(President: Takashi Fujimoto; Head Office: Chuo-ku, Niigata City; hereinafter referred to as TOMPLA), together with Niterra Group Nippon Tokushu Toryo K.K. (President: Takeru Kawai; Head Office: Higashi-ku, Nagoya City) and Futaba Corporation (President: Tatsuoki Kinoshita; Head Office: Minami-ku, Kumamoto City), have signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with the Kumamoto Prefecture Drone Industry Promotion Council. (President: Tatsuoki Kinoshita, Head Office: Minami-ku, Kumamoto) and Futaba Corporation (President: Tatsuoki Kinoshita, Head Office: Minami-ku, Kumamoto), in cooperation with Mifune-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture, which has a comprehensive partnership agreement with the Kumamoto Prefecture Drone Industry Promotion Council, will conduct the automobile maintenance industry's first* demonstration experiment (hereinafter “the Experiment”) of using drones to deliver parts to automobile service shops from January 15 to 18, 2024, in Mifune-cho, Kumamoto Prefecture. The experiment (hereinafter referred to as “the experiment”) was conducted to confirm the possibility of solving the problems faced by the auto maintenance industry and improving convenience for car users. * As of January 2024, according to Tompra research.

Business use and commercialization of drones in all industries

We encountered a delivery challenge in the automotive parts area, which led us to co-create a service development for the company, its partners, and customers.

Since its establishment, TOMPLA has accumulated a track record of practical and commercially viable drone deliveries throughout Japan. As a result, TOMPLA has cultivated the perspectives of “personnel training,” “aircraft and route environment construction,” “operations,” and “business development” necessary to promote the commercialization of drones. TOMPLA's know-how has now reached a level where we are consulted and approached not only by companies from other industries, but also by professional drone companies.

We will continue to drive the use of drones in Japan.