We will be exhibiting at the "Hokuyo Bank Manufacturing Sustainability Fair 2025" to be held at Access Sapporo on July 23, 2025. This year, the theme is "A Land Full of Challenges: Hokkaido." We will be demonstrating our "High-Performance Dewatering Device Suitor" and "Collaborative Robot." You will be able to see a demonstration where the "Collaborative Robot" automatically supplies products that require surface dewatering to the "Suitor." For users handling products that require dewatering in the Sapporo area: - Concerned about the loud noise from machines during dewatering - Finding that dewatering is insufficient and having to wipe twice - Struggling with high electricity costs, etc. We can propose the optimal dewatering device for such users. We sincerely look forward to your visit.

We will be exhibiting at "FOOMA JAPAN 2025," which will be held at Tokyo Big Sight from June 10 (Tuesday) to June 13 (Friday), 2025. This time, we will demonstrate our cardboard case unpacking and retrieval device, Suitool, and the sharpening robot. In particular, the "cardboard unpacking device" will be demonstrated in conjunction with a collaborative robot, automating the depalletizing of cases and their loading into the device. We have improved this product compared to last year's exhibit, making it easier to open cases and offering a smoother unpacking process. The "Suitool" will also be linked with a collaborative robot for automatic loading of workpieces. We have detailed information available on our special website, so please take a look. Additionally, we have opened a visitor registration site to ensure we can assist you promptly at the venue. (Visitors who register in advance will receive a novelty gift.) [Nikko Booth] East Hall 7, 7J-23 [Venue] Tokyo Big Sight [Date] June 10 (Tuesday) to June 13 (Friday), 2025 All of our staff sincerely look forward to your visit.

We will participate in the experiential exhibition "Future Voyage - The Journey of Small and Medium Enterprises Challenging Towards 20xx" at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo. This exhibition will showcase the theme of "Utilizing the strengths of small and medium enterprises to tackle social issues and advance towards a future society," featuring future-oriented products, services, and technologies from small and medium enterprises across Japan in an experiential format. A total of 84 companies have been selected from across the country to participate. We invite you to stop by when you visit the expo. Date: October 3 (Friday) - October 7 (Tuesday), 2025 Venue: Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition Facility EXPO Messe "WASSE" South Organizer: Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan / Small and Medium Enterprise Agency

In the May issue of Forbes Japan, in the "BRAND VOICE" section, an article titled "The Future of the Food Processing Industry that Nikko and Mizuho Bank are Challenging Together" featuring our company president Sato and Mizuho Bank has been published. Forbes JAPAN is the Japanese version of the economic magazine Forbes, which is loved by 8 million readers in 38 countries worldwide. The article can also be read on the official Forbes JAPAN website, so please take a look. (You can view it from the related link URL.)

We will be exhibiting at FOOMA JAPAN 2024, held at Tokyo Big Sight from June 4 (Tuesday) to June 7 (Friday). This time, we will demonstrate our upgraded "Cardboard Case Unpacking and Retrieval Device," which can handle large cardboard unpacking tasks! [Nikko Booth] East Hall 7, 7D-02 [Nikko Booth Reservation Page] [No waiting time! Free novelty gifts!] https://www.k-nikko.com/nikko-fooma2024/ The demonstration will be linked with the "Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR)," "Collaborative Robot," and "Cardboard Crushing Machine." Raw cardboard will be transported by the 'AMR,' unpacked and fed into the device by the 'Collaborative Robot,' automatically opened without damaging the contents inside, and the empty boxes will be discharged. The 'Cardboard Crushing Machine' will automatically crush the empty boxes. Additionally, we will also demonstrate the high-performance dewatering device "Suitor" and the multi-type knife sharpening robot "Togi Robo." Please come and see the actual machines at the venue. *Important* Registration is required for entry to FOOMA JAPAN 2024 on the "FOOMA JAPAN Official Website."

We are pleased to announce that the scallop automatic shucking machine (Patent No. 6808270, Product Name: Auto Shucker) developed by Nikko Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kushiro City, Representative Director: Kazuo Sato) has received the Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Agency Award at the Hokkaido Regional Invention Awards for the fiscal year 2023 (organized by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation). This marks the third time we have received an award at the Hokkaido Regional Invention Awards, following 2000 and 2017. The award ceremony will be held on October 26, 2023 (Thursday) at Grand Park Otaru (Otaru City). * Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation HP: http://koueki.jiii.or.jp/hyosho/chihatsu/R5/jusho_hokkaido/index.html The Auto Shucker has gained attention as a piece of machinery related to the emergency support project for the fishing industry announced by the government concerning ALPS-treated water, and we are currently seeing an increase in inquiries from scallop-producing regions. * Auto Shucker HP: https://www.k-nikko.com/product/%e3%82%aa%e3%83%bc%e3%83%88%e3%82%b7%e3%82%a7%e3%83%a9%e3%83%bc/

We will be demonstrating a cardboard case unpacking and extraction device at FOOMA JAPAN. In our booth, in addition to the unpacking device, we will showcase the transportation of cardboard cases using AMR and the depalletization and loading into equipment with collaborative robots. By automating the labor-intensive tasks of unpacking, transporting, and loading, we contribute to improving the working environment. We invite you to visit the venue and see the actual equipment. [NIKKO Booth] East Hall 7, 7R-12 [Product introduction can be found here] https://www.k-nikko.com/nikko-fooma2023/ By pre-registering on our booth's "Exhibition Visitor Registration Site," you won't have to wait for explanations or consultations about the equipment. Those who register and visit will receive a novelty gift from us. Please register on the site and come visit us! [NIKKO Exhibition Visitor Registration Site] https://www.k-nikko.com/nikko-fooma2023/entry/index.html *Important* Registration is required for entry to FOOMA JAPAN 2023 on the "FOOMA JAPAN Official Site."

HBC Television (Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd.) featured our company in the program "Overcoming Corona! The Challenges of Dosanko Companies" on the forefront of northern business. This program states, "The full-scale development of Hokkaido began in the Meiji era, and its history is still short at just over 120 years. Thanks to the blood, sweat, and tears of the pioneers, Hokkaido has rapidly developed and produced many entrepreneurs who inherit the pioneering spirit, with several companies growing to represent Japan. This program introduces companies that are passionately active in the northern land of Hokkaido, as well as companies from Honshu that are focusing on Hokkaido." (From the program's website) In the program, our "Hokkaido Robot Laboratory" and our initiatives were introduced. The broadcast was limited to Hokkaido, but it can also be viewed on YouTube and Monsuke TV (HBC's video distribution service). Please take a look. [YouTube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JoWvFkuwF8 [Monsuke TV] https://www.hbc.co.jp/monsuketv/article.html?id=5521

To handle industrial robots, it is necessary to receive special education based on a prescribed curriculum and obtain certification (as stipulated by the Labor Safety and Health Act and Labor Safety and Health Regulations). The "Hokkaido Robot Laboratory" was established in April 2022 to provide "special education for industrial robots" as defined by the Labor Safety and Health Act and Labor Safety and Health Regulations, targeting companies currently using or planning to use industrial robots, as well as students, to enhance DX technology and robot literacy. Our company employs staff with qualifications as industrial robot special education instructors who conduct training based on the curriculum defined by the Labor Safety and Health Act, utilizing knowledge and know-how gained from years of experience as a robot system integrator. Additionally, the facility conducts demonstration tests for companies using actual robots and classes for students. In the future, the introduction of robots will be essential as a means to address labor shortages. This can serve as a training ground for developing personnel capable of handling "robots," which will likely become essential skills across various industries, including those in the service sector, tourism, agriculture, dairy farming, and construction, that have previously had no connection to robots. (For more details on special education for industrial robots, please contact the person in charge via email or other means.)