FY 2018 CSR website Site Reports > Optes Inc.

Optes Inc.
Company Profile
Business Description
Manufacture of optical films, optical components,and medical devices, design and manufacture ofmolds
Established in 1991, Optes manufactures opticalfilms and optical equipment components as acontract manufacturer for Zeon Corporation.
Optical films are manufactured at the Hokuriku
Plant, and optical equipment components andmedical devices are manufactured at the SanoPlant.
No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2018: 357 (299 men, 58 women)
Hiring in FY 2017: 13 (11 men, 2 women)

Hokuriku Plant (Takaoka Plant)

Hokuriku Plant (Himi Plant)

Hokuriku Plant (Tsuruga Plant)

Sano Plant

Product image

Large-screen TV made with opticalfilm

Medical instrument
materials

Company Policy (Executive Message)
PolicySafety and Stability First! Create workplaces in which all employees areable to demonstrate performance and take pride.
Priority Issues(1) Create a stable production system that eliminates waste, inconsistency,
and excessive burden while remaining c ommitted to safety, quality,
delivery dates, and cost
President
Hidenori Yukishige(2) Consistently report, contact, and consult; shorten the cycle of identifying
a problem, analyzing it, devising countermeasures, and effecting
improvements; and elevate worksite competencies(3) Have a firm understanding of the ideal job performance and remain committed to innovating work tasks
While diligently working on these basic production site issues, we will maintain strong performance insafety and other areas while continuing to receive recognition from and earn the trust of people in thecommunity.

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Safety Initiatives
PolicyEstablish safe and comfortable workplace conditions, placing safety squarely in the center of all ouractivities with the goal of having zero accidents and disasters.
Specific Initiatives
・Create workplace conditions that allow everyone to work safely
・Raise the implementation rate of systematic countermeasures for safety and near-misses for all
production facilities
・Improve work procedures・Install safety simulation equipment and open a safety experience center

Environmental Impact Reductions
PolicyEliminate environmental accidents and abnormalities, and reduce our environmental impact and risks.
Specific Initiatives
Reduce our energy intensity (1% each year) based on the amended Energy Conservation Act.
Environmental Data ＊”0” indicates less than 0.5 tons, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.05 tons
Sano Plant
Substances subject
to the PRTR Act

FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

10.00.0

100.0

100.0

FY 2016
100.0

FY 2017100.0108696

1

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.0

664

33989
674862564673439664431816408

FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

11.20.0110.0

110.0FY 2016
110.0

FY 2017
120.0

1,377

1,254

1,443

1,973

3,860

0

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.0

29

5266

64

90

No. of substances
Consumption (tons)
Emissions (tons)
Industrial waste
Amount generated before
compacting (tons)
Amount sent to landfills(tons)
3
Water resource consumption (1,000 m ) (industrialwater + groundwater + waterworks)
CO2 emissions (tons)
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

Hokuriku Plant
Substances subject
to the PRTR Act

No. of substances
Consumption (tons)
Emissions (tons)
Industrial wasteAmount generated before
compacting (tons)
Amount sent to landfills(tons)
3
Water resource consumption (1,000 m )(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)-2-FY 2018 CSR website Site Reports > Optes Inc.

CO2 emissions (tons)
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

27,483
12,54934,196
13,61238,49815,03936,27914,74039,252
15,333

Relationship with Employees
PolicyWe aim to develop human resources that prioritize communication and create workplace conditions thatallow allemployees to demonstrate performance, while valuing a culture of teamwork to achieve continuous reforms
andimprovements.
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 womendemonstrating their potential
5. Improve production processes to create employment for people with disabilities

Relationship with the Local CommunityCreative company development to achieve harmony with civic society.
Specific Initiatives
1. Community beautification activities
Hokuriku Plant
・Cleanups in the Kamitako district of Himi City (monthly, total of 27
Picking up trash in the Kamitako district

participants)
・Cleanups of the area around the plant (spring, fall, total of 57
participants)
・Cleanups of the Himi Shimao coastline and Fushikikokubu coastline(summer, 70 participants)

Picking up trash on Mount Karasawayama

Sano Plant
・Events to pick up trash organized by Sano City (winter, 18 participants)-3-FY 2018 CSR website Site Reports > Optes Inc.

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: 96
・No. of interns accepted: 3 at Hokuriku Plant, 2 at Sano Plant
Himi High School plant tour (LCD TV
disassembly demonstration)

Sano Plant internships for productinspection work experience-4-Internship for students of Takaoka
Kogei High School (LAN cableassembly experience)