Weather & Science
Denso Bets on Automation as Climate Change Threatens Food Supply
- Parts supplier sees market surpassing 2 trillion yen by 2035
- Hopes new businesses will make up 20% of sales within 10 years
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Denso Corp. is making a push to automate more of its agricultural business as the Japanese company, which primarily supplies car parts, eyes a bigger share of an industry it says could surpass ¥2 trillion ($13 billion) by 2035.
The market is growing for industrialized greenhouses capable of providing fresh produce consistently amid climate change as well as shortages of workers, Yasushi Mukai, Denso’s executive officer in charge of its food value chain business, said in an interview.