FY 2020 CSR website Site Reports > Tohpe Corporation

Tohpe CorporationCompany Profile
Business Description
Manufacture and sales of paints, functional coatings, road marking materials, guidancemarking materials for people with visual impairments, and chemicals, and business
related to painting and coating projects
We were established as Toa Paint K.K. in 1915. We became amember of the Zeon Group in 2013. We manufacture, sell, and provide
painting services for various types of paint, and operate a chemicals
business based on acrylic rubber. We are participating in a project tomanufacture powder paint in Vietnam, and are supplying stable
quantities of products to the domestic market. We also constructed aplant in Thailand to manufacture functional coatings, and operations
began in FY 2019.

Tohpe Head Office

Product image

Road guidance markingsfor people with visual
impairments

No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2020: 326 (273 men, 53 women)
Hiring in FY 2019: 18 (17 men, 1 woman)

Repainted tank(foreground, Zeon
Corporation’s TokuyamaPlant)

Company Policy (Executive Message)
1. Deepen mutual understanding to achieve autonomous growth.
Transform Tohpe into a company that can tackle challenges through companywide
collaboration.
2. Understand customers’ true needs, continuously introduce new products, and be a company
that contributes to society.
3. Make Tohpe into an aggressive company that achieves stable production and can supply
high-quality products in a timely manner.
One Tohpe
President
Yoshiyuki Mitsuhira

Safety Initiatives
PolicyBuild systems to put safety first and ensure compliance.
Specific Initiatives
・Report all near-miss accidents and identify hazardous locations and conditions at all plants
・Prioritize countermeasures for organic solvent odor control and static electricity as well as related education in the threeplants that manufacture paints
・Implement 3S activities including sorting and straightening at all plants
・Covers are being installed on equipment with rotating parts as a countermeasure to prevent personnel from getting caught
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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, inventory, and waste products
2. Reduce atmospheric emissions of organic solvents
Develop environmentally friendly paints
3. Routine environmental countermeasures
Eco-cap campaign, recycling of stationery supplies, greening campaign (green curtains)
Greening campaign for plant grounds
by growing “green curtains” led by theMD Committee

Environmental Data
Tohpe Corporation

FY 2015

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

FY 2019

27

23

24

25

23

Consumption (tons)

7,764

7,517

7,881

6,888

6,284

Emissions (tons)

58.5

116.5

78.371.0

54.0

2,337

2,262

1,864

1,978

1,635

117

136

65.6

69.6

48.4

171.6

184.2

187.2

190.1

174.7

CO2 emissions (tons)

9,600

9,508

9,352

8,284

7,468

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

4,013

4,079

3,975

3,630

3,441

No. of substances
Substances subject tothe PRTR Act

Industrial waste

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

Water resource consumption (1,000 m 3)
(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)* Past data was corrected due to omissions in measurement of water resource consumption.

Relationship with Employees
PolicyDevelop employees to take action andeffect change while thinking forthemselves.
Improvement activities(cleaning and painting) led bythe MD/Taimatsu (Torchlight)
Activities

Specific Initiatives
・QC circle activities
・MD activities
・In-house English classes
・Taimatsu (Torchlight) activities
・Workplace interactive planning activities
・Events that employees can participate in

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Relationship with the Local Community
Specific Initiatives
1. Blood donationsWe conduct annual blood donation campaigns at the head office and Mie and Ibaraki plants.
2. Disaster risk reduction
Employees at the Ibaraki and Kyushu plants participate in firefighting drill competitions organized by local firedepartments every fall.
3. Community beautification activities
Employees at Mie Plant participate in community cleanups once a year and conduct cleanups in the area around theplant.
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.

Blood-donation activity

Family plant tours

Clean-up activities-3-