Article Overview

The article highlights KAWADA Group’s history of more than a century, tracing its origins to swordsmithing and introducing the Group’s wide-ranging businesses, including bridge construction, architectural steel and humanoid robotics.
It also features KAWADA Group’s robotics technologies developed to address labor shortages in the construction and manufacturing sectors, as well as the welding monitoring system “C-LUM,” which was developed through collaboration across different business areas.
In addition, the article discusses the Group’s business expansion in North America, India and Southeast Asia through collaboration with overseas partners.
The article also introduces KAWADA Group’s environmental initiatives, including water-saving greenery systems, and describes how the Group is applying its engineering expertise, cultivated over more than a century, to address emerging global challenges and pursue growth toward the next century.

• ・Publication： Los Angeles Times
• ・Special Report： JAPAN SPECIAL REPORT
• ・Article： Los Angeles Times “KAWADA Group – Forging the Next Century”
• ・Publication Date： August 21, 2026 (U.S. time)

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