Lix Co., Ltd. and LiLz Inc. Form Capital and Business Alliance to Accelerate Inspection Efficiency in Production Sites

Taku Yasui, President of Lix (left), and Keigo Onishi, President of LiLz, who have formed a capital and business alliance.

Lix Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Representative Director and President & CEO: Taku Yasui, hereinafter referred to as "our company"), a "manufacturer-trader" that underpins domestic and international industries, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a capital and business alliance with LiLz Inc. (Headquarters: Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture, Representative Director and President: Keigo Onishi, hereinafter referred to as "LiLz"), a provider of remote inspection solutions utilizing IoT and AI.

Through the collaboration between the two companies, we aim to address the challenges of "prolonged inspection operations and labor shortages" that are issues in production sites.

Background to the Collaboration

Since our founding 119 years ago, our company has been involved in the production sites of industries such as steel, automotive, and semiconductors, solving customer challenges through the provision of products and services.

Currently, production sites face challenges such as "aging machinery and equipment" and "labor shortages due to a decrease in skilled technicians." Our company is promoting "co-creation," where we develop solutions in collaboration with external partners, to address the diverse challenges of production sites.

As part of this initiative, we have entered into a capital and business alliance with LiLz, which has strengths in remote inspection. By combining the strengths of both companies, we will promote the efficiency of production sites.

Details of the Collaboration

Through the capital and business alliance between our company and LiLz, we will promote the following:

Collaboration in sales, marketing, customer success, product development, and other fields.

Promote the global expansion of remote inspection solutions developed by LiLz, leveraging our company's overseas bases.

About LiLz

Remote inspection solutions using IoT cameras and AI cloud software, requiring no power or network wiring.

With the mission of "Making field work easier by fusing machine learning and IoT technologies," LiLz develops all its AI cloud software in-house, including dedicated IoT cameras with a track record of 12,000 cumulative units in operation in Japan, remote automatic inspection of meters, equipment abnormality detection, and private AI agents. ▶Click here for product and service details

Company Name

LiLz Inc.

Head Office Location

2-3-7 Ganako, Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture

Established

July 28, 2017

Representative

Keigo Onishi (Representative Director and President)

Business Activities

Provision of services utilizing AI and IoT technologies, research and development, etc.

HP

(Official HP) https://lilz.jp/ (Team Introduction Note) https://note.com/lilz/

Comments from Company Representatives

【Keigo Onishi, President of LiLz】

We are extremely pleased to have formed a capital and business alliance with Lix, which has been strongly supporting industries in Japan and abroad from Kyushu.

Currently, many production sites face serious challenges such as aging equipment and labor shortages due to the decrease of technicians with deep field knowledge. LiLz's mission is to "make field work easier by fusing machine learning and IoT technologies," and we are confident that by combining the field expertise of Lix, a "manufacturer-trader," with our technology, we can further accelerate the resolution of these issues.

We will provide new value to maintenance sites worldwide through the utilization of Lix's global network.

【Taku Yasui, President of Lix】

We are very pleased to have formed a capital and business alliance with LiLz, which solves production site challenges using machine learning and IoT, and we believe it has high compatibility with our company's customer-centric sales approach.

Our manufacturing industry clients face challenges with labor shortages and efficiency in inspection operations, and we want to solve these issues through collaboration with LiLz. In the future, we hope to create new value through co-creation with LiLz.

Furthermore, as our company has sales bases worldwide, we would like to advance global expansion together.