Japan's robotics startup ZMP Inc hopes to list in coming months: CEO


  • TECH
  • Monday, 06 Feb 2017

On track: Despite the delay in its initial public offering, ZMP remained on track to develop a self-driving taxi in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the firm's founder and CEO Hisashi Taniguchi said. — Reuters

TOKYO: Japanese robotics startup ZMP Inc hopes to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the coming months, after a delay late last year due to client information being leaked on to the Internet, the firm's founder and CEO told Reuters on Feb 3.

Despite the delay in its initial public offering, worth up to US$82mil (RM363.1mil), ZMP remained on track to develop a self-driving taxi in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, CEO Hisashi Taniguchi said.

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