Companies to be Subsidized under the FY2019 Subsidy Project for Supporting Businesses in Introducing Facilities for Producing Face Masks Nominated

1. Overview of the project

Following on from the nomination of three companies on February 28, 2020, METI selected the following eight companies from among applicant companies under the subsidy project as a result of a strict examination of such applicants by external experts. Accordingly, METI decided to support the eight companies in introducing facilities for enhancing their production of face masks to the level of about 56.5 million.

The nominated companies will install such facilities by the end of March and will start or increase their face mask production soon thereafter.

Prior to this nomination, from February 20 to March 11, 2020, METI opened a call for corporate applicants to be subsidized in introducing facilities for enhancing their production of face masks by the end of March 2020, and examined the applicants and nominated the eight companies above.

• Allegro-Knit Corporation
• Consortium of: Sharp Corporation, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Sharp Marketing Japan Corporation and Sharp Cocoro Life Inc.
• Shirohato Co., Ltd.
• Hokuriku Web Co., Ltd.
• Consortium of: Marushin Corporation and Zero-infinity Co.
• Meisei Sansho Co., Ltd.
• Meteco Corporation
• Consortium of: Roki Techno Co., Ltd., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Nakan Techno Co., Ltd. and Troika Japan Co., Ltd.

• Reference: Results of Nominating Companies for the FY2019 Subsidy Project for Supporting Businesses in Introducing Facilities for Producing Face Masks (in Japanese)

Division in Charge

• Medical and Assistive Device Industries Office, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group
• Public Relations Office, Minister’s Secretariat