[MI-6] R&D DX Platform 'miHub®' Surpasses 200 Corporate Adoptions - Accelerating Utilization as a Foundation for Data-Driven Research

As the importance of data utilization in R&D increases, MI-6's R&D DX platform 'miHub®' is seeing widespread adoption as a foundation for implementing technologies such as Materials Informatics (MI) on the shop floor.

MI-6 today announced that the cumulative number of corporate adoptions for its R&D DX platform 'miHub®' has surpassed 200. The platform is used by a wide range of manufacturing companies, including material and chemical manufacturers, as well as those in the automotive, battery, electronics, and electronic components sectors.

Why is miHub® chosen as the foundation for R&D DX?

miHub® is designed not just as an analytical tool, but as a foundation to promote the use of data in R&D on-site. It provides end-to-end support from data accumulation to decision-making, converting knowledge that often depends on individuals into a form that can be used organizationally, thereby improving R&D reproducibility and speed.

1. An environment that researchers can use 'by themselves' Features an intuitive UI that can be used without expertise in programming or machine learning, allowing seamless execution from experimental data organization to utilization and knowledge accumulation.

2. Mechanisms to turn data and knowledge into 'assets' Accumulates not only experimental data but also development themes, analysis data, and know-how in a usable format, promoting digital utilization throughout the organization.

3. Hands-on support by experts A team with domain knowledge in material development provides comprehensive support from software adoption to achieving results.

Success stories and organizational transformation at client companies

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. Creating a communication platform using 'numbers' as a common language. They are visualizing engineers' implicit knowledge and senses as data, fostering a new culture within the organization as a 'communication platform with numbers as a common language'.

ADEKA Corporation 'Voluntary change in consciousness' toward data-driven research. Researchers on-site recognized the importance of data and began voluntarily considering optimal storage methods with MI in mind, leading to a transformation in organizational culture toward data-driven operations.

ProsPira Co., Ltd. Speed development that halves the number of trials for skilled technicians. In EV compound development, they achieved a goal in about 6 trials, half of the 12 trials previously taken by veteran technicians, through collaboration with miHub®.

Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. Halving development man-hours and significantly reducing prototype trials. They succeeded in reducing development man-hours by half by narrowing down experimental candidates from 96 levels to 26 levels. Furthermore, they reduced the number of prototype trials from 8 to 2, achieving a major shortening of development periods.

Launch of 'miHub® Guide', a knowledge platform to accelerate practical MI application

While functions continue to expand and advance, MI-6 released 'miHub® Guide' in March 2026 to help users apply MI more autonomously and advance organizational deployment. This platform is a knowledge base that provides end-to-end support from feature understanding to practical decision-making and analysis.

More than just a functional manual, it is equipped with use cases based on actual analysis cases, explanations of algorithms, and step-by-step learning paths. Furthermore, by sequentially providing practical guides for lead users responsible for promoting MI within their organizations, it supports the organizational deployment of know-how that tends to become person-dependent, realizing higher-level MI implementation in R&D processes.

Future Prospects

With the mission to 'popularize Materials Informatics and innovate R&D', we will continue to provide products and services for the practice of R&D DX. Building on the data and knowledge accumulated in miHub®, we will advance the heightening of feature extraction and analysis functions, and expand the support area for decision-making throughout the entire R&D process.

MI-6 remains committed to working as a partner that supports decision-making in R&D, enabling manufacturing companies to create value sustainably in a global competitive environment.