Innovation centre will speed up product development, Mizuno says
Sports group Mizuno’s new innovation centre, Mizuno Engine, is open for business, three years after the company announced the project.
Located at the company’s headquarters in Osaka, the 6,500 square-metre facility offers a designated space for manufacturing and testing product prototypes. It features dedicated spaces for sewing, painting, 3D design, environmental testing, impact testing, a gymnasium, a track, artificial turf, and other spaces for product development.
By developing a wide variety of products such as footwear, apparel, and equipment simultaneously in a single facility, Mizuno expects to integrate new technologies into its products more quickly. What it called the trial-and-error cycle, such as sample prototyping and verification, can be performed in a shorter time which will lead to faster research and development.
