Changing Life with Coating Technology
Overview
We are an industrial equipment manufacturer that was established in 1912 and celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2012.
We built the Shiga Plant in Yasu City in 1964, and provide state-of-the-art coaters and dryers manufactured based on the expertise accumulated over many years to across the world with the motto of “Quality First.”Products made with our equipment are processed in various ways and continuedly used in a wide range of fields familiar to people’s everyday lives, such as in-vehicle lithium-ion secondary battery, smartphone, tablet, LCD TV, solar power generation, non-woven fabric and medical fields.We will continue to follow our management philosophy of “Integrity,” “Action,” and “Revolution” and our environmental philosophy, contributing to society.
Social contribution activities
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Participation in Yasu City’s “Operation Zero Waste”
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Cooperation in blood donation projects
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Measures to prevent accidents
-Safety promoter training, etc.-
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Acceptance of local technical high school and university students for work experience
Participation in the Yasu City “Operation Zero Waste”
Our employees participate in the Yasu City “Operation Zero Waste” held around the end of May annually to clean areas around our Shiga Plant and the shores of Lake Biwa.
In Shiga Prefecture, under the “Ordinance on Prevention of Scattering of Waste in Shiga Prefecture,” companies, various groups, and citizens work together to beautify the entire prefecture, with the “Environmental Beautification Day” on May 30 as the base date. In Yasu City, activities are carried out in order to foster a love for the hometown and create a comfortable city. As part of our social contribution activities, we are also participating in this initiative.
Yasumaru Square
We exhibit at Yasumaru Square, an event held in Yasu City where civic groups and companies in the city participate, to showcase the results of our daily activities through panel displays and introduce our company, equipment and social contribution activities, etc.
We will continue to interact with the local community.
Street-Corner First-Aid Station (First-Aid Cooperation Office)
The Shiga Plant is equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED) in the office and has employees who have completed lifesaving training. Therefore, it has been certified by the Konan Fire Department as a facility that can provide first aid for accidents and sudden illnesses that occur in the workplace or in the neighborhood.
We will continue to work to protect the precious lives of local communities and contribute to improving life-saving rates.
Disaster Prevention Merit Award
Our Shiga Plant (Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture) received the Disaster Prevention Merit Award from the Director General of the Konan Fire Department.
This award is given to voluntary disaster prevention organizations, business establishments, and other groups that have made outstanding achievements in the dissemination of disaster prevention ideas or the development of disaster prevention systems over a long period of time.
Encouraged by the recognition from the authorities for our steady efforts in fire and disaster prevention activities, we aim to further raise the awareness of our employees.
Shiga Labor Bureau Director’s Commendation
Our Shiga Plant (Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture) has received the Shiga Labor Bureau Director’s Encouragement Award (for safety measures) from the Shiga Labor Bureau.
The award was given in recognition of the cooperation between labor and management in risk assessments, safety patrols including at business trip destinations, and various other safety and health activities that are continually implemented, as well as the company’s unique and ingenious safety and health management activities.
This award is truly an honor, and we will continue to work together with labor and management to further develop safety and health management activities.