FY2021 Site Reports > Tohpe Corporation

Tohpe Corporation
Company Profile
Business Description
Manufacture and sales of paints, functional coatings, road marking materials, guidancemarking materials for people with visual impairments, and chemicals.
We were established as Toa Paint K.K. in 1915. We became amember of the Zeon Group in 2013. We manufacture and sell varioustypes of paint, and operate a chemicals business based on acrylic
rubber. We are participating in a project to manufacture powder paintin Vietnam, and are supplying stable quantities of products to thedomestic market. We also constructed a plant in Thailand to
manufacture functional coatings, and operations began in FY2019.

Tohpe Head Office

Product image

No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2021: 313 (262 men, 51 women)
Hiring in FY2020: 3 (3 men, 0 woman)
Pedestrian crossing
with guidance markingsfor people with visual
impairments

Weak solvent fluorocarbon
polymer coating systemthat reduces the number ofsteps required

Company Policy (Executive Message)
In order to respond effectively to market needs and customer expectations, we will continue totake on the challenge of building a new future by coming together as “One Tohpe,” witheffective inter-departmental coordination
PolicyTransform Tohpe through “ONE TOHPE + ONE”
1. Transform sales
2. Transform production
3. Transform R&D
4. Transform management and administration
5. Transform how all employees act

President
Yoshiyuki Mitsuhira

Safety Initiatives
PolicyPromote activities to prevent incidents and accidents from occurring, and build systems to ensure compliance.
Specific Initiatives
・Implement countermeasures with respect to identified risks by promoting near-miss incident analysis and risk assessment
at all plants
・Promote activities to enhance hazard awareness at all plants, using 4R-KY and S-KY
・Aim to strengthen compliance by adjusting rules and implementing monitoring
・Implement horizontal deployment of the Zeon Group’s industrial accident countermeasures
・Implement COVID-19 countermeasures-1-

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Environmental Impact Reductions
PolicyReduce the amount of waste sent to landfills
Reduce atmospheric emissions of organic solvents
Reduce electricity consumption intensity
Specific Initiatives
1. Reduce waste sent to landfills for final disposal
Reduce production losses, reduce inventory by shifting over to smaller lots, and reduce
waste products
2. Reduce atmospheric emissions of organic solvents
Develop environmentally friendly paints
3. Routine environmental countermeasures
Eco-cap campaign, recycling activities, greening campaign (green curtains)

Greening campaign for plant grounds
by growing “green curtains” led by theMD Committee

Environmental Data
Tohpe Corporation

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020No. of substances

23

24

25

23

22

Consumption (tons)

7,517

7,881

6,888

6,284

5,018

Emissions (tons)

116.5

78.3

71.0

54.0

56.1

2,262

1,864

1,978

1,635

1,379

136

65.6

69.6

48.4

74.2

184.2

187.2

190.1

174.7

151.5

CO2 emissions (tons)

9,508

9,352

8,284

7,468

7,494

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

4,079

3,975

3,630

3,441

3,497

Substances subject tothe PRTR Act

Industrial waste

Amount generated
before compacting (tons)
Amount sent to landfills(tons)

Water resource consumption (1,000 m3)(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)

Relationship with Employees
PolicyDevelop employees to take action and effect change while thinking for themselves.
Specific Initiatives
・QC circle activities
・MD activities
・Taimatsu (Torchlight) activities
・Encouraging employees to undertake training and distance learning, and providing support
to help employees acquire qualifications

Improvement activities led by
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Relationship with the Local Community
Specific Initiatives(Activities marked with an asterisk (*) were not held in FY2020 due to the impact of theCOVID-19 pandemic)
1. Blood donations
We conduct annual blood donation campaigns at the head office* and Mie and Ibaraki*
plants.
Blood-donation activity

2. Disaster risk reduction*
Employees at the Ibaraki and Kyushu plants participate in firefighting drill competitionsorganized by local fire departments every fall.
3. Community beautification activities
Employees at Mie Plant participate in community cleanups once a year and conductcleanups in the area around the plant.
Employees at Ibaraki Plant participate in cleanup activities following local fireworks
displays.*The Kurashiki Plant conduct cleanups in the area around the plant.
4. Events that families can participate in
We conduct family plant tours at the Ibaraki and Kurashiki Plants.*(At the Ibaraki Plant, although the family plant tours have been put on hold, experimentkits have been provided which families can enjoy using at home)

Neighborhood clean-up activities

5. Fieldwork activities for local high schools
The Mie Plant implements fieldwork activities for local high schools.

Experiment kit-3-