Communication with society

Contributing to society and community 1

The INOAC Group promotes activities that contribute to society and communities through various opportunities, such as providing technical support, human resource training and support for culture and sports.

Quest Career in HaNoi
Sponsorship of a career event in Vietnam
Quest Career in HaNoi is an international event that aims toconnect Vietnamese students with Japanese companies. We
have been sponsoring and participating in this event since2017. INOAC endorses the purpose of Quest Career in HaNoiand gives presentations to Vietnamese students about ourcorporate philosophy and the history of expanding ourbusiness in Vietnam. As a global organization, we convey thebest of Japanese companies with the hope of becoming abridge that connects local students with Japanese companies.

Support for the Japan Wheelchair Basketball Federation
INOAC is an official supporter of the Japan Wheelchair Basketball
Federation (JWBF). In addition, Inoue Rubber—an INOAC Groupcompany—is an official supplier and supports the federation by
providing tires and tire exchange support as well as engaging in thedevelopment of wheelchair basketball tires.

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Joint industry-academia research with Jissen Women’s University
From September 2017 to March 2018, INOAC worked on a joint research project with students at Jissen Women’sUniversity. We worked with 3rd year students in the Product Design Laboratory (Prof. Tadashi Tsukahara) in theDepartment of Human Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Human Life Sciences. Their second term seminar topic
was to conduct research on the development of everyday commodities that utilize sponge properties. The objective
was to design a product by thinking out of the box, unconstrained by existing products. INOAC was in charge ofproviding the materials and creating prototypes. The students conducted market research to look up existingproducts and understand market needs. They also learned about the products handled by each department atINOAC through a presentation and about the characteristics of sponges by visiting the Higashi Nihon INOAC’s
production plant. After creating several
prototypes, giving a mid-term presentation andconducting a design review, they held a final
presentation in June 2018. In this way, we workon joint industry-academia projects to provide
practical opportunities to nurture independentworking members of society.

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Contributing to society and community 2

The entire INOAC Group works together to provide recovery and reconstruction aid in support of areas damaged by natural disasters in Japanand abroad.

Mattress donation to disaster-stricken
Sulawesi, Indonesia following the earthquake
On September 28, 2018, Sulawesi, Indonesia was struck
by an earthquake and tsunami. INOAC provided aid bysending mattresses that were produced and donated byour employees, who worked on the entire process
themselves with the desire to help their fellow citizens.

Mattress and goods donation to evacuation shelters following the Hokkaido
Eastern Iburi earthquake
In the wake of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake, which struck on September 6, 2018, INOAC donatedcompany-made mattresses to evacuation shelters and provided essential commodities to residents living near theSapporo Office. In addition, on the day the earthquake struck, Tohoku INOAC Co., Ltd. immediately established asupport system and delivered goods to the affected areas through Hokkaido INOAC Co., Ltd. In this way, the entire
INOAC Group engages in contribution activities by cooperating with various locations and offices.

Support to areas affected by flooding in western JapanIn July 2018, Japan experienced recording-breaking rainfalls across the country, but which were particularly
concentrated in western Japan. Nishi Nihon INOAC Co., Ltd. provided supplies to evacuation shelters as well as cut
polyurethane foam, used for cleaning, to prevent mud water caused by the rain from flowing into buildings. By
understanding what was really needed in the disaster-stricken area, we were able to utilize our products in ways thatdiffer from how they are usually used.
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