Imurikagurisha rya Tokyo/Osaka-Shimano riri ku cyicaro gikuru cya Osaka ni ryo koranabuhanga ry’iri koranabuhanga, ryatumye iyi sosiyete iba izina rikomeye mu gusiganwa ku magare ku isi hose.
Igare ripima ibiro 7 gusa kandi rifite ibikoresho bigezweho rishobora guterurwa byoroshye n'ukuboko kumwe. Abakozi ba Shimano bagaragaje ibicuruzwa nka Dura-Ace series, yakozwe kugira ngo ikoreshwe mu marushanwa yo gusiganwa mu muhanda mu 1973, yongera kwerekwa muri Tour de France y'uyu mwaka, yasojwe i Paris muri iyi weekend.
Nk’uko ibice bya Shimano byakozwe nk'ibikoresho, icyumba cyo kwerekana ibicuruzwa gifitanye isano n’ibikorwa by’uruganda rw’ikigo kitari kure cyane. Aho ngaho, abakozi amagana barimo gukora cyane kugira ngo bakore ibice bihuye n’ibikenewe ku isi yose mu gukundwa cyane kw’amagare.
Shimano ifite ibibazo nk'ibyo mu nganda 15 hirya no hino ku isi. Taizo Shimano, perezida w'iyi sosiyete, yagize ati: “Kuri ubu nta ruganda rudakora neza.”
Kuri Taizo Shimano, wagizwe uwa gatandatu mu bagize umuryango uyoboye iyi sosiyete muri uyu mwaka, ibi bikaba bihurirana n'isabukuru y'imyaka 100 y'iyi sosiyete, iki ni igihe cy'ingirakamaro ariko gihangayikishije.
Kuva icyorezo cya coronavirus cyatangira, inyungu za Shimano n'ibyo yagurishije byakomeje kwiyongera kuko abashya bakeneye amapine abiri - bamwe bashaka uburyo bworoshye bwo gukora siporo muri iki gihe cya lockdown, abandi bahitamo kugenda ku igare bajya ku kazi, aho kugira ngo bagire ubutwari bwo gutwara abantu benshi.
Amafaranga Shimano yinjije muri 2020 ni miliyari 63 z'amayen (miliyoni 574 z'amadolari y'Amerika), ubwiyongere bwa 22.5% ugereranyije n'umwaka ushize. Mu mwaka w'ingengo y'imari wa 2021, iyi sosiyete yiteze ko inyungu izongera kugera kuri miliyari 79 z'amayen. Umwaka ushize, agaciro kayo ku isoko karenze isosiyete ikora imodoka yo mu Buyapani yitwa Nissan. Ubu ni tiriyari 2.5 z'amayen.
Ariko iterambere ry’amagare ryabereye Shimano imbogamizi: gukomeza kwifuza ibice byayo bisa nkaho bitagishoboka.
“Turasaba imbabazi cyane ku [kubura kw’ibikoresho]… Turamaganwa n’[uruganda rukora amagare],” Shimano Taizo yavuze mu kiganiro aherutse kugirana na Nikkei Asia. Yavuze ko icyifuzo ari “gikabije cyane,” yongeraho ko yiteze ko iki gikorwa kizakomeza kugeza nibura mu mwaka utaha.
Iyi kompanyi irimo gukora ibice byayo ku muvuduko wihuse cyane. Shimano yavuze ko umusaruro w'uyu mwaka uziyongeraho 50% ugereranyije na 2019.
Irimo gushora miliyari 13 z'amayen mu nganda zo mu gihugu imbere mu turere twa Osaka na Yamaguchi kugira ngo yongere ubushobozi bwo gukora no kunoza imikorere. Irimo kandi kwaguka muri Singapuru, ari na yo sosiyete ya mbere ikora mu mahanga yashinzwe hafi imyaka itanu ishize. Iyi leta yashoye miliyari 20 z'amayen mu ruganda rushya ruzakora ibikoresho byo gutwara amagare n'ibindi bice. Nyuma y'uko imirimo yo kubaka isubikwa kubera amabwiriza ya COVID-19, uruganda rwari ruteganyijwe gutangira gukora mu mpera za 2022 kandi byari biteganyijwe ko ruzarangira mu 2020.
Taizo Shimano yavuze ko atazi neza niba icyifuzo cyatewe n’icyorezo kizakomeza kwiyongera nyuma ya 2023. Ariko mu gihe giciriritse n’igihe kirekire, yizera ko bitewe n’uko abaturage bo mu cyiciro cyo hagati muri Aziya barushaho gusobanukirwa ubuzima bwabo ndetse n’uko abantu benshi barushaho gusobanukirwa kurengera ibidukikije ku isi, inganda z’amagare zizagira umwanya. Yagize ati: “Abantu benshi bahangayikishijwe n’ubuzima bwabo.”
Bigaragara kandi ko Shimano itazahura n'ikibazo cyo guhangana n'ikipe yayo nk'ikigo gikomeye ku isi gitanga ibice by'amagare mu gihe gito, nubwo ubu igomba kugaragaza ko ishobora gufata igice gikurikiraho kiri kuzamuka ku isoko: bateri y'amagare ikoresha amashanyarazi yoroheje.
Shimano yashinzwe mu 1921 na Shimano Masaburo mu Mujyi wa Sakai (uzwi nka "Umujyi w'Isimbi") hafi ya Osaka nk'uruganda rw'ibyuma. Nyuma y'umwaka umwe ishingwa, Shimano yatangiye gukora amapine y'amagare - uburyo bwo gukurura amapine mu gice cy'inyuma cyatumaga bishoboka ko habaho kunyerera.
Kimwe mu bintu by'ingenzi byatumye iyi sosiyete igera ku ntsinzi ni ikoranabuhanga ryayo ryo gucura ibintu mu buryo bukonje, rikubiyemo gukanda no gukora icyuma ku bushyuhe bw'icyumba. Ni ikintu kigoye kandi gisaba ikoranabuhanga ryo hejuru, ariko gishobora no gutunganywa neza.
Shimano yahise iba uruganda rukora ibicuruzwa bikomeye mu Buyapani, kandi kuva mu myaka ya 1960, iyobowe na perezida wayo wa kane, Yoshizo Shimano, yatangiye kwigarurira abakiriya bo mu mahanga. Yoshizo, witabye Imana umwaka ushize, yabaye umuyobozi w’ibikorwa by’iyi sosiyete muri Amerika no mu Burayi, afasha iyi sosiyete y’Ubuyapani kwinjira ku isoko ryari risanzwe riyobowe n’inganda zikora ibicuruzwa mu Burayi. Ubu Burayi ni ryo soko rinini rya Shimano, rifite hafi 40% by’ibicuruzwa byayo. Muri rusange, 88% by’ibicuruzwa Shimano yagurishije umwaka ushize byaturutse mu turere tutari utw’Ubuyapani.
Shimano yavumbuye igitekerezo cy'"ibice bigize sisitemu", ari byo bigize ibice by'amagare nk'ibikoresho byo gutwara ibinyabiziga na feri. Ibi byakomeje uruhare rwa Shimano ku isi, bituma yitwa "Intel of Bike Parts". Shimano ubu ifite hafi 80% by'isoko ry'isi mu buryo bwo kohereza amagare: muri Tour de France y'uyu mwaka, amakipe 17 muri 23 yitabiriye yakoresheje ibice bya Shimano.
Iyobowe na Yozo Shimano, waje ku mwanya wa perezida mu 2001 ubu akaba ari na we muyobozi w’ikigo, iyi sosiyete yagutse ku isi yose inafungura amashami muri Aziya. Ishyirwaho rya Taizo Shimano, umwishywa wa Yoshizo akaba na mubyara wa Yozo, ni ryo terambere rikurikira ry’iyi sosiyete.
Nk’uko amakuru aherutse kugaragara ku bucuruzi n’inyungu by’iyi kompanyi abigaragaza, mu buryo bumwe, iki ni cyo gihe cyiza Taizo ayobora Shimano. Mbere yo kwinjira mu bucuruzi bw’umuryango, yize muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika akora mu iduka ry’amagare mu Budage.
Ariko imikorere myiza iheruka y’iyi sosiyete yashyizeho amahame yo hejuru. Kugera ku byifuzo by’abashoramari bizakomeza kuba imbogamizi. Satoshi Sakae, umusesenguzi muri Daiwa Securities, yagize ati: “Hari ibintu bishobora gutera ingorane kuko icyifuzo cy’amagare nyuma y’icyorezo kitazwi neza.” Undi musesenguzi wasabye ko izina rye ritatangazwa, yavuze ko Shimano “yishyira izamuka ry’ibiciro mu 2020 bitewe n’uwahoze ari perezida we Yozo.”
Mu kiganiro na Nikkei Shimbun, Shimano Taizo yatanze igitekerezo cy’inzego ebyiri zikomeye zo gukura. Yagize ati: “Aziya ifite amasoko abiri manini, Ubushinwa n’Ubuhinde.” Yongeyeho ko iyi sosiyete izakomeza kwibanda ku isoko ryo mu majyepfo y’uburasirazuba bwa Aziya, aho gusiganwa ku magare bitangiye gufatwa nk’ibikorwa byo kwidagadura, atari uburyo bwo gutwara abantu gusa.
Amakuru aturuka muri Euromonitor International agaragaza ko isoko ry’amagare mu Bushinwa riteganijwe kugera kuri miliyari 16 z’amadolari y’Amerika mu 2025, ubwiyongere bwa 51.4% mu 2020, mu gihe isoko ry’amagare mu Buhinde riteganijwe kwiyongeraho 48% muri icyo gihe kimwe rikagera kuri miliyari 1.42 z’amadolari y’Amerika.
Justinas Liuima, umujyanama mukuru muri Euromonitor International, yagize ati: “Gutuza imijyi, kongera ubumenyi ku buzima, ishoramari mu bikorwa remezo by’amagare n’impinduka mu ngendo zo kujya mu mahanga nyuma y’icyorezo byitezwe ko bizamura ikiguzi cy’amagare muri [Aziya].” Mu mwaka w’ingengo y’imari wa 2020, Aziya yatanze hafi 34% by’amafaranga yose Shimano yinjizaga.
Mu Bushinwa, kwiyongera kw'amagare ya siporo byafashije Shimano kongera igurishwa ryayo, ariko byageze ku rwego rwo hejuru mu 2014. Taizo yagize ati: “Nubwo bikiri kure cyane, ikoreshwa ry’amagare yo mu gihugu ryongeye kuzamuka.” Ateganya ko ubwinshi bw’amagare yo mu rwego rwo hejuru buzagaruka.
Mu Buhinde, Shimano yashinze ishami rishinzwe kugurisha no gukwirakwiza ibicuruzwa i Bangalore mu 2016. Taizo yagize ati: “Biracyafata igihe” kugira ngo kwagure isoko, rito ariko rifite ubushobozi bunini. Yagize ati: “Nkunze kwibaza niba icyifuzo cy’amagare mu Buhinde kizakura, ariko biragoye.” Ariko yongeyeho ko bamwe mu bantu bo mu rwego rwo hagati mu Buhinde bagendera ku magare kare mu gitondo kugira ngo birinde ubushyuhe.
Uruganda rushya rwa Shimano muri Singapuru ntiruzaba ikigo cy’ubucuruzi ku isoko rya Aziya gusa, ahubwo ruzaba ikigo cy’amahugurwa ku bakozi no guteza imbere ikoranabuhanga mu nganda mu Bushinwa no mu Majyepfo y’Uburasirazuba bwa Aziya.
Kwagura ingaruka zayo mu bijyanye n'amagare akoresha amashanyarazi ni ikindi gice cy'ingenzi cya gahunda y'iterambere rya Shimano. Umusesenguzi wa Daiwa Sakae yavuze ko amagare akoresha amashanyarazi yinjiza hafi 10% by'amafaranga Shimano yinjiza, ariko ikigo kiri inyuma y'abanywanyi nka Bosch, ikigo cyo mu Budage kizwiho ibice byacyo by'imodoka, gifite imikorere myiza mu Burayi.
Amagare akoresha amashanyarazi abera imbogamizi abakora ibice by’amagare bisanzwe nka Shimano kuko agomba gutsinda imbogamizi nshya za tekiniki, nko kuva kuri sisitemu yo kohereza amakuru ikoresheje ikoranabuhanga ujya kuri sisitemu yo kohereza amakuru ikoresheje ikoranabuhanga. Ibi bice bigomba kandi guhuzwa neza na bateri na moteri.
Shimano kandi ahanganye cyane n'abakinnyi bashya. Nyuma yo gukora muri urwo rwego imyaka irenga 30, Shimano azi neza ingorane. Yagize ati: “Ku bijyanye n'amagare akoresha amashanyarazi, hari abakinnyi benshi mu nganda z'imodoka.” “[Inganda z'imodoka] zitekereza ku bunini n'ibindi bitekerezo mu buryo butandukanye rwose n'ubwacu.”
Bosch yatangije sisitemu yayo y'amagare akoresha amashanyarazi mu 2009, ubu ikaba itanga ibice by'amasosiyete arenga 70 y'amagare ku isi yose. Mu 2017, uruganda rw'Abadage rwinjiye mu iduka rya Shimano ndetse rwinjira mu isoko ry'Ubuyapani.
Umujyanama wa Euromonitor, Liuima, yagize ati: “Ibigo nka Bosch bifite uburambe mu gukora moteri z’amashanyarazi kandi bifite uruhererekane rw’ibicuruzwa ku isi rushobora guhangana neza n’abatanga ibikoresho by’amagare bakuze ku isoko ry’amagare y’amashanyarazi.”
Taizang yagize ati: “Ndatekereza ko amagare akoresha amashanyarazi azaba igice cy’ibikorwa remezo [by’imibereho myiza].” Iyi sosiyete yizeye ko bitewe n’uko isi yose yitaye ku bidukikije, ingufu z’amashanyarazi zizaba uburyo busanzwe bwo gutwara abantu n’ibintu. Iteganya ko isoko nirimara gutera imbere, rizakwirakwira vuba kandi buhoro buhoro.