Japan Electronics Distributor M&A: Restructuring of Franchise Networks and Consolidation Among Distributors

(USD figures are converted at USD/JPY = 150 for reference and rounded. Company fiscal years are shown as FY2026/3, meaning the fiscal year ended March 2026. Figures in other currencies are shown as disclosed.)

Japan’s semiconductor and electronic component distributors have seen a series of mergers among listed distributors and tender offers by listed distributors for their peers in recent years. Ryosan and Ryoyo Electro combined into Ryoyo Ryosan Holdings in 2024, and Hagiwara Electric Holdings and Satori Electric combined into MIRAINI Holdings in 2026. Kaga Electronics acquired Kyoei Sangyo in 2025 and Shinko Shoji in 2026 through tender offers. Behind this Japan electronics distributor M&A activity are semiconductor makers narrowing their franchise distributor networks and the carve-out of sales subsidiaries from manufacturers and other corporate groups.

This article is written for corporate development and international business development teams at foreign companies that see Japan as an acquisition market, a source of partners, or a source of acquirers for their own businesses. It reviews the market structure and industry landscape of Japanese electronics distribution, domestic consolidation and foreign participation, Japanese distributors’ acquisitions abroad, the industry-specific factors acquirers examine, and the implications for overseas acquirers.

1. Market Structure — Volatile Semiconductor Demand and Drivers of Consolidation

Market size

There is no official statistic covering electronics distributors alone, so related statistics indicate the scale. According to the 2021 Economic Census for Business Activity by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, annual sales of electrical machinery and equipment wholesalers were ¥44.19tn (~USD 295bn) in 2020, or 11.3% of all wholesale sales. The category had 25,090 establishments and 397,121 employees as of June 1, 2021 (Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2021 Economic Census, Wholesale and Retail Summary). The category also includes wholesalers of household appliances.

The Japanese semiconductor market, in which distributors operate, was ¥6.69tn (~USD 44.6bn) in 2025, down 5.5% from the prior year, according to the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) figures published by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). The spring 2026 forecast projects ¥8.96tn in 2026 (up 33.9%) and ¥10.58tn in 2027 (up 18.0%) (JEITA, WSTS Spring 2026 Semiconductor Market Forecast). The semiconductor market swings widely from year to year, and distributors’ results move with it.

Business types

Electronics distributors differ in character by the products they carry and the functions they provide. In M&A, the supplier franchises a company holds and the functions it offers shape both the set of likely acquirers and the way they assess the business.

Business type	Description	Business characteristics (as seen in the cases below)
Semiconductor franchise distribution	Sales under franchise agreements with semiconductor makers, and design-in support for customers	High dependence on specific suppliers. Tokyo Electron Device’s top 3 suppliers account for about 59% of purchases, and Renesas products accounted for 21.7% of Ryoyo Ryosan Holdings’ sales in FY2026/3. A supplier narrowing its network can cost a distributor its franchise
Electronic components and devices	Passive components, displays, image sensors and other devices	Product breadth and sales channels are assessed. In Case 3, Restar added Dexerials’ chemical products
EMS (contract manufacturing)	Contract manufacturing of customers’ products and boards	Kaga Electronics cited combining its own EMS with the acquired distributors’ products and technology (Cases 1, 6 and 7)
Design services and solutions	LSI, embedded and software design services, system proposals	The number and expertise of engineers are assessed. Shinko Shoji’s LSI design center, with more than 300 engineers, was cited as a reason in Case 7
Factory automation and industrial equipment	Control equipment, industrial equipment, electrical materials	Based on agency relationships with equipment makers. Tachibana Eletech and Takebishi carry Mitsubishi Electric products

5 drivers of consolidation

Semiconductor makers narrowing their franchise networks — Renesas Electronics has continued to review its franchise network. In December 2023, Tokai Electronics, listed on the Nagoya Stock Exchange, disclosed that its Renesas franchise agreement would end in March 2024 at Renesas’ request. Shinko Shoji’s Renesas franchise agreement ended at the end of September 2024, and its consolidated revenue for FY2026/3 was ¥99.1bn (~USD 661m), down 14.6%. In April 2026, Ryoyo Ryosan Holdings announced that Renesas had proposed ending the franchise agreement with its subsidiary, and in its May results announcement it left its FY2027/3 forecast undetermined because discussions were continuing.
Dependence on specific suppliers — At Tokyo Electron Device and Ryoyo Ryosan Holdings (see the table above), a small number of suppliers account for much of their purchases and sales. Some acquirers have cited broadening their product range as a reason for acquisitions (Case 3).
Low price-to-book ratios and shareholder composition — Several cases below involved prices below book value per share. Kyoei Sangyo’s tender offer price was about 0.63 times its book value per share (Case 6), and the acquirers of Fujitsu Electronics and Shinko Shoji recorded or expect to record gains on bargain purchases (Cases 1 and 7). At Sanshin Electronics and Shinko Shoji, investors became major shareholders and were involved in a self-tender offer or in tendering their shares in a tender offer (Case 7).
Carve-outs of sales subsidiaries from manufacturers and other corporate groups — Fujitsu Electronics from the Fujitsu group (Case 1), Yashima Denshi Solutions from Yashima Denki (Case 2), Tsuzuki Denki’s embedded and device business (Case 3) and Dexerials’ Asian sales subsidiaries (Case 3) were transferred to distributors. Yashima Denki cited concentrating on its engineering business as the reason for its transfer (Case 2).
Expansion into EMS, design and overseas operations — Kaga Electronics cited combining acquisitions with its own EMS (Cases 1, 6 and 7) and gaining Shinko Shoji’s LSI design engineers (Case 7), and Macnica cited expanding its local business in Asia (Case 10). Manufacturing and design functions and overseas bases, in addition to sales scale, have become objectives of acquisitions.

2. Industry Landscape

Major listed distributors

Company	Consolidated revenue (fiscal year)	Main areas and recent moves
Macnica Holdings	¥1,214.2bn (FY2026/3)	Semiconductors and networks. Acquired Glosel by tender offer in 2024 (Case 8). Acquired distributors in Taiwan and Hong Kong (Case 10)
Kaga Electronics	¥658.9bn (FY2026/3)	Electronic components and EMS. Acquired Fujitsu Electronics, Kyoei Sangyo and Shinko Shoji (Cases 1, 6 and 7)
Restar	¥630.9bn (FY2026/3)	Formed in 2019 by the integration of UKC Holdings and Vitec Holdings. Acquired businesses of Tsuzuki Denki and Dexerials (Case 3)
Ryoyo Ryosan Holdings	¥359.9bn (FY2026/3)	Formed in 2024 by the integration of Ryosan and Ryoyo Electro (Case 4)
MIRAINI Holdings	Hagiwara Electric HD ¥271.9bn (FY2026/3); Satori Electric full-year outlook ¥160.0bn	Hagiwara Electric HD and Satori Electric integrated in April 2026 (Case 5)
Tachibana Eletech	¥227.5bn (FY2026/3)	Factory automation and semiconductor devices. Mitsubishi Electric is the largest shareholder (8.74%). Acquired Yashima Denshi Solutions (Case 2)
Marubun	¥213.4bn (FY2026/3)	Semiconductors and electronic components
Tokyo Electron Device	¥203.7bn (FY2026/3)	An equity-method affiliate of Tokyo Electron, which holds 33.9% of the voting rights (changed from parent in April 2014)
Hakuto	¥181.2bn (FY2026/3)	Electronic components and industrial chemicals
Sanshin Electronics	¥172.4bn (FY2026/3)	Repurchased a major shareholder’s stake through a self-tender offer in 2021
Kuroda Group	Revenue ¥122.8bn (FY2026/3, IFRS)	Kuroda Electric was taken private by an MBK Partners vehicle in 2018; its holding company listed in 2024 (Case 9)
Takebishi	¥109.9bn (FY2026/3)	Mitsubishi Electric agency. Semiconductor and device segment sales of ¥38.1bn
Shinko Shoji	¥99.1bn (FY2026/3)	Kaga Electronics acquired 72.45% by tender offer in 2026. Delisting scheduled for October 29, 2026 (Case 7)

Distributors within corporate groups

Some companies carry out the electronics distribution function within general trading companies or equipment makers. Kanematsu Electronics was delisted in May 2023 after a tender offer by Kanematsu and became a wholly owned subsidiary, and in September 2026 it announced that it would make IDAJ, a model-based development and CAE company, a wholly owned subsidiary (with execution scheduled for October 1). Toyota Tsusho conducted a tender offer at ¥2,400 per share for Elematec, of which it held 58.63%, aiming for full ownership. The offer was completed in December 2024, and after a demand for share cash-out, Elematec was delisted on January 24, 2025. Tokyo Electron Device is an equity-method affiliate of Tokyo Electron, which holds 33.9%.

As in Cases 1, 2 and 3, sales subsidiaries of manufacturers and other corporate groups continue to be transferred to distributors as parent companies review their businesses.

Owner-run unlisted companies

Electrical machinery and equipment wholesale establishments average about 16 employees each (our estimate from the Economic Census above). Some listed distributors still have founding families as major shareholders: in Case 8, the founding family’s asset management company and others agreed to tender 38.82% of PALTEK’s shares. Unlisted distributors disclose little information, and identifying candidates requires research beyond public databases.

Distributors in the Kansai region

Most major listed distributors are headquartered in Tokyo, Yokohama or Nagoya, but the Kansai region has distributors handling factory automation, industrial equipment and semiconductor devices. Tachibana Eletech is headquartered in Nishi-ku, Osaka, and Takebishi in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto; both carry Mitsubishi Electric products. Tachibana Eletech acquired a semiconductor and electronic device subsidiary from Yashima Denki, a Hitachi-affiliated distributor (Case 2).

3. Domestic Consolidation — Carve-outs of Group Subsidiaries and Mergers Among Listed Distributors

Case 1: Kaga Electronics and Fujitsu Electronics (2019–2022) — Staged acquisition of a large manufacturer-affiliated distributor

In September 2018, Kaga Electronics agreed with Fujitsu Semiconductor to acquire shares of Fujitsu Electronics (FY2018/3 revenue: ¥258.7bn, ~USD 1.7bn). Kaga Electronics acquired 70% in January 2019, raised its stake to 85% in December 2020 and to 100% in January 2022. According to its securities report, it recorded a gain on bargain purchase of about ¥2.16bn when it acquired the 70% stake. Kaga Electronics cited mutually complementary products and sales channels in Japan and abroad, and combining automotive, communications and IoT products with its own EMS, targeting combined revenue of about ¥500bn and eventually ¥1tn. Fujitsu Electronics changed its name to Kaga FEI in December 2020.

This case shows that (i) a manufacturing group transferred a sales subsidiary with revenue above ¥200bn to a distributor, (ii) the acquirer raised its stake in stages over 3 years, and (iii) the acquisition cost was below the acquirer’s share of the fair value of the net assets acquired, and the acquirer recorded a gain on bargain purchase.

Case 2: Tachibana Eletech and Yashima Denshi Solutions (2020) — A Kansai distributor acquires a subsidiary of another distributor

In January 2020, Osaka-based Tachibana Eletech agreed to acquire all shares of Yashima Denshi Solutions, which handled semiconductors, electronic devices and IoT software, from Yashima Denki, a Hitachi-affiliated distributor, for ¥530m, and completed the acquisition on April 1. Yashima Denshi Solutions had revenue of ¥7.71bn, ordinary profit of ¥128m and net assets of ¥970m for FY2019/3. Yashima Denki said the transfer would allow it to concentrate on its engineering business, while Tachibana Eletech cited broadening its product range and complementary technology, noting that overlap in sales was small. The company is now named Tachibana Denshi Solutions.

This case shows that (i) a manufacturer-affiliated distributor sold its non-core semiconductor and device subsidiary to another distributor, (ii) the price was about 0.55 times book value (our estimate), and (iii) a Kansai distributor acquired the business to complement its product range.

Case 3: Restar and Tsuzuki Embedded Solutions, and Dexerials’ sales subsidiaries (2024–2025) — Serial acquisitions of corporate carve-outs

In September 2023, Restar agreed to acquire all shares of Tsuzuki Embedded Solutions and 3 overseas companies from Tsuzuki Denki for about ¥12.97bn (~USD 86m), completing the acquisition in January 2024. The 4 companies had combined revenue of about ¥32.3bn and operating profit of about ¥950m for FY2023/3, and the price was about 1.1 times their combined net assets. Restar cited expanding its range of power semiconductors, GPUs, ASICs and memory, gaining a customer base in factory automation, industrial equipment and automotive, and complementing its image recognition technology.

Restar also acquired 51% of each of Dexerials’ sales subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea (completed in July 2024 for Hong Kong, January 2025 for South Korea and February 2025 for Taiwan). The prices were about USD 7.07m for Hong Kong, TWD 127m (about ¥610m) for Taiwan and KRW 10.2bn (about ¥1.12bn) for South Korea, and Dexerials retains 49% of each company. Restar cited expanding its chemical products and developing sales channels in automotive and photonics.

This case shows that (i) a listed distributor has been broadening its product range by acquiring sales subsidiaries of other companies one after another, and (ii) some transactions leave the parent with a 49% stake, so that the parent and the distributor continue sales as joint venture partners.

Case 4: Ryosan and Ryoyo Electro (2023–2026) — From largest shareholder to business integration

In February 2023, Ryoyo Electro acquired 18.71% of Ryosan from a UK investment firm for ¥15.78bn (~USD 105m), becoming its largest shareholder. The 2 companies announced a business integration in October 2023 and established Ryoyo Ryosan Holdings through a joint share transfer in April 2024 (share transfer ratio of 1 for Ryoyo Electro and 1.32 for Ryosan). Combined revenue was about ¥455.6bn and operating profit about ¥20.1bn, and the companies set targets of ¥500bn in revenue and ¥30bn in operating profit for FY2029/3. The 2 operating companies merged in April 2026. In the same month, the company announced that Renesas had proposed ending the franchise agreement with its subsidiary. In its May results announcement, it left its FY2027/3 forecast undetermined because discussions were continuing, and said it would review the FY2029/3 targets and announce them again.

This case shows that (i) a listed distributor acquired another distributor’s shares from a major shareholder, became its largest shareholder and then moved to a business integration, and (ii) even after the integration, the franchise policy of a key supplier continues to determine results and targets.

Case 5: Satori Electric and Hagiwara Electric Holdings (2026) — Integration of Tokyo and Nagoya distributors

Satori Electric and Hagiwara Electric Holdings announced a basic agreement on business integration in July 2025 and established MIRAINI Holdings through a joint share transfer on April 1, 2026 (share transfer ratio of 1.02 for Satori Electric and 2 for Hagiwara Electric HD). The holding company is listed on the TSE Prime Market and the Nagoya Stock Exchange Premier Market and has dual headquarters in Nagoya and Tokyo. Simple combined revenue of the 2 companies was ¥431.9bn, and the FY2027/3 forecast was raised in August 2026 from the initial ¥500bn in revenue and ¥12bn in operating profit to ¥548bn and ¥15.5bn.

This case shows that (i) listed distributors with different regional and customer bases integrated through a share transfer, and (ii) the holding company keeps the regional bases of both companies through dual headquarters in Nagoya and Tokyo.

Case 6: Kaga Electronics and Kyoei Sangyo (2025) — Tender offer for a listed distributor with an equipment maker as major shareholder

In May 2025, Kaga Electronics announced a tender offer for Kyoei Sangyo at ¥3,950 per share, a premium of 78.25% to the closing price on the prior business day. Kaga Electronics made 6 proposals in total, raising the price 5 times from ¥2,980 to ¥3,950. Even so, the price was about 0.63 times book value per share of ¥6,313. Mitsubishi Electric, the largest shareholder with 18.36%, agreed not to tender, and a procedure was agreed under which Kyoei Sangyo would acquire its shares as treasury stock after a reverse stock split. The tender offer was completed, raising Kaga Electronics’ ownership from 9.31% to 54.48%, and Kyoei Sangyo was delisted in October 2025. Kaga Electronics cited complementary products and sales channels, combining its EMS with Kyoei Sangyo’s board technology, overseas expansion in India and elsewhere, and reducing listing maintenance costs.

This case shows that (i) for a listed distributor with an equipment maker as major shareholder, a procedure was agreed under which the major shareholder would not tender and would exit through a share repurchase, and (ii) even with a 78% premium, the price was below book value per share.

Case 7: Kaga Electronics and Shinko Shoji (2026) — Acquisition of a listed distributor that lost a key franchise

In May 2026, Kaga Electronics announced a tender offer for Shinko Shoji at ¥1,580 per share, a premium of 6.40% to the prior business day’s closing price and 34.81% to the 6-month average. Shinko Shoji’s board supported the tender offer but, judging the premium insufficient, left the decision to tender to shareholders. An investor group and others holding a total of 30.06% agreed to tender, and Kaga Electronics lowered the minimum number of shares to be purchased and extended the offer period before settling in August 2026 with 72.45% ownership. Shinko Shoji is scheduled to be delisted on October 29, 2026. Kaga Electronics expects to record a provisional gain on bargain purchase of about ¥6bn (~USD 40m) as extraordinary income in FY2027/3.

Shinko Shoji’s Renesas franchise agreement had ended at the end of September 2024. It formed a capital and business alliance with Restar in October 2024 but dissolved it in May 2026. Kaga Electronics cited complementary products and sales channels, use of Shinko Shoji’s LSI design center (more than 300 engineers) and collaboration with its own EMS.

This case shows that (i) a listed distributor that had lost a key supplier’s franchise became the target of a peer, (ii) the acquirer cited design engineers in addition to sales scale, and (iii) while the target’s board supported the offer but left the decision to shareholders, the offer was completed through major shareholders’ agreements to tender, a lower minimum and an extended offer period.

Case 8: Macnica and Glosel, Restar and PALTEK (2021–2024) — Tender offers for mid-sized listed distributors

Macnica conducted a tender offer for Glosel from January to February 2024 at ¥750 per share, raised from the initially announced ¥645, and completed it with 85.56% ownership. Glosel was merged into Macnica in October 2025.

In April 2021, Restar announced a tender offer for PALTEK at ¥680 per share (a premium of 20.14% to the prior business day’s closing price). The founding family’s asset management company and others agreed to tender 38.82%, and the offer was completed with 88.37% ownership.

These cases show that (i) large distributors acquired mid-sized listed distributors through tender offers and later merged them, and (ii) at PALTEK, the founding family’s asset management company and others had agreed in advance to tender 38.82%.

Case 9: MBK Partners and Kuroda Electric (2018–2024) — Take-private by a fund and listing of the holding company

Kuroda Electric was delisted in March 2018 after a tender offer by an MBK Partners vehicle. Kuroda Group, the holding company of Kuroda Electric, listed on the TSE Standard Market in December 2024.

This case shows that (i) a fund took a listed distributor private, and about 7 years later the holding company of that distributor listed.

Foreign distributors and Japanese distributors (Out-In)

Within the scope of our research, acquisitions of Japanese distributors by large foreign distributors are limited. In 2011, US-based Arrow Electronics acquired Chip One Stop (Yokohama), an online seller of semiconductors and electronic components, through a tender offer (about ¥7bn). According to a METI casebook on inward investment, Chip One Stop’s revenue grew from about ¥3.2bn at the time of acquisition to about ¥30bn expected for 2022, with an overseas share of about 35%.

In the other direction, Restar in 2023 subscribed for a third-party allotment of about ¥1.38bn in AIT Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of Taiwan’s major distributor WPG (revenue of ¥5.95bn for FY2022/12), acquiring 51.02%. The company is now named Restar WPG.

These cases show that (i) a foreign distributor has acquired a Japanese distributor and expanded its sales network, and (ii) a Japanese distributor has taken a majority stake in the Japanese subsidiary of a foreign distributor to work together.

4. Japanese Distributors Abroad — In-Out Transactions

For acquirers, these cases show what Japanese distributors buy abroad, the direction of their investments and the transaction structures they use.

Case 10: Macnica and Galaxy Far East, Answer Technology (2008–2021) — Acquisitions of local distributors in Asia

Macnica made Hong Kong’s Cytech a wholly owned subsidiary in 2008 and acquired Taiwan’s Galaxy Far East through a tender offer in 2010. In 2017, these companies added “MACNICA” to their names. In 2021, Macnica bought additional shares of Taiwan’s Answer Technology, then an equity-method affiliate, on the market, raising its stake from 49.99% to 50.21% and making it a subsidiary. Answer Technology had revenue of TWD 4.97bn and operating profit of TWD 209m for FY2020/12. Macnica cited expanding its local business in Asia.

This case shows that (i) a major Japanese distributor acquired local distributors in Asia and gained local customer bases, and (ii) it made an existing investee a subsidiary by buying additional shares.

Case 11: Tokyo Electron Device and Fidus Systems (2014–2025) — Investment in and sale of an overseas design company

In 2014, Tokyo Electron Device formed a capital alliance with Fidus Systems, a Canadian design services company, making it an equity-method affiliate. In September 2025, citing reduced collaboration after a review of its FPGA evaluation board business, it sold all its shares to a local investment firm for about ¥1.2–1.6bn, expecting a gain on sale of about ¥900m.

This case shows that (i) a Japanese distributor invested in an overseas design company to add technical capability, and (ii) it sold the stake about 11 years later following a business review.

Case 12: Restar and FRAMOS (2025) — Expanding a sales network abroad through a joint venture

In October 2025, a Restar subsidiary acquired a company under Germany’s FRAMOS and set up a joint venture structure to sell Sony image sensors and displays in Europe, the Middle East and North America. The price was not disclosed.

This case shows that (i) a Japanese distributor is expanding its overseas sales network for a specific supplier’s products through a joint venture with a local company.

5. Industry-Specific Factors Examined by Acquirers

In Japan electronics distributor M&A, acquirers examine industry-specific factors in addition to financials. Based on the reasons and synergies disclosed by the acquirers in the cases above, these factors fall into 3 groups.

Supplier franchises — Which semiconductor and component makers the company holds franchise or agency agreements with, and how concentrated its purchases are. In Case 7, sales fell after the end of a key supplier’s franchise agreement, and less than 2 years later the company was acquired by a peer. In Case 4, a proposal to end a franchise agreement led the company to leave its forecast undetermined. In Case 3, Restar cited expanding its range of power semiconductors, GPUs, ASICs, memory and chemical products.
Customers and channels — Customer industries and regions, concentration on specific customers, and complementarity with the acquirer’s channels. In Case 2, Tachibana Eletech noted small overlap in sales, and in Case 3, Restar cited a customer base in factory automation, industrial equipment and automotive.
Technology and functions — Functions beyond sales, such as design-in support, design services and EMS. Shinko Shoji’s LSI design engineers in Case 7, and combinations with Kaga Electronics’ EMS in Cases 1, 6 and 7, were cited as reasons.

6. Implications for Overseas Acquirers

Target universe

The targets in the cases above are mainly sales subsidiaries of manufacturers and other corporate groups (Cases 1, 2 and 3) and listed distributors (Cases 4 to 9). Sales subsidiaries have been transferred as parent companies review their businesses, and some parents retain a stake (Case 3). Among listed distributors, a company affected by a change in franchise agreements (Case 7) and a company with investors as major shareholders (Case 7) became targets. Unlisted distributors disclose little information; identifying them requires research beyond public databases, and approaching them requires direct contact with owners and parent companies, in Japanese.

Transaction structures

The cases show a staged acquisition of a sales subsidiary (Case 1), full share acquisitions (Cases 2 and 3), a joint venture structure with the parent keeping 49% (Case 3), an acquisition from a major shareholder followed by business integration (Case 4), an integration through a share transfer (Case 5), a major shareholder exiting through a share repurchase instead of tendering (Case 6), a tender offer in which the board left the decision to shareholders (Case 7), and a fund take-private followed by the listing of a holding company (Case 9). Several acquisitions were priced below net assets (Cases 1, 2, 6 and 7); in Case 6, even a 78% premium left the price at about 0.63 times book value per share. The structure chosen depends on the intentions of the parent company or major shareholder and on the acquirer’s integration plan.

What sellers emphasize

Parent-company sellers cited concentration on their core business as the reason for transfers (Yashima Denki in Case 2). In transactions involving listed distributors, target boards examined price, and in Case 7, the board judged the premium insufficient and left the decision to shareholders. In Case 6, the acquirer raised its price through 6 proposals. These facts suggest that the target boards in these cases treated the price level as the basis of their judgment.

7. Syntax Partners

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This article was prepared by Syntax Partners, Inc. based on public information, including companies’ official announcements and IR materials, and statistics from government agencies and industry associations.

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