Earthquakes, floods, typhoons.In disaster relief, speed, scale, and uniformity—delivering the same supplies as quickly and in as large quantities as possible—are always prioritized.But as evacuation life drags on, small daily inconveniences quietly accumulate.

・The door of a temporary toilet won’t close
・There aren’t enough dishes
・There’s nothing to do, and time weighs heavily

While life-saving supplies do arrive, the smaller, everyday problems that follow are often left unaddressed.That’s why we envisioned a system that creates what’s truly needed, right on site, using disaster waste found in affected areas.

PLA-PAL is a permanent support box that transforms disaster waste into useful supplies.When people write their needs on a bulletin board, 3D data is sent from supporters around the world, and the requested items are printed on site using recycled disaster waste.Designed for both emergency situations and everyday use, PLA-PAL aims to become a new kind of support infrastructure—one that responds to human “needs,” big and small.

PLA-HUB, the upgraded mobile version of PLA-PAL, is a fully self-contained manufacturing workshop on wheels.Accompanied by specialists, it collects disaster waste, crushes and cleans it, converts it into filament materials, and completes the entire process up to on-site 3D printing.

Powered by solar panels and battery storage, PLA-HUB operates independently of external power sources while staying connected to supporters around the world.It receives and accumulates shared design data and improvement insights based on real disaster-response experiences, and instantly produces what is needed—adapted to the local conditions, right on site.

Now Seeking Social Implementation Partners for the 3D-Printing Disaster Relief Vehicle “PLA-HUB”

As large-scale disasters continue to occur across the country, the same situation repeats itself:the things that are needed are not available, at the time they are needed, in the places they are needed.

PLA-HUB was created to fundamentally change this reality.It is a mobile workshop designed to transform waste materials into usable resources on site, manufacture necessary parts on demand, and respond reliably to each individual challenge as it arises.

To embed this system into society, we are seeking partners to help shape the future of disaster support together.We welcome collaborators from all fields—disaster prevention, manufacturing, logistics, communications, mobility, regional collaboration, CSR, and beyond.If you are committed to updating the way support works, we would be honored to work with you.