PRESS RELEASE
Fujitsu builds platform for NSK to create environmental value throughout the product lifecycle of bearing products
Supports promotion of bearing reconditioning and reuse through data collection and utilization
Fujitsu Limited
Kawasaki, Japan, November 28, 2025
Fujitsu today announced that it has built a platform for NSK Ltd. to support a business model that enables co-creation of value with user companies throughout the product lifecycle of bearing products. This system, which leverages Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator, an offering provided through Fujitsu’s Uvance business model focused on addressing societal challenges, will collect and utilize bearing data across departments, processes, and companies throughout the entire product lifecycle, and provide services for condition monitoring and maintenance. The initiative will promote the reconditioning and reuse of bearing products, supporting NSK's corporate philosophy of contributing to a sustainable society through global environmental conservation, and enhance corporate value.
The platform is planned for introduction to bearing product customers as a "Powered by Uvance" product. NSK is currently conducting verification with early adopters and will continuously enhance this system through these trials, aiming for full-scale operation of the platform from 2026. Fujitsu will support NSK in the deployment of this platform, expanding its reach to more users. Furthermore, Fujitsu will continue to promote the circular economy and the generation of new business opportunities through co-creation with NSK, our Uvance Partner. By leveraging reliable data integration, we will realize value co-creation that transcends individual companies and industries, ensuring traceability and environmental value assurance.
Comment from Hirofumi Nagai, Head for CMS and PLM Solution Development, Operating Officer, NSK Ltd.:
“NSK faced the challenge of developing a new solution from scratch using an agile approach and quickly moving to customer validation. Integrating NSK's proprietary technologies and existing globally deployed condition monitoring solutions also presented significant challenges. By leveraging Fujitsu's solution, we achieved flexible and swift implementation, enabling smooth trial and validation processes. Moving forward, we aim to accelerate initiatives that generate even greater value, such as enhancing decision-making quality through the use of generative AI.”
This system integrates and manages data through the bearing product lifecycle for NSK, drawing on Fujitsu's expertise in ensuring traceability within equipment manufacturing supply chains and collecting and managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data, and applies Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator. This will facilitate comprehensive data management for NSK's bearing products, spanning manufacturing to service operations. By integrating NSK's proprietary solutions—including condition monitoring, maintenance optimization, component reconditioning and reuse, and GHG emissions analysis and reduction—Fujitsu will support the co-creation of new value for NSK users throughout the product life and value chain.
Fujitsu built this platform using an agile approach on the Sustainability Value Accelerator and launched the initial prototype within three months of development. Following feedback from user companies and NSK's internal teams, functionalities were expanded, achieving rapid operation in a total of six months.
Features include:
- Improved equipment utilization rates through integrated bearing management data
The system integrates and centrally manages design, development, and manufacturing data for bearing products, as well as condition monitoring data from customer’s machines containing bearings, and shares it across NSK departments. Furthermore, by sharing this data with users, it becomes possible to consider and implement prompt countermeasures tailored to the bearing's operating conditions, thereby improving equipment operational efficiency. This enables more efficient utilization of bearings and contributes to reduced environmental impact.
- Adding environmental value to data through blockchain technology
Fujitsu will calculate and record environmental value (i.e., GHG reduction amount) based on resource savings achieved through bearing reconditioning as compared to replacement with new bearings. Leveraging the blockchain technology within the Fujitsu Sustainability Value Accelerator offering, the platform manages inspection and maintenance records, along with GHG reduction data, in a tamper-proof manner. By adding reliability to operational bearing product data, GHG reduction quantities can be leveraged as environmental value, enabling users to reuse bearings with greater peace of mind.
- Optimized customer approach through integration with internal and external systems
This platform acts as a hub for NSK's internal and external systems, enabling seamless data linkage with user companies' existing equipment management systems. By integrating with NSK's customer management system, it supports the optimization of NSK's customer approach, including the development of tailored service menus and proposals for maintenance implementation based on user company conditions.
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Date: 28 November, 2025
City: Kawasaki, Japan
Company: Fujitsu Limited
