The SBIR Construction Technology Research and Development Grant Program aims to support the research and development of new technologies that contribute to solving challenges in the construction field. OPT has been discarded and not utilized. Palmholz has developed a new material that hardens through a "self-adhesive function," compressing OPT and solidifying it with the components of the material itself without using adhesives. This time, a proposal was made to aim for the suppression of the urban heat island phenomenon through the cooling effect of vaporization on the surface of the new material, which was adopted in June of last year.

Palmholtz, which is working on the development of new materials utilizing discarded oil palm trunks (OPT), will establish a system for increased production of the new materials starting in May. The technology for developing the new materials recently received the "Monozukuri Nippon Grand Award Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry Director's Award." Taking this opportunity, inquiries have been received from major global e-commerce (EC) companies, accelerating the movement towards commercialization. The company will also respond to demands for increased supply from existing customers.

Palmholtz Co., Ltd. has completed a small-scale mass production press machine with the support of the business restructuring subsidy, and production will start in September 2024.

The Social Company Forum @ Aichi was held on August 30, 2024 (Friday). Despite the impact of the typhoon and the resulting disruption to transportation, friends from across the country came to attend. The keynote speech was delivered by Ryotaro Hibino, the representative of Miyakoya LLC, who manages multiple companies, serves as the president of the Inuyama Chamber of Commerce, and is an advisor for the Management Practice Research Group. He lamented the existence of business owners profiting from war and spoke about the nature of management.

Our new material has ranked first in the Ipros Urban Development Catalog (out of 126,566 entries).

On August 4, 2023, the Chubu Economic Newspaper introduced a research group on the collection and utilization methods of oil palm trunks (OPT Research Group). A total of 15 members from Team Palmholtz gathered for discussions, including former Forestry Agency Commissioner Koji Hongo, Emeritus Professor Takayoshi Arima from the University of Tokyo, and Masatoshi Sato from the same university.

Two new patents for the use of oil palm trunks have been registered domestically and nine overseas. This brings the total to 23 domestic and 13 overseas. If you have any inquiries regarding oil palm, please feel free to contact us.