Forval Selected for Suzaka City's SME DX Promotion Support Project

Forval Corporation (Head Office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Masanori Nakajima; hereinafter "Forval") is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the "SME DX Promotion Support Project" (hereinafter "this Project") by Suzaka City. Through this contract, we will support the promotion of DX for SMEs in Suzaka City. As part of this project, we will also hold an "AI Experiential Seminar for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" on August 6, 2026 (Thu).

Background and Objectives of the Project Award

With the advancement of digitalization, customer needs and market environments are changing, making DX initiatives for operational efficiency and productivity improvement a critical management issue for SMEs. Under the "Suzaka Mirai Challenge 2030" initiative, Suzaka City requires a system that creates opportunities for management improvement utilizing digital technology and supports their implementation to foster the sustainable growth of local businesses.

*About Suzaka Mirai Challenge 2030: https://www.city.suzaka.nagano.jp/soshiki/1020/2/1/965.html

This project will support companies in understanding their own challenges and proceeding with the implementation and establishment of improvement measures through "DX Diagnosis for Businesses" to visualize issues, seminars to promote understanding and awareness of DX, and individual support from experts. We will also promote the spread and awareness of DX by disseminating excellent case studies within the city.

Details of the Contracted Services

The support will target SMEs and small businesses within Suzaka City. The main initiatives are as follows:

- Grasping the current situation and visualizing issues through "DX Diagnosis for Businesses"

- Holding the "AI Experiential Seminar for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" to promote understanding and awareness of DX

- Approximately 5 months of support for about 6 companies eager to promote DX

- Information provision on matching with IT vendors and utilizing subsidies

- Holding a results presentation meeting, and creating a project report and articles on excellent case studies

Overview of the AI Experiential Seminar for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

As part of this project, we will hold an "AI Experiential Seminar for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises," the first step in promoting DX, targeting SMEs and small businesses in Suzaka City. The seminar will introduce how to visualize management through digital utilization and approaches to AI utilization that can be implemented starting today. Through success stories from companies that participated in the previous year, it will provide concrete hints for local businesses to connect DX with their own management improvement.

Event Overview

Date and Time: August 6, 2026 (Thu) 14:00 - 16:00

Venue: Silky Hall 1, 3rd Floor, Suzaka Station Front Silky Building, or Online (Live Streaming)

Target Audience: SMEs and small businesses in Suzaka City

Fee: Free (as it is a commissioned project by the city)

Content: Digital x Visualization Management for SMEs / AI You Can Start Today, and "Easy Steps" to Develop Excellent Staff

Lecturer: Kensuke Takenouchi, Manager, BRMC Business Division, Forval Corporation

Special Feature: Success story from Shinshoki Co., Ltd., a participating company from the previous year

Application Deadline: August 5, 2026

★Apply here

About Forval Corporation

Forval Corporation (TSE Standard: 8275) focuses on consulting support for SMEs and small businesses, offering management support services in five fields: "Information and Communications," "Overseas," "Environment," "Human Resources and Education," and "Entrepreneurship and Business Succession." Through its unique "Corporate Doctor (Next-Generation Management Consultant)" model, it provides integrated services from visualizing management issues to proposing improvements and supporting their implementation, offering high-value-added support that contributes to corporate value enhancement, such as promoting ESG management, human capital management, and DX/GX.

Furthermore, under the regional revitalization strategy "F-Japan Initiative," it promotes the creation and expansion of regional co-creation models through collaboration with local governments, private companies, educational institutions, and financial institutions.

Company Overview

Company Name: Forval Corporation

Representative: Masanori Nakajima, President and Representative Director

Established: September 18, 1980 (Showa 55)

Location: Aoyama Oval Building 14F, 5-52-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

*For details, please visit our website.