My name is Yukihiro Funyu and I was appointed Chief Digital Officer (CDO) in charge of digital technology and information systems in April 2025.
The Teijin Group's DX activities have been gradually producing business results mainly through process improvements in plants using digital technologies such as AI, the introduction of the generative AI-based Teijin Brain^* to improve employee productivity, and the Companywide rollout of DX training, primarily focused on training "business architects." On the other hand, under its traditionally free and open management style, the Teijin Group has lacked Group DX/IT governance as a cross-organizational activity. As a result, we now face the difficulty of data integration, in addition to the challenge of applying AI across the entire Company. To solve these problems, we plan to advance our DX/IT strategy along the following four dimensions.

• Global IT Optimization: We will integrate business processes, systems, and data-which were previously built individually for each business and region-in accordance with the priorities of the Teijin Group's business strategy, leading to a reduction in selling, general, and administrative expenses.
• DX/AX Promotion: We will scale up our DX and AI activities, which have been partially implemented until now, and then, after strengthening data integration and AI training for employees, transition them to Companywide activities to improve employee productivity.
• Security Enhancement: Security technology advances rapidly, and security enhancement is a continuous, never-ending process. In particular, we will strive to reduce security risks by enhancing global security measures.
• Global IT Transformation: In order to carry out the above three activities, reforms of the DX/IT Departments are needed urgently. We aim to improve the previously weak cooperation between Japan and Overseas, as well as the DX/IT departments, and to implement globally integrated DX/IT measures under the banner of "One Teijin."

We are formulating our next medium-term management plan for FY2026 to FY2028, in which DX/IT strategy is positioned as an important topic, so I will provide a more in-depth look at our activities in the near future.

Yukihiro Funyu
Teijin Group Corporate Officer
Chief Digital Officer
Teijin Limited

• *Teijin Brain is a platform composed of advanced technologies such as generative AI, along with a data infrastructure that enables their effective utilization.