Manufacturing

Thailand as Toshiba’s Strategic Manufacturing Hub of Discrete Semiconductors for the Digital Century

Thailand as Toshiba’s Strategic Manufacturing Hub of Discrete Semiconductors for the Digital Century

Thailand has been touted as one of Asia’s key manufacturing center for electronics, automotive and machinery. According to the Board of Investment of Thailand, electronic components and equipment are …

2022/01/19
Enabling Data-Driven Economies from the Philippines

Enabling Data-Driven Economies from the Philippines

Data is created, copied, stored and consumed at an ever-increasing rate, prompting an explosion in data growth globally. According to a recent IDC Global DataSphere report, the amount of data created …

2021/08/31
Hidden heroes realizing a low-carbon economy – The future of power semiconductors

Hidden heroes realizing a low-carbon economy – The future of power semiconductors

The Japanese government’s fall 2020 decision to realize carbon neutrality by 2050 quickly attracted a lot attention, and a lot of public support. A Cabinet Office poll, Public Opinion Survey on Climat…

2021/08/06
Toshiba’s young engineers: Drawing on the spirit of kyudo to improve reliability

Toshiba’s young engineers: Drawing on the spirit of kyudo to improve reliability

In 2020, the coronavirus has pushed us into a paradigm shift that is bringing dramatic changes to the world. But there are people who are not just idly standing by and watching this, who know that it’…

2021/04/14
Fighting invisible enemies to support the manufacture of high-quality semiconductors

Fighting invisible enemies to support the manufacture of high-quality semiconductors

Japan Semiconductor Corporation’s Oita Operations, the facility responsible for Toshiba Groups semiconductor manufacturing, manufactures semiconductors primarily for use in automobiles, an application…

2021/02/17
Automation Promotes Resilient Value Chains: Toshiba AI Technologies Foster Collaborations between Humans and Robots

Automation Promotes Resilient Value Chains: Toshiba AI Technologies Foster Collaborations between Humans and Robots

Imagine an e-book that tracks your reading speed, highlighted quotes and even pages where you stopped reading. This is a simple example where data has become increasingly ubiquitous, instantaneous and…

2020/09/09
An Entire Factory in Cyberspace? : Creating Optimal Worksites through Simulation

An Entire Factory in Cyberspace? : Creating Optimal Worksites through Simulation

Hisashige Tanaka and Ichisuke Fujioka—the founding fathers of Toshiba, were two people who made an enormous impact on the history of modern technology in Japan. Here at Toshiba, we offer two in-house …

2019/11/20
Exploring the Secrets of Engineering and Maestro through Motion Capture

Exploring the Secrets of Engineering and Maestro through Motion Capture

“I think I’ve become pretty good, but there’s always someone better. I want to see how high I can go.” At the National Skills Competition held in Japan, young people working in all kinds of skilled j…

2019/10/02
90 Years of Turbines: The Heart of Power Generation

90 Years of Turbines: The Heart of Power Generation

Electricity is an essential part of our daily lives, providing comfort and security for us all. While electricity can be produced in a number of ways, thermal power generation has consistently supplie…

2019/02/13