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September 20, 2018 (1 / 2)
Senko Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

Senko Group Craftsmanship Competition 2018
Senko Group Holdings Co., Ltd. held the "Senko Group Craftsmanship Competition 2018" over twodays on September 15 and 16, 2018 at Crefeel Koto (Higashiomi-shi, Shiga Prefecture), the company's
traffic safety training facility.
Members from 46 group companies participated in the competition, with 113 qualifying contestants fromeach region (of which 8 were from overseas) competing with the techniques and skills they had acquired
through their daily duties.
The competition was divided into three categories: "Driver Division," "Operator (Forklift) Division" and"Office (Telephone) Division."
There were a total of 50 contestants in the "Driver Division," testing their skills in "2 Ton," "4 Ton," "11Ton" and "Trailer" classes.
Competition challenges included written theory, inspections covering daily maintenance, reversing
abilities like reverse in slalom, reverse figure-S and confined parking, as well as general driving skills
through the model city course.
There were 32 contestants in the "Operator Division" testing their techniques in the "Reach" and"Counterbalance” classes. Written theory and inspection skills were similar to the Driver Division, withadditional forklift challenges including basic unloading and load switching techniques as well as advanced
skills such as loading onto nested containers and pallet switching.
The "Office (Telephone) Division" had 31 contestants. During a 3-minute test based on the topic of"Customer satisfaction to customer delight: winning the hearts and minds of customers through detailed
communication backed with human emotion," participants were tested on their customer response skills,including responding to requests from customers to send documents or scheduling appointments.

Driver Division

Operator Division

Office (Telephone) Division

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[Senko Group Craftsmanship Competition 2018 Results]<Driver Division>
2-Ton Class

4-Ton Class

11-Ton Class

Trailer Class

11141312

Runtec Co., Ltd.
Kazuya Fukuzaki

Senko Co., Ltd.
Satoshi Odagaki

Runtec Co., Ltd.
Yoshiaki Yamamoto

Okayama Senko
Transport Co., Ltd.
Eiji Tanaka

Across Transport Co.,Ltd.
Shingo Nagatomo
Kanto Senko
Transport Co., Ltd.
Shigekazu Hashimoto

Saitama MinamiSenko Logi Co., Ltd.
Makoto Furukawa

Runtec Co., Ltd.
Katsuyuki Suzuki

Senko Co., Ltd.
Eiki Shimizu

Runtec Co., Ltd.
Takuro Motomura

Senko Co., Ltd.
Shinichi Yoshida

Senko Co., Ltd.
Makoto Ichinose

No. ofContestants
Champion

SecondPlaceThird Place<Operator Skills>

No. ofContestants
Champion

SecondPlaceThird PlaceCounterbalance Class

Reach Class

1517

Minami Kyushu Senko
Co., Ltd.
Kazuma Yoshiumi

Hokkaido Senko Co., Ltd.
Takuya Inaba

Senko Co., Ltd.
Toru Sekiya
Kashiwa Senko Transport
Co., Ltd.
Masayuki Yamahashi

Minami Kyushu Senko
Co., Ltd.
Sukenari Ono
Saitama Minami Senko
Logi Co., Ltd.
Kiichi Marukawa<Office (Telephone) Division>
Office (Telephone) Class
No. ofContestants
ChampionSecondPlaceThird Place

31
Senko Co., Ltd.
Emi Masubuchi
Senko Shoji Co., Ltd.
Chizuru Tateno
Senko Co., Ltd.
Yui SakamakiEnd.