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- Takuma Co., Ltd. (TSE:6013) designs, constructs, and superintends a wide range of boilers, plant machinery, pollution prevention plants, environmental equipment plants, heating and cooling equipment, and feedwater/drainage sanitation equipment and facilities; it also handles civil, architectural, and other works, with a focus on municipal solid waste treatment plants (EPC and after-sales services including DBO projects), energy plants (biomass power, industrial waste treatment, EPC and after-sales), water treatment plants (sewage sludge incineration, EPC and after-sales), overseas environment and energy projects primarily in Thailand and Taiwan, package boilers (general-purpose boilers, vacuum-type hot water heaters via subsidiaries Nippon Thermoener and IHI Packaged Boiler), and equipment/systems (building equipment, semiconductor clean systems); the company serves municipal, industrial, and private clients in Japan and select international markets. Founded June 10, 1938 and headquartered at 2-2-33 Kinrakuji-cho, Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, Takuma holds the leading domestic market share in municipal solid waste treatment plant deliveries (over 370 plants) and biomass plants under Japan's FIT system (over 60 units, with more than 650 total biomass units in Japan and overseas). In recent developments, the company completed the acquisition of IHI Packaged Boiler Co., Ltd. from IHI Corporation effective April 1, 2025, enhancing its package boiler capabilities through synergies with Nippon Thermoener (merger planned April 1, 2026); Nippon Thermoener acquired biomass boiler manufacturers Daiichi Sanki and Sanki Engineering; Takuma secured record Q1 FY2025 orders including two DBO waste treatment projects (Numazu City 210t/day, Ichikawa City 423t/day) and two biomass plants; completed Harima Factory renewal and opened Supply Lab in 2023; and maintains strong FY2025 forecasts with consolidated net sales of ¥165 billion and operating profit of ¥14.5 billion under its 14th Medium-Term Management Plan targeting ordinary profit of ¥20 billion by FY2031.