Digital leaflet “Actually, Here’s Shiga’s Technology” is now available!

Shiga Prefecture, one of Japan’s leading “manufacturing prefectures,” is home to many small and medium-sized enterprises that are highly competitive in Japan and abroad.

Shiga Prefecture has created a digital leaflet to promote the attractiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the prefecture, which boast a high market share due to their advanced technologies, with the aim of increasing their visibility and recruiting human resources.

Please take a look at the list of Shiga’s amazing manufacturing companies, including those with top-class global market shares.

*Updated March 10, 2025

●Fulfill all of the following conditions (1 to 4)

1. The applicant must operate a business that falls under the manufacturing or information service industry.

2. Small or medium-sized enterprises as defined in the Small and Medium Enterprise Basic Law.

3. Business offices (development or production site) in Shiga Prefecture. (Regardless of the location of the head office)

4. Top niche companies (both a and b below must be met)

a. The company must have Possess advanced technology and have a top class market share (in the world or in Japan) in the product (within the top three).

b. The company’s self-developed technology or know-how is difficult for other companies to imitate, and the company is technologically superior.

In addition, the company must have unique technologies and manufacturing processes in specific fields and be able to provide added value that other companies do not have.