Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2019

Contents
Social Report
Top Message………………………………… 1

Together with Customers………………… 9Management Philosophy/CSR Policy……… 3

Together with Business Partners… …… 10

Overview of Company and Business……… 3

Together with Employees………………… 11

Products Information……………………… 4

Together with Shareholders and Investors……… 14

Topics… ……………………………………… 5

Together with Local Communities……… 15

Management

Environmental Report

Corporate Governance… ………………… 6

Environmental Management… ………… 16

Compliance, Corporate Ethics…………… 7

Environmental Conservation in Business Activities…… 18

Risk Management … ……………………… 8

Environmental Consideration for Products …… 19

Editorial Policy
In order to inform the business activities of Hirata Corporation and the relationships with our stakeholders, we
hereby issue the CSR Report 2019.
By closer communications with stakeholders through the Report, we will improve our activity level. We
truly appreciate your direct opinions and comments.

Scope of report
Target Period: FY 2018 (April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019)

Organization: Hirata Corporation, non-consolidated (consolidated results are added to the changes in

Published: June 2019 (Next scheduled report: June 2020)

business results)
Referenced guideline : GRI "GRI Standard 2016"
The Ministry of the Environment,“Environmental Report Guidelines (2018 edition)”Contact details: Corporate Planning Department
TEL：81-96-272-3668 FAX：81-96-272-3696
Accounting Department IR group
TEL：81-96-272-5558 FAX：81-96-272-3618
Website/http://www.hirata.co.jp/en /The Global Production Engineering Company

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Compliance, Corporate Ethics

We are committed to ensuring thorough implementation of compliance and corporate ethics to conduct fair and impartial business activities.

Compliance Charter
Fundamental Principles
Because of our "global" nature, we at Hirata Corporation as well as eachof our Group companies abide by a set of established rules we call
our "Code of Conduct" and strive for total compliance to it in order toeffectuate commercial endeavors that are both fair and transparent always
in accordance with legal statutes both domestically and abroad alongwith societal norms and in-house regulations.

Code of Conduct

Based on our business principles, we at Hirata Corporation are fully awareof our mission and role as a corporate entity with respect to our valued
customers, shareholders, business partners, employees as well as themembers of our local community and, in order to make a contribution tosociety at large, the following Code of Conduct is applied to all employeesof every company in the Hirata Group with every single employee having
the responsibility of maintaining and improving upon them.
1. Abiding by legal statutes and regulations
We at Hirata shall always abide by relevant laws and internal regulations
whenever engaging in business activities, always compliant with social
logic.
2. Engaging in fair and just business
We at Hirata, as a company that develops and provides optimal products
and systems that benefit society, shall prioritize customer satisfaction andwork to build fair, just and transparent relations with business partners.
3. Disclosure of corporate information
We at Hirata shall disclose information on the management of ourcompany as well as on the condition of our activities to shareholders
and investors at the suitable time and in an appropriate and fair method
always in accordance with relevant laws and statutes. We shall takeall the proper precautions whenever handling non-disclosed corporate
information (insider information) making sure there is no profit-sharing or
favors bestowed to individuals involved in the transaction of equity andother securities based on this information or to other parties.
4. Proper management and utilization of corporate assets
We at Hirata shall manage our company's tangible and non-tangible assets
in accordance with internal regulations and never for personal gain or inways contrary to corporate objectives.
5. Contribution to society
We at Hirata, as a good corporate citizen, shall place our energy inprotecting the environment, reusing natural resources and developing the
local community with the hope of entrenching ourselves deeply within thecommunity. We are against antisocial movements and organizations thatthreaten the order and security of the citizenry and vow never to associatewith them.
6. Respecting the individual
We at Hirata shall strive to respect the rights, privacy, character andindividuality of each and every single individual and make for a happy
workplace for all.
7. Controlling confidential information
We at Hirata are devoted to the strict management of not only our valued
customers' personal information but also our own secret corporate
information and employees' confidential data, which we vow never toillegally or unfairly, disclose or leak either during their employment or after
their departure from this company.
8. Duty of practice and accountability
We at Hirata shall promptly report any and all infractions of this Code of
Conduct in the event of their detection during the course of the executionof business in accordance with the same. Should such a report be issued,
the employee or employees in question shall be protected from liability.

Promotion of Compliance

Provided training for the employees ofour group about insider trading, laws for
subcontracting, confidentiality management,labor management, safety assurance export
control, harassment, etc. In addition, in orderto improve the work-life balance, we haveintroduced several measures and the interval
time system to reduce overtime work hours
and we made it obligatory to take five paid
holidays in advance to law amendment.
We hold the compliance committee twicea year to deliberate on the social trends
including law amendments and misconducts,
the implementation state of compliancemeasures in Hirata Corporation, promotion
programs, law compliance state, etc.
Compliance and Internal Control Dept.
newly established in April 2018 is aggressively
working to cultivate the employees throughvarious activities including publishing monthly"Compliance Communication".

Helpline

From May 2008, Hirata Corporation, under
our Code of Conduct, established an externalreporting contact, called Hirata Helpline, in
addition to the internal reporting contact for
employees to report problems that violate
laws and internal regulations, and to address
potential risks that may violate laws andinternal regulations as early as possible.
“Hirata Helpline”has a principle ofanonymous reporting and a whistleblower shall not face retaliation due towhistleblowing. The investigation result will
be reported to the Compliance Committee
and addressed appropriately.

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Together with Business Partners

We are working to build cooperative relationships based on trust with our business partners to secure good long-term business partnerships.

Suppliers Meeting

In June 2018, Hirata Corporation held a suppliermeeting in the large hall of the Ueki Culture Centerin Kumamoto city for which 234 persons from 143
companies attended. On the account settlement ofHirata Corporation group, we presented description
and status of the settlement; status, policy, andprocurement policy of each business unit; ourefforts to control the quality and the environment;
and the report of the supplier satisfaction survey
result. We also honored the best 4 suppliers and 11
select suppliers for their great contributions to the
production activities in fical 2017 and offered a letterof gratitude to 15 companies. Many participants gave
us their comments, such as "Descriptions of specifictrend and policy are significant to reflect to theirproduction plan".

Skill Training Seminars,
Study Sessions
To support suppliers, we held a management
study session aiming at resolving any management
issues and supporting business sustainability, and ashort course to improve welding skills. Starting on
September 2018, we held short courses regarding
four topics including coaching by experts, site
remediation, enhancement of sales force, and newly
added Seminar for Reform of Working Practices for
28 executive managers from 20 suppliers. We havereceived comments from the corporate managersof participant suppliers saying, "The participant took
the role of instructor to spread the learned contentsinternally and is making efforts of improvement withaggressive inventive ideas" and "The ability to lead
subordinates has been improved". The welding course
was offered in October 2018 with the collaborationof the company that employs some best welding
engineers in Japan and mainly provided practical skill
trainings to 15 suppliers from 9 companies.
We will continue to hold management study
sessions and skill training courses, and build thesustainable partnership with suppliers aiming at
coexistence and co-prosperity.

VOICE

Building a Relationship of Trust by Sharing Information
Representative Executive Hiroyasu Yamamoto , Senior Manager
of Manufacturing Kazuhiro Shino , TechnoDesign Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1988, we have engaged in various energy savings of semiconductor devices, etc. andother businesses including designing and manufacturing mechatronics application machinery,electronic components, and electronic devices.
We started business with Hirata Corporation in 2013, when we established Manufacturing
division in our Fab2 factory for processing of semiconductor-related precision components, andnow we also engage in processing of precision components of organic EL-related equipments.
It is important to understand the client's business situations and production plan in order to flexibly correspond toany changes in the ordered amount according to the product life cycle. We can take smooth actions by preparing internal
processes in advance since Hirata Corporation provides us with the information required for our tasks throuhg the suppliermeetings, regular meetings, and face-to-face meetings of the persons in charge.
In addition, during the factory tour, we could get the idea to improve our products since we could understand how andin which products they were used. We will build further relationship of trust and improve VA (Value Analysis) and quality bymaking use of these experience.

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Together with Employees

We are working to develop a workplace where individuality and personality of employees are respected, and they can take pride and satisfaction in their work.

Global Human Resource Policies
By combining our basic policies concerning the mechanisms
and operations of the Hirata Group's various common systems
as“Human Resource Policies,”and implementing specificmeasures based on these, we will strengthen our commitment
to being a company where employees can act with pride andsatisfaction through their work.

1. Respect for human rights and diversity

We shall respect the individual character and the human rights
of all people working in the Group.
We definitely do not do any harsh and inhumane treatment
including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, abuse of authority,
corporal punishment, mental or physical coercion or verbal
abuse of workers.
We definitely do not employ child labor or forced labor.
We shall treat and appraise each and every employee in a fairand impartial manner.
We shall not discriminate against any employee on the basisof nationality, race, religion, age, gender, physical or mental
disability, or other legally protected attributes.

2. HR activities in compliance with applicable laws and regulations
We shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations ofeach region regarding the employees' rights.
The rights of workers to associate freely, join or not join labor
unions, seek representation, and join workers councils inaccordance with local laws shall be respected.

3. Fair, equal, and transparent HR system

We aim for a fair, equal and transparent HR system.

4. Support for skill development

Based upon our Corporate Philosophy of "making the best useof its members", we shall positively support for professional
development.

Support for Capability Development

Hirata Corporation thinks, according to its
management policy of "making the best use of its
members", that one of the most important issues isto provide each employee with the opportunities tochallenge and grow, and develop the environmentsthat enable them to fully exercise their abilities.
In 2018, we reorganized our training contentsfrom the conventional hierarchical structure to the
topic specific structure which enables participants
to learn each topic in more depth regardless of its
position in the hierarchical structure.
Specifically, we added 5 topics to the curriculum
including the logical thinking training, the facilitation
training, etc., to further enhance the basic
competency of each employee.
In addition, to enhance the project management
ability, we have introduced a practical type of project
management training in which an actual ongoingproject is adopted as a subject and the training is
performed in parallel throughout the year.
We continue to extend and enhance the contentsof human resource development program so that we
can fully satisfy the expectations of interested parties
around us.

VOICE

Aiming at Activation of Business Units and Development of Ability
Yoshitoshi Jono , Section 2 of Product Business Promotion Group 2, Product Business Promotion
Department
Product Business Promotion Department has selected several units that are treated as internal
standards from the equipment units delivered to customers, and reorganize them as catalog
products to sell through new sales channel. This business style is a new one for us.
In 2018, as the middle level course of ordinary project management training, the skill toperform a project and the strategic framework were learned using actual cases as subjects.
In addition, we could raise the level of the process to apply the contents learned in the
training to practical use through the evaluation by external instructors in regular workshops.
In the future, we aim at developing strategic organizations and products while extracting andorganizing problems and issues.

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Respecting human rights and diversity■ Efforts for Re-employment
Under the "Re-employment System" established in 2006, Hirata Corporation has entered into re-employment agreementswith retired employees so that they can continue to apply their skills, Number of re-employed persons above 60 years old (Unit: persons)utilizing their superior knowledge and experience. We make efforts so
RetiredRe-employment Re-employed
Fiscal Year
Employees
ApplicantsPersons
that re-employed persons can work in accordance with their respective
2014
11
9
9
lifestyles, adjusting and considering working days and hours based on the
2015
13
9
9
desires of re-employed persons and the content of each business contract.
2016
27
23
23
Based on the Law Concerning Stabilization of Employment of Older
Persons as revised in April 2013, we have revised our re-employment
2017
17
14
14
system, and reemploy those who desire until 65 years of age.
2018
22
17
17
■ Proactive Employment of Disabled Persons
The employment rate of disabled persons for FY2018 was 1.63%, falling
below the statutory employment rate of 2.2% after the revision. Efforts
were made this fiscal year to have staff participate in briefing sessions
hosted by relevant organizations and to acquire trainees from vocational
schools, which resulted in the recruitment of two employees in FY2019.
We will also continuously endeavor to achieve statutory employment rates.

Changes in Employment Ratio of Disabled Persons (%)

2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50

1.74％
1.95％
1.36％

1.50％

Legal
1.63％ Employment
Ratio

2.2％

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 (Fiscal Year)（％）■ Measures Against Harassment
We hold compliance training for employees (60 minutes/training, 12times a year) and training for newly appointed section chiefs and supervisors (240 minutes/training, once a year) include a
training session on how to prevent power harassment or sexual harassment. Furthermore, we hold training by an outside
lecturer (90 minites/training, once a year) about harrasment in oder for all of the employees to deepen their knowledge
started from FY2018. We are engaged on provide a greater work environment without any harassment for the employees.

■ Retirement Ceremony
We hold retirement ceremonies two times a year in June and December to commemorate those who are beginning a
new phase of life in retirement. It is a ceremony to show Hirata Corporation's gratitude towards those who have supported
our company for years on end. Retirees should consider this ceremony to be the best time to start their second life or, forrehired employees, to be the best opportunity to make a new start with a fresh state of mind.

Work-life Balance

In addition to the conventional activities including setting or compensating leave-work-on-time days, we havealtered the special clause of 36 agreement from 100 to 80 hours from fiscal 2018. Lowering the upper limit raised
the awareness on reduction of overtime work. In addition, we introduced the interval time system and started its
operation with 8.5 hours in fiscal 2018. We are always trying to improve our workplace environments that help
employees to swiftly start or stop daily work. As the result of these measures, the company-wide average overtime
work hours decreased from 24.77 hours in 2017 to 23.56 hours in 2018, showing 1.21 hours reduction compared tothe previous fiscal year. We will continue to further improve the work-life balance in the future.

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VOICE

Precious Time to Feel Pleasure of Finding Growth of Children Closely
Akihiko Nakajima, Machine Design Section 4, Kumamoto 2nd Business Division
Birth of twins triggered me to use the system of childcare leave.
While my wife hoped my temporary absence from work, I had several concerns about criticism
toward a man's use of the system of childcare leave and about my absence from the ongoing job.
When I consulted my boss about those concerns, he agreed to take a six-month childcare leave saying,"Please dare to use the system". I was able to spend a valuable time feeling the pleasure of finding
growth of our children closely, from the time they began rolling over to the time they pulled up to
standing.
Through the experience, I found that not only working but also raising children and housekeeping
while raising children is also a hard work and that it is important to prepare myself fully not to cause
my workfellow trouble before getting leave.
In the future, I will offer support to my workfellow who wants to use this system as much as
possible.

Labor Safety and HealthWith the slogan,“All employee participation in zero accidents”, Hirata Corporation has formed safety and healthcommittees in each plant and a company-wide safety and health committee, which oversees the whole company,
to promote systematic safety and health activities. I am going to improve the system by going through the PDCA
cycle of implementation, validation, and review based on the annual plan.
The company-wide safety and health committee receives reports from each department relating to activities
based on the annual plan, confirms the details of any industrial accident that occurs, discusses how best to
prevent any recurrence, and formulates and establishes new rules regarding safety and health. In the safety andhealth committee held at each plant, we implement safety and health patrols, take corrective action according to
the results of the patrols, and keep everyone informed of the contents discussed at the company-wide committee.
In addition, we strive to ensure the safety of the Company and customers’plants by means of risk assessment
and hazard prediction training (KYT) during the morning meeting held at each work site.
■ Training for the Case of Fire or DisasterWe conduct a firefighting training every year in each factory for the purpose of rediscovering the risk of fire,confirming the role of the fire-fighting team and training of fire extinguishing and escaping. In 2018, we allowed
the fire department to use our factory to be demolished to conduct rescue work and firefighting trainings.

TOPICS

Conducting Traffic Safety Sessions
We offer traffic safety sessions to the employees and supervisors who frequently
drive company cars. We promote understanding of legal responsibility accompanying
a traffic accident, including the violation code and damage compensation, possible
causes and adverse impacts of traffic accidents, and make every effort to avoid therisk of traffic accident and prevent a traffic accident.

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Together with Local Communities

We are diligently engaged in activities that contribute to society in our commitment to be a company rooted in the local community as a good corporate citizen.

Contribution to Local Communities, Providing Support
and Cheering for Hometown
Hirata Corporation will work to help the restoration of Kumamoto through the following community support
projects.
■Offering Hirata's Robot for the IoT Transmission Site of Kumamoto
To provide support for the IoT Information Transmission project jointly
conducted by Kumamoto prefecture, Kumamoto city, and NTT West, wehave offered Hirata Corporation' robot exhibition machine to "IoT Square
Kumamoto" in the Kumamoto branch of NTT West. This space is used forhuman resource development of engineers and as the study, disseminationand enlightenment field, and Hirata Corporation introduced the remotecontrol and preventive maintenance technology implemented using IoT.
■Shareholder Special Benefit Plan, Donation as Support for Restoration of
Kumamoto Castle
Hirata Corporation presented donation to Kumamoto city from its
shareholder special benefit plan. The amount of donation was 117,305,000
yen which is the sum of the amount calculated by multiplying the numberof shareholders at the end of March 2018, 11,351, with 10,000 yen and theamount of donation from 1,265 shareholders who agreed to cooperate on
the restoration of Kumamoto Castle.
■Occupation Lecture at Tamana Senior High School and Junior High School
Hirata Corporation delivered an occupation lecture aiming at presenting
career options and enhancing ambition for learning at Tamana Senior HighSchool and Junior High School, where Yuta Tashiro from Kumamoto 2nd
Business Division gave a lecture on several topics such as satisfaction anddifficulty related to his job, and also gave advices about the subjects that thestudents should learn in high school days.
■Roasso Kumamoto, Hirata Thanks Match
On September 8, 2018, a thanks match sponsored by Hirata Corporation
was held as Roasso Kumamoto vs. Oita Trinita in the J2 Football League
and gathered 10,226 spectators. In 2019, Hirata Corporation continues tosupport Roasso Kumamoto as a main supporter with the people of the local
communities.

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Environmental Goals
Categories○ : achieved, △ : nearly achieved, × : unachieved
Evaluation

FY2019 Plans

Reducing CO₂ emissions

By the end of 2020, we will
decrease more than 3% of theamount of CO₂ emissions comparedto that of 2017 when measured
based on the actual production
amounts.

2% increase in comparison withactual production
Although we introduced energy
saving equipments such as LED
illuminations, high efficiency air
conditioners, etc., the rate of energy
consumption slightly increased
due to the decrease of production
amount and changes to the emission
coefficients of greenhouse effect gas.

△

We continue to make efforts to
reduce the CO₂ emission amountby introducing energy saving
equipments and strengthening theenergy management practices.

Provision of Products with
Reduced Environmental
Load

Development of environmentfriendly design (energy saving,
space/weight saving, substitution ofharmful materials)

We conducted productassessments to have achievedenergy and space/weight saving
products.

○

We continue to conduct productassessments.

Inspection of Chemical
Substances Contained in Our
Products

We checked the hazardousness of
our products by investigating thechemical substances containedin our products, gave training toour employees, and introduced
the control system of chemical
substances contained in the products.

○

We will expand the scope ofinvestigation on the chemical
substances through the control
system of chemical substances
contained in the products.

Managing chemical
substances contained in
products

Long –term Goals (FY2018-2020)

FY2018 Accomplishments

Environmental Performance

We are pursuing to reduce the environmental load and achieve our environmental goals by understanding the impact madeby our business activities.
■ Totalenergyinput
Total energy
input (In crude
oil equivalent) (kℓ)
Energy consumption per Unit
Total energy input (In crude oil equivalent) (kℓ)

Energy consumption per Unit
4,205
3,364

3,364

0.088

0.088

3,222

4,205

4,182

4,182

3,587

3,222
0.080

0.080

3,587

0.066

0.066

0.060

0.062

0.060

0.062

■ Amountof water
input
Amount of water
resource resources
input (m )3Amount of water resource input per
Amountof waterresource(m3) million yen)hundred million
JPY actual
productioninput(m3/hundred
Amount of water resource
94,309input per
80,702
hundred million JPY actual production(m3/hundred million yen)
82,319 94,309
79,39880,70282,31979,39863,080
206.6

203.4

206.6

203.4

63,080
148.9

148.9

115.6

115.6

109.1

109.1

■ Consumption
PRTR Substances
Consumption of PRTRof
Substances(kg)
Amount of PRTR Substances per
Consumption
PRTR
Substances(kg)
hundred million JPYof
actualpainting
production (kg/million
yen)
Amount of PRTR Substances per
hundred million JPY actual painting production (kg/million yen)
8,190

8,190

6,761

6,761

5,809

5,809
37.4

58.9

40.9

40.9

37.4

5,241

5,241

58.9

45.6

45.6

6,681

6,681

27.8

27.8

FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018■ Amount of CO2 Emissions
CO2 Emissions (t-CO2)
CO2 Emission Per Unit
CO2 Emissions (t-CO2)
CO2 Emission Per Unit
8,785
7,947

0.207
7,947

0.207

7,354

8,785

0.182
7,354

0.182

6,847

6,847

0.139

0.139

Amount of industrial wastes (t)Amount of industrial wastes target substances per
Amountof industrial
wastes(t/hundred(t)hundred million
JPY actual production
million yen)Amount of industrial wastes target substances per
hundred million JPY actual production (t/hundred million yen)

8,111

8,111

■ Industrial Wastes

0.116

0.118

0.116

0.118

671

675

675
0.97
0.97

0.98

1.06

671
1.06

0.98
375

428
1.06

1.06

375

428

490

* Actual output is used to calculateenergy use and CO2 emission perunit.
*Figures for Hirata Corporation on
an unconsolidated basis

490
0.85
0.85

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Environmental Conservation in Business Activities
We are proactive in measuring and reducing the environmental load throughout the
product lifecycle in design and development, procurement, production, etc.

Environmental Load

Environmental loads in 2018 are as follows.

Inputs●Energy
Electricity… 13,116thousand kWh
LPG………………………………… 85t
Gasoline… ……………………… 3t
Kerosene………………………… 25t
Light Oil… …………………… 139t
●Water Resources
Underground Water…… 54,836㎥
Clean Water… …………… 8,243㎥●Chemical Substances
Substances for which PRTR Law applies… 5.2t

Hirata Corporation Business Activities

Outputs●Design anddevelopment●Emissions in the Atmosphere
CO2 … ………………… 6,860t-CO2●Procurement●WastesIndustrial Wastes…………… 490t
General Wastes… …………… 29t
Valuable Resources………… 680t

●Production
Processing
Coating
Assembly●Chemical Substances(Substances for which PRTR Law applies)
Toluene… ………………………3.3t
Xylene… …………………………0.6t
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene………0.5t
Others… …………………………0.9t

Environmental Accounting

The below is a status of environmental preservation cost. We categorize these into investment and cost
concerning the“Environmental Accounting Guidelines”by the Ministry of the Environment.
Categories

Major Activities

Cost for preventing pollution

Investment

Cost

35,0183,350

154,673

59,107

・Provision of wastes storage
・Disposal of general and industrial wastes

15,73029,733

Upstream and downstream costs

・Introduction of the control system of chemical
substances contained in the products・Investigation of chemical substances
contained in products

19,6244,220

Administration cost・Maintenance of environmental
management system
・Environmental measurement
・Environmental education―

42,345Social activity cost – Environmental preservation andimprovement

・Installation of percolation well・Donations to environmental protection groups

31,726526

Supporting cost for environmental damages

・Removal of contaminated soil

Business area cost・Replacing septic tank

Global environmental protection cost ・ Installing energy-saving equipment
Cost of resource cycle

Total

―

65,610256,771

204,891(Unit: thousand yen)

TOPICS

Visualization of Factory Electricity UsageIn FY2018, a power monitoring apparatus was introduced in the Kansai Factory. The
electricity usage was reduced by comprehending the electricity usage of equipments in thefactory by each time period of a day, reducing the standby electricity during the night andholiday, and reviewing the settings of compressors which consume large electricity.
We continue to visualize the electricity usage of the factory and reduce unnecessary
Visualization of electricity usage

electricity to prevent global warming.

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Environmental Consideration for Products

We determine the environmental loads caused by products and try to produce products with reduced environmental load, taking their lifecycle into account.

Environmentally-Friendly Products■Eco-Electric StopperThis is a stopper with excellent energy saving performance which does not
require an air device or a controller and needs only 24VDC power supply
to operate.
It can be used in any field such as automotive related production andhome appliance production and is available as the standard product ofHirata Corporation.

Product Feature① Energy saving : Power consumption is about 1/36 (compared to our conventional products) and CO₂
emission is also reduced.
② Low cost

: Requires only 24VDC to install lowering the initial investment and running cost.

③ Compatibility : Employs the same standard as the domestic big manufacturers of the air equipments
realizing easy replacement.
④ Safety: Since its movable range is small, there is no danger to tuck a finger. In addition, use of
toxic substances is reduced to conform to the RoHS Directive (prohibited 6 substances
as of March 2019).

Managing Chemical Substances Contained in Products

In order to respond to a chemical substance related laws and regulations in Japan and overseas, including European
RoHS Directive (*1) and REACH Regulations (*2), we will strengthen management of chemical substances contained in our
products.
In fiscal 2018, we introduced and built the control system of chemical substances contained in the products. In
fiscal 2019, we established the organization to check all chemical substances contained in our products with regard to
all materials. Since cooperation of suppliers which deliver their products to us is indispensable for our investigation ofchemical substances contained in our products, we held meetings for suppliers to explain the purpose and investigation
method of chemical substances contained in the products.
Until now, the investigation of chemical substances contained in our products focused on the semiconductor/medicalrelated products and mass-produced products to find any inclusion of the toxic substances. However, from fiscal 2019,
we expand the scope to include all materials used in our products to enforce compliance and promote production of safe
products.
From July 2019, phthalic acid ester is added to RoHS Directive as a target substance. To cope with the tightening of
regulations, we continue to conduct the compliance training for our employees to let them understand the alterationsof legal restraints including RoHS Directive and REACH Regulations. In addition, we expand the training to the relatedcompanies to thoroughly control the chemical substances contained in the products within the group.
We continue to tighten the control of the chemical substances contained in the products by promoting cooperation
with suppliers in order to comply with the legal restraints and reduce the inclusion risk of toxic substances in our products.
*1 RoHS Directive: Regulations on chemical substances in EU*2 REACH Regulations: Chemical substance management regulations in EU

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