Macnica, Jikeikai, and Coop Sapporo sign comprehensive partnership agreement to utilize technology and share know-how to contribute to regional revitalization
The Consumer's Cooperative Union Co-op Sapporo ("Co-op Sapporo"), Macnica (" Macnica"), and the General Incorporated Association Jikei Kai ("Jikei Kai") signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement today, April 19 (Friday).
Macnica was founded in 1972 and is engaged in discovering, proposing, and implementing cutting-edge technologies to solve problems in various fields. Jikeikai was founded in 1961 and practices medical care and welfare that are closely tied to the community while utilizing cutting-edge technology. Coop Sapporo is supported by 2 million members and is engaged in various initiatives with the philosophy of "making living in Hokkaido a pride and joy." The three parties have signed a comprehensive partnership agreement to work together to address the issues of population decline and local economies due to the declining birthrate and aging population and depopulation that each region faces, by combining each other's industry knowledge and cutting-edge technology, and to create improvement activities and value from a new perspective, thereby solving the issues and contributing to regional revitalization in each region.
The collaboration will cover the following five points:
| 1) Promoting personnel exchanges | Promoting new ideas and creativity through human resource exchanges across different industries |
| 2. Exploring productivity improvements | Leveraging the strengths of each organization to share and develop efficient business operations methods |
| 3) Collaboration of know-how in school lunch business | Sharing each company's know-how for providing high-quality, healthy meals to contribute to improving the health of the local community |
| ④ Collaboration of know-how in health checkup business | Raise the importance of preventive medicine to maintain and improve the health of local residents |
| ⑤ Search for cutting-edge technology | Experiencing the latest technologies such as AI and IoT, and using new discoveries to tackle local community issues |
Macnica will search for and provide cutting-edge technology, accompany and support verification of collaborative activities, and provide overall facilitation in promoting collaboration. Jikeikai will provide know-how and a verification field in core businesses such as medical care, nursing care, and tourism, as well as shared businesses with Coop Sapporo, such as school lunches. Coop Sapporo will provide know-how and a verification field in core businesses such as retail, home delivery, and mutual aid, as well as shared businesses with Jikeikai, such as school lunches and health checkups. The three parties will work together to contribute to regional revitalization.
Macnica
Macnica is Service & Solution Company that handles the latest technologies in a comprehensive manner, with semiconductors and cyber security at its core. With operations in 81 locations in 23 countries/regions around the world, the company is leveraging the technical capabilities and global network it has cultivated over its 50-year history to discover, propose, and implement cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and autonomous driving.
About Macnica: www.macnica.co.jp
General Incorporated Association Jikeikai
Since its establishment in 1961 in Aomori City, the Jikei Group has been contributing to the local community for over 60 years through medical care, nursing care, welfare, and tourism, with the philosophy of "providing medical care and welfare services that are close to the community with a caring heart." We operate three hospitals, including Aomori Jikei Hospital, and 19 nursing care insurance businesses, with a total of 1,110 beds in the city and a capacity of 355 people, and have worked hard for the healthy development of the local community.
About Jikei Kai: http://jikei-kai.org/
Consumers' Cooperative Society Coop Sapporo
Coop Sapporo was founded in 1965 as the Sapporo Municipal Co-op. In the 1970s, in order to protect people's lives from the soaring oil prices, it played a central role in negotiating to lower the price of kerosene, and has always acted as an organization that solves problems in daily life and ensures safety and security. It has a philosophy of "making living in Hokkaido a pride and joy" and is engaged in various initiatives. The current membership is 2 million.
About Coop Sapporo: https://www.sapporo.coop/corporate/
Media Contact
Sapporo Consumers' Cooperative Association Managing Director Hitoshi Komatsu Public Relations Department Public Relations Media Group Eri Kobayashi and Yukari Mori
Address: 10-1, Hassamu 11-jo 5-chome, Nishi-ku, Sapporo 063-8501, Japan TEL: 050-1741-5516 (weekdays 9:00-18:00)
Macnica Public Relations Office Miyahara
1-6-3 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 222-8561 E-mail: macpr@macnica.co.jp
General Affairs Department, Jikeikai General Incorporated Association
TEL 017-782-8500