Yamagata University was adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as a "regional revitalization promotion project (COC + project) by a base university of the region (knowledge)", and corporate employment by developing human resources who will be responsible for regional revitalization and creating new industries. Has been working on the expansion of.Professor Hideya Yoshitake and his colleagues are in the field of reverse engineering of electric vehicles, and after grasping the latest battery technology development and market trends, they are a comprehensive type from material development to assembly, performance evaluation, and safety testing of lithium-ion batteries. Has been developing.

　Iide Battery Research Institute Co., Ltd. was established as an international base for the development of lithium-ion batteries that will lead to regional revitalization.Became a university-launched venture company in collaboration with Yamagata University, Iide Town, and Yamagata Bank.Takakazu Hasegawa, Deputy General Manager of the Strategic Promotion Office, Yamagata Bank, will be appointed as the representative director, and will work on the development of batteries suitable for applications such as next-generation robots and industrial machines.
　
　President Kiyoto Koyama said at the establishment press conference, "This is the first venture in our university that has research itself as its business. I hope that a new model will be transmitted from Iide Town."Professor Hideya Yoshitake stated his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to clear the goals one by one every 10 years and grow them so that" batteries are Speaking of Iitoyo. "