The Day We Built Our Factory in Kakegawa
In 2019 we built our own factory in Kakegawa, Shizuoka. Outsourcing keeps you light — no capital investment, no maintenance, no hiring. We built anyway, because I refused to entrust the heart of our manufacturing to others.
Owning a factory changes responsibility: with an external plant you can say "let me check with the factory"; with your own, there is nowhere to hide — and that produces true seriousness about quality. It also changes speed: a hundred-unit trial or a reformulation that takes months externally can start today in-house.
Every product born there ends as someone's smile. Owning that starting point is my pride.
What do you work for?
— Tomoki Nagano, Chairman & CEO, INSTINCT BIO TECHNICAL COMPANY (NASDAQ: BIOT)
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The Nasdaq-listed company where the author serves as Chairman.
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This series reflects the personal views of the author. It is not an earnings forecast, a valuation of any security, or a solicitation to invest.