1) AMEICC’s Pitch Event “Japanese Startups Solving the Sustainability Issues in ASEAN Countries”
2) Insight: Becoming a professional in Bolted Joints (Nuts and Bolts)
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1) AMEICC’s Pitch Event “Japanese Startups Solving the Sustainability Issues in ASEAN Countries”
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AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee (AMEICC) has been conducting the Startup-ASEAN Cooperation Promotion Program since October 2022, with the aim of encouraging 5 Japanese startups with technologies and services that contribute to solving sustainability issues in ASEAN countries to have business collaboration with ASEAN companies. The target ASEAN countries in this program are Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. We will hold a pitch event to present impressive technologies and services that the startups have and their business prospects in ASEAN countries. Moreover, government agencies from ASEAN countries will join, and JETRO will introduce their programs to support startups.
[Overview of the Event]
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time: 11:00～13:00 (JST)
10:00-12:00 (MYS/PHT/SST)
09:00-11:00 (THA/VNM/WIB)
How to participate: Online using Microsoft Teams
Organizer: AEM-METI Economic and Industrial Cooperation Committee（AMEICC）
Co-organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Capacity: No limit
Language: English
Speakers: Milk. Inc, TradeWaltz Inc., Zeroboard. Inc, TBM Co., Ltd., Liberaware Co., Ltd.
*Please check out the details of event program and startups from the following link.
https://jstartup-asean.com/pitch-event/
*Please visit the registration form below. After filling in your information, you will receive event link.
https://jstartup-asean.com/entry/
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2) Insight: Becoming a professional in Bolted Joints (Nuts and Bolts)
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Learning from Incidents and Accidents
In Japan, Japan’s Railway Technical Research Institute has published “Railway technologies based on lessons learned from incidents and accidents”, aimed at railway engineers.
The textbook classifies various railway accidents that have occurred in Japan into categories such as railroad track, rolling stock, signaling and so on. In addition to describing the causes and countermeasures for each accident, the background and prevention methods are described, and lessons drawn from the cases are summarized. In this sense, rather than merely describing countermeasures of such accidents, the textbook aims to investigate the key cause of such accidents to prevent them from happening in the first place.
As mentioned in previous columns, there are many examples of accidents that have occurred due to inadequate inspections and a lack of knowledge in bolted joint design. In the case of railways in other countries, there are many examples of derailment accidents caused by loose bolts. Many incidents are resolved by putting the blame on “insufficient maintenance”. As a result, these same incidents continue to reoccur, and sometimes, occur as extreme failures taking the lives of others. These companies eventually end up choosing the nut that never comes loose “HARDLOCK Nut” (HLN) to mitigate all future accidents caused by loose bolts.
When companies are willing to face up to their past mistakes (incidents), throw away the temporary countermeasures and instead implement countermeasures based on thorough root cause analysis, then we can expect results such as increased industrial competitiveness and improved expertise to further prevent problems. Furthermore, it is even more important that this know-how is conveyed on to the next generation of young engineers to carry on the mentality.
