FY 2019 CSR website Site Reports > Optes Inc.

Optes Inc.
Company Profile
Business Description
Manufacture of optical films
Established in 1991, Optes manufactures optical films as acontract manufacturer for Zeon Corporation.
No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2019: 327 (285 men, 42 women)
Hiring in FY 2018: 8 (7 men, 1 woman)

Hokuriku Plant (Takaoka Plant)

Hokuriku Plant (Himi Plant)
Product image

Hokuriku Plant (Tsuruga Plant)

Large-screen TV made with opticalfilm

Company Policy (Executive Message)
PolicyUnderstand the fundamentals and start with the true nature.
Priority Issues
We seek organizational structures that can act in a timely manner.
1. Encourage personnel to focus their efforts where they are needed
2. Establish systems relating to production technology that make possible systematicaction
3. Proactively recruit and develop the core human resources of the future
President
Shinichi Akatani

Safety Initiatives
PolicyPlace safety squarely in the center of all our activities, focus on safe and stable operations in production, and promotevisualization and operational reforms in management to maintain and improve safe and comfortable work environments andestablish a factory with excellent quality and costs.
Specific Initiatives
1. Identify the hazards and harms of all machinery and facilities and make improvements to achieve intrinsic safety
2. Undertake basic safety activities and voluntary workplace activities with the participation of all employees to revitalize
workplaces and implement cultural reform that put safety first with the aim of continuously improving safety and healthstandards
3. Provide appropriate education to all relevant persons and comply with laws and regulations and factory regulations
relating to health and safety-1-FY 2019 CSR website Site Reports > Optes Inc.

Environmental Impact Reductions
PolicyEliminate environmental accidents and abnormalities, create workplaces where personnel can work with a sense ofsecurity, and strive to be a trusted company while securing living environments where people can lead healthy lives with asense of security, recognize our responsibility to future generations, contribute to society through production activities inharmony with nature, and reduce our environmental impact and risks.
Specific Initiatives
1. Pursue zero occurrence of environmental accidents and abnormalities
2. Continuously make environmental improvements
3. Comply with environment-related laws and regulations as well as rules established by the company
4. Promote energy-saving and work to prevent pollution
5. Promote resource recycling and strive to reduce the amount of waste generated
6. Promote environmentally-conscious production technologies and continuously carry out growth strategies
Environmental Data＊“0” indicates less than 0.5 tons, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.05 tons

Optes Inc.

FY 2014
No. of substancesSubstances subject tothe PRTR Act

FY 2015
1FY 2016
1FY 2017
1FY 2018
11Consumption (tons)

111

2

1

Emissions (tons)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1,254

1,443

1,973

3,860

1,573

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

52

66

64

90

97

CO2 emissions (tons)

34,19638,49836,27939,252

36,465

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

13,612

15,03914,74015,333

15,692

Electricity consumption (1,000 kWh)

53,37659,314

58,12560,39962,103

Industrial waste

Amount generated before
compacting (tons)
Amount sent to landfills (tons)
3

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

Relationship with Employees
PolicyWe aim to develop human resources that prioritize communication and create workplace conditions that allow all employees
to demonstrate performance, while valuing a culture of teamwork to achieve continuous reforms and improvements.
Specific Initiatives
1. Basic education for employees in their first to third years of employment
2. In production sections, improve professional skills using competency assessments
3. Create conditions that facilitate exchanging opinions at company presentations of successful improvement activities
4. Create working conditions that incorporate feedback from women employees and facilitate women demonstrating theirpotential
5. Improve production processes to create employment for people with disabilities-2-FY 2019 CSR website Site Reports > Optes Inc.

Relationship with the Local Community
Creative company development to achieve harmony with civic society.
Specific Initiatives
1. Community beautification activities
・Cleanups in the Kamitako district of Himi City (monthly, total of 27 participants)
・Cleanups of the area around the plant (spring, fall, total of 57 participants)
・Cleanups of the Himi Shimao coastline and Fushikikokubu coastline (summer, 70participants)

Picking up trash in the Kamitako
district

2. Exchanges with high schools in Toyama Prefecture
We cooperate with high school field trips and work experience opportunities, such as
plant tours and internships.
・No. of students taking Hokuriku Plant tours: 66
・No. of interns accepted: 3Internship for students of Takaoka
Kogei High School (Film inspection,PC data input)-3-