Home Corporate Voices Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co., Ltd. - Otawara Plant
Company Name | Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co., Ltd. - Otawara Plant |
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Address | 〒324-8510 1043 Nakadawara, Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture |
TEL | 0287-22-7111 |
Website | http://www.fujielectric.com/ ¦Click to open a separate window |
Fuji Electric FA Components & Systems Co. is supporting the foundation of industrial infrastructure in various social fields in buildings, factory automation line at plant by providing electric and electronics control components to industries, livings, and social scenes.
In this issue, we visited Otawara plant in Otawara City and interviewed with Noboru Ishikawa, Plant Manager, and Atsushi Tomishige, Assistant Manager of Human Resources and General Affairs Department.
Our Company is an business operating company of Fuji Electric Group.
As a whole group companies , we manage various business of social systems, industrial plants, FA, components for power distributions, semiconductors, media discs, vending machines, cold-chain equipment and others.
Within them, our company manufactures earth leakage breakers and circuit breakers for power distribution business with playing an important role as a breaker manufacturing plant of Fuji Electric Group.
We made development in here in 1973. At that time, there was no industrial park like now, but by the supports from Otawara City and Tochigi prefecture, our plant surroundings became an industrial park. Our land site were also transferred from the local people when we moved in here. We appreciated very much for the people who supported and cooperated with us, and for the people in Tochigi who always give warm-welcome to new comers.
Within 120 km from the Tokyo metropolitan area with a good access the Tohoku Expressway or Tohoku Shinkansen, an affluent labor forces in relatively easy-to-live living environment make here a best suitable location for pursuing production activities.
As a leading company of earth leakage breakers and circuit breakers who manufactured the fist twin-breaker in the industry, our company prevents electric accidents in every scenes in our lives by developing advanced instruments such as earth leakage breakers equipped with the harmonic generation compliant IC which meets with high frequency noise environment.
Now a days, overseas production of products is increasing, but our company would like to keep Japanese "Monozukuri" in not only limited in Tochigi but in Japan.
Our policy is to continue domestic production for products sold to customers in Japan,
and we are pursuing our production activities by aiming to be the "World No.1 in Monozukuri" by maintaining "Made in Japan".
The "World No.1" is not a specific description, but we aim to be the "World No.1" not only for such indexes of market shares or qualities, etc., but also in the aspect of moral or tradition of the company and mind of the employees.
Each individual of our employees is voluntarily thinking and acting for the improvement of production efficiency and production environment, it might be the strength and treasure of our company. The products manufactured in this plant are "Made in Japan" and really "Made in Tochigi".
In cooperating with the local Chamber of Commerce frequently, we cosponsor the local major events such as Otawara City industry cultural festival, and summer festivals.
By our motto of living together with the local residents, we are pursuing cleaning activities of surrounding areas, and opening our gymnasium and ground for public. We will continue those events which help to revitalize the local community.
In addition, we are striving to a local employment to utilize an affluent labor forces in this region as a local contributions.
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Recently, Genba (production place) of "Monozukuri" is tends to move to overseas. We proud that Tochigi has many companies involved in Monozukuri since old days and they are supporting the base of Japanese "Monozukuri". In this situation, it is more important for all the companies in Tochigi to strengthen themselves and to speaking out the superiorities of Tochigi's and Japanese "Monozukuri" in and out of the country.