factories and local communities.
Our information and communications technology contributes to the realization of a safe, secure, and prosperous society by building highly reliable communication networks and social infrastructure monitoring networks. Going forward, we will also focus on building disaster-resilient communities using cutting-edge communication and remote monitoring technologies, such as establishing disaster prevention and mitigation sensor networks.
Case 1
Contributing to the development of EVs and PHVs, which are accelerating toward wider use
The development of a wide variety of EVs and PHVs is accelerating around the world. The performance and reliability evaluations of the main components, the battery, inverter and motor, are becoming more diverse, and shortening the evaluation period is becoming an issue for achieving wider use. Hybrid power supplies from Takasago can reproduce the complex behavior of these main components. This makes it possible to create an environment where testing can be carried out even without an actual vehicle, to greatly shorten the evaluation period. These power supplies can reduce power consumption by using power regeneration technology to reuse generated power, and they also contribute to reducing CO₂ emissions associated with power generation.
RZ-X2 Series Hybrid Power Supply
Bidirectional DC power supply RZ-XA Series
Case 2
Contributing to resilient community development through disaster prevention and mitigation sensor networks
Under Japan's National Resilience Policy, the development of river management facilities is being advanced as a countermeasure against wind and flood disasters. However, there is a shortage of personnel to monitor and manage these facilities, making efficient operation a challenge. Anritsu provides distributed remote monitoring devices that utilize information and communications technology and remote monitoring technology, promoting the IoT transformation of river management facilities. We have established an environment that enables constant remote monitoring of such facilities. For sites without power supply or communications infrastructure, we work with partners to provide energy-efficient wireless communication solutions that use solar panels for independent power supply and LPWA (Low Power Wide Area).
Remote monitoring device panel and solar panels
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Quality and Environment Guarantee Department
Yoshinobu Nakamura
Promoting activities to achieve zero plastic waste
I am promoting activities to reduce both the plastic accompanying our shipped products and the plastic we discard at our company. In FY2024, we reduced shipped plastic by 39.4 kg and discarded plastic by 176 kg. The cooperation of our employees and suppliers in initiatives such as reusing packaging materials has led to significant results. We will continue to pursue further improvements toward our goal of achieving zero plastic waste by 2030.