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South-East Asia Business Development Struggle Diary II: Introducing Case Studies of Overseas Expansion by Selected Companies in 2025

As part of the "Sendai Global Startup Hub Business,""Global Business Seminar 2026"It is being held by

This seminar is a series of seven sessions that welcomes regional companies, startups, researchers, and others interested in expanding their business overseas, and shares their experiences and know-how with them.

最終回となる第7回は、「東南アジア事業展開奮闘記②」Yes. It was selected for the Sendai-Tohoku Expansion Program (STEP) in fiscal 2025.Flame Heavy Industries Co.We will introduce initiatives aimed at expanding our business in Southeast Asia.

炎重工は、岩手県滝沢市を拠点に、水上ドローンの開発・製造を手がけるスタートアップです。超小型水上ドローン「Swimmy Eye」をはじめ、水域の点検・調査・測量などに活用できる技術を開発し、水域での作業の安全性向上や省力化に取り組んでいます。

こうした技術を海外で展開するには、現地の水域環境や利用者の課題を把握し、どのような用途で必要とされるのかを確かめることが重要です。また、現地企業との連携や、製品の運用・保守を担う体制づくりも事業化に向けた検討事項となります。

今回は、炎重工が東南アジアへの事業展開に向けて取り組んできた経験をもとに、現地での市場探索やパートナーとの関係づくり、事業化に向けた課題について伺います。技術を海外市場へ届けるための試行錯誤を通じて、これから海外展開を考える企業にとってのヒントを探ります。

Seminar Outline

グローバルビジネスセミナー2026 第7弾

Date:2026年11月25日(水)10:30〜12:00
テーマ:東南アジア事業展開奮闘記②
Introducing case studies of overseas expansion by companies selected for 2025
Venue:online
Subject:Regional companies, start-ups, researchers, and support organizations interested in expanding overseas
Participation Fee:free

Speakers:
Flame Heavy Industries Co.
代表取締役 古澤 洋将 氏

This program is a series of seminars conducted as part of the "Sendai Global Startup Hub Operations."

Recommended for people like this

✓ Companies and startups considering expanding their business to Southeast Asia
✓ 自社の技術や製品を海外市場で展開したい方
✓ Those interested in expanding their business overseas and collaborating with local companies
✓ Those who want to learn about the practical experience of startups working in international expansion
✓ Financial institutions, local governments, and support organizations involved in supporting the overseas expansion of regional companies

speaker

Flame Heavy Industries Co.
representative director (i.e. someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company)
Mr. Hiromasa Furusawa

1982年、岩手県滝沢市生まれ。筑波大学大学院システム情報工学研究科博士前期課程修了。CYBERDYNE株式会社に入社し、ロボットスーツ「HAL」の福祉用・医療用モデルの開発や製品化に従事。その後、シャープ株式会社での勤務を経て、2016年に炎重工株式会社を設立。東日本大震災をきっかけに地元・岩手での起業を志し、水上ドローンや生体群制御技術の開発を進めてきた。現在は、水域での作業の省力化・安全性向上を目指し、さまざまな用途に向けた水上ドローンの事業化に取り組む。

About the Sendai Tohoku Expansion Program (STEP)

This program is a program that supports the overseas expansion of companies and startups in the Sendai and Tohoku region.

Leveraging the network of companies, universities, research institutions, and government agencies that Leave a Nest has built primarily in Southeast Asia, we provide support tailored to each client, leading to business negotiations, joint research, proof-of-concept (PoC), and business partnerships in local markets.

We support the organization of overseas expansion policies, meetings with local partners, hypothesis verification, and the subsequent commercialization of the business.

グローバルビジネスセミナー2026 開催一覧

グローバルビジネスセミナー2026では、海外展開に関わるテーマを取り上げ、全7回のセミナーを開催しています。

回 Date of the event theme Participating companies and organizations
1st August 3rd
15:00〜16:30
Why Southeast Asia now?
~Why Sendai/Tohoku Startups are Challenging the Next Growth Markets~
Helical Fusion, Inc.
ARK Co., Ltd.
2nd September 7th
15:00〜16:30
How can overseas expansion lead to business growth?
~Next steps for overseas expansion from the perspective of regional financial institutions and investors~
Seven Seventeen Bank Co., Ltd.
UntroD Capital Asia Pte. Ltd.
3rd September 25th
17:00〜18:30
When you go to the local area, what do you see?
~Realities of the market to be verified in Singapore~
ICMG Holdings
4th October 8th
16:30〜18:00
Who should I partner with to sell my products overseas?
Learning from Singapore’s food distribution system: How to do business with local partners
Kameyama Co., Ltd.
5th October 20th
17:00〜18:30
The Struggle of Expanding into Southeast Asia Business Part 1
Introducing case studies of overseas expansion by companies selected for 2025
Storyline Inc.
The 6th November 7th
10:00〜11:00
Intellectual property strategy to compete globally
~ Things Startups Should Prepare for Now ~
Nitta & Sagemachi Law Office
The 7th Wednesday, November 25th
10:30〜12:00
The Struggle of Southeast Asia Business Expansion Part II
Introducing case studies of overseas expansion by companies selected for 2025
Flame Heavy Industries Co.

*The schedule, theme, and speakers may change.

Toshihiro Ishizawa

Toshihiro Ishizawa Director, Human Resource Development Division / People Making Research Center (Concurrent) Management Planning Office Graduated from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo in 2007 with a Ph.D. in Life Sciences. Gained approximately three years of internship experience during his doctoral studies and joined Leave a Nest Co., Ltd. in 2008. After serving as Director of the Osaka Office, General Manager of the Regional Development Division, and General Manager of the Strategy Development Division, he became Director of the People Making Research Center in May 2026. He is involved in building regional ecosystems to create R&D-originated ventures that take flight from research institutions to the world using the Tech Planners concept, and in supporting new business creation for core regional companies. (Concurrent) Director, Nest Blue Co., Ltd.

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