To safeguard the planet's future, we will continue to fulfill our responsibilities as a member of society by aiming for sustainable environmental, social, and economic development. We will continue to be a company that accommodates the needs of all lifestyles by implementing initiatives to protect the environment, to contribute to society, and to achieve diversity.
Policy
Develop raw materials for products that help reduce energy loss, thereby improving resource usage efficiency.
Use CO2-free electricity as a renewable energy source.
Solar power generation using rooftops
- Mindful of its role as a leading developer, designer, manufacturer and vendor of metal powder injection molding components, metal powders and synthetic crystals, and situated in the rich natural environment of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, Epson Atmix Corporation considers harmony with nature to be a fundamental part of its mission and makes conservation of the global environment and existing harmoniously with the local community the starting point of its business activities.
- We will periodically conduct internal audits and management reviews and will improve on an ongoing basis our environmental management systems while additionally striving to prevent pollution to enhance our environmental performance.
- We believe in the need to comply with laws, regulations, ordinances, industry guidelines and customer requirements. Whenever necessary, we will establish voluntary standards and review and improve our business operations in order to prevent environmental contamination and accidents involving chemical substances contained in our products.
- We will establish and work under high environmental standards reflective of our business conditions and will revise them promptly as necessary.
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Giving due consideration to technological and economic circumstances, we will strive to
reduce the impact of our business operations on the environment and to bring a
recycling-based society closer to reality.
(1)Energy conservation
(2)Resource conservation
(3)Waste reduction and recycling - We aim to realize the Epson Atmix Corporation Environmental Policy by documenting it and performing the Policy on an ongoing basis in the participation of all members concerned.
- All our employees and all others working for us will develop a thorough knowledge of this Policy.
- We will disseminate this Policy to the general public.
June 29, 2017
EPSON ATMIX CORPORATION
Reuse out-of-spec powder as a raw material.
* Powder that is out of the product specification range, which is very common in the manufacturing phase.
Reuse the large volume of water utilized during the production process by filtering it in a recycling system.
Promote the 3R's (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) for waste.
Diversity: "Creating an environment where employees can work energetically while balancing work and childcare/nursing care"
Encourage male employees to take parental leave.
Promote the use of annual paid leave.
Reduction of overtime hours by improving operational efficiency.
Help nurture the next generation through initiatives to help the community.
Quality Policy
Always giving the highest priority to the quality of products and services from the customer's viewpoint, we pursue a philosophy of "quality first," which includes the quality of every employee's attitude toward work as well as the quality of the company, and continue to create products and services that delight customers and earn their trust.
Quality Principles
- We carry out our operations based on the understanding of customer requirements for quality and established objectives and criteria/rationales.
- We act speedily in accordance with sangen shugi (the three realities principle) and the Two Gens (Genri [Theory] and Gensoku [Rules]).
- By repeatedly asking the question "why," we address the true cause of issues.
- We follow the PDCA cycle to continuously improve our systems.
Environmental beautification initiatives
"Hachinohe Clean Partner Program," a joint environmental beautification initiative with
the city
Epson Atmix will continue to implement initiatives to make our workplaces and the City
of Hachinohe cleaner for future generations.
Epson Atmix supports local sports teams based in Hachinohe.
