For the good of society

society

Community involvement

Our company is involved in social contribution activities, mainly in local communities.

Athlete support

Ms. Urara Kawaguchi, a mountain biker

We are supporting Urara Kawaguchi, a mountain biker from Tatsuno City.

Kawaguchi, born in 2000, attends Nippon Sport Science University and focuses on off-road competitions, including the Cross Country Olympic (XCO) Mountain Bike event* held around the world. * This is an event where participants run a specified number of laps on a natural circuit of 4 to 6 km per lap with many difficulties and compete in order of finish.

Urara Kawaguchi began mountain biking at the age of 10 and began seriously competing while in high school. Her powerful yet technical racing has enabled her to compete on the world stage. She has been selected as a member of Team Japan for mountain biking and road cycling, drawing attention as a skilled athlete.

We expect remarkable things from Kawaguchi, who has close ties to Tatsuno City. We are impressed by her ambition to continue taking on challenges to create an environment where young Japanese athletes can excel, and we decided to support her.

Race

Victorina Himeji, a volleyball team

The company sponsors and supports the women's professional volleyball team "Victorina Himeji" based in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Established as Japan's first professional women's volleyball team in 2016, Victorina Himeji is a talented team that was promoted to the V1 league* in 2019. *V.LEAGUE DIVISION 1 WOMEN (V.League Division 1 Women/V1 Women)

With a plant located in Tatsuno City, Hyogo Prefecture, the Company empathizes with and supports the activities of Victorina Himeji, which is also playing an active role in the Banshu region for regional revitalization.

Visit by a Victorina Himeji player to the Company

Support for football events of people with disabilities

The Company co-sponsors M&K JAPAN, a general incorporated association that supports people with disabilities through sports such as football.

M&K JAPAN is an organization that is actively engaged in activities aimed at realizing a society in which both people with and without disabilities learn together by setting up places to allow people with disabilities to play sports and by holding lectures on and providing hands-on experiences in football for people with disabilities at elementary schools throughout Japan. The Company has decided to co-sponsor the said organization in order to contribute to the local community and to the realization of a society where no one is left behind.

The organization holds a monthly sports exchange event on a football field in which people with disabilities and their families as well as employees of the Company can participate.

Sports exchange event

Conclusion of disaster agreement with Tatsuno City

In August 2019, we signed an agreement with Tatsuno City to open an emergency evacuation site to protect residents in the event of a disaster.
In the event of a large-scale disaster, such as an earthquake or flood, we will open part of the building in our Harima Plant as an emergency evacuation site in response to a request from Tatsuno City.

In the Nakai area of Tatsuno-cho, Tatsuno City, where our Harima Plant is located, the Hayashida River (a first-class river) exists before the nearest designated evacuation center. Therefore, it is difficult for residents to evacuate when there is a risk of flooding.
For this reason, we will provide a place where people can evacuate without crossing the river and work with Tatsuno City to prepare for any eventuality.

Outline of receiving facility

Facility name North Research Building 2, Harima Plant No. 2 Factory
Location 236 Tatsunocho-Nakai, Tatsuno-shi, Hyogo
Completion of construction February 2009
Height 24 m (4 stories)
Building area 864m2 (including 360m2 of space to be provided as shelters)
Number of people in the refuge About 170 people
Exterior view of the facility

Chemistry experiment study for elementary school students

Since 2019, we have been holding an event to invite the Tatsuno Kodomo Eco Club, an environmental learning group for elementary school students run by the city of Tatsuno, to the Harima Plant.

Participants enjoy learning through simple experiments using our environment-friendly products and explanations of how factory wastewater is purified, and the participants have received the program well.

Event

Co-sponsoring a children's baseball tournament

In order to contribute to the local community and regional revitalization, from 2021, the Company began to co-sponsor a baseball tournament held in the City of Tatsuno, Hyogo Prefecture, called the "Nagase ChemteX Cup: Tatsuno City Mayor's Baseball Tournament for School Children".

is is a tournament in which a total of 32 elementary school baseball teams in Hyogo Prefecture participate and which is co-sponsored by Tatsuno City, the Iryuu Children’s Softball Baseball Federation, and the Company.

Donation of the championship flag

Co-sponsoring a business contest for university students

In order to contribute to the local community and regional revitalization, from 2022, the Company began to co-sponsor the “Sports Business Contest held by Victorina Himeji and the Hyogo-Kobe University Consortium”.

In this contest, local university students form teams to address several business issues presented by the women's professional volleyball team, Victorina Himeji, create plans to solve the issues, and put such plans into practice in the team’s home game.We expect that the contest will provide a valuable educational opportunity in which promising students make their own plans and implement them.

A scene from the contest

Sponsorship of marathon events

To contribute to the revitalization of the local community, the Harima Plant co-sponsored the Tatsunoshi Umetoshionoka Marathontaikai (Tatsuno Marathon), which is held in Mitsu-cho, Tatsuno City.
The Tatsunoshi Umetoshionoka Marathontaikai is a major Marathon event hosted by Tatsuno, with about 4,000 runners and 650 staff members participating.
Our employees are participating in the event as volunteer staff.

The Sakai Plant also cooperates with Green Front Sakai in the Sakai City Marathon, in which our employees participate as volunteer staff.

Tatsuno Marathon

Donation of personal computers to welfare workplaces

Through the Hajimaru-kun Personal Computer Donation Program of OGIS-RI Co., Ltd., we recycle personal computers that we no longer need and donate them to welfare workplaces in Tatsuno City and Fukuchiyama City.

OGIS-RI website, Hajimaru-kun

Community cleanup activities

Our Harima Plant, Fukuchiyama Plant, and Sakai Plant regularly clean the roads in the vicinity.

We also participate in the Ibo River Cleanup Campaign, a trash collection activity after the fireworks organized by Tatsuno City, in an effort to improve the beauty of the area.

Ibo River cleanup operation

Tree-planting activities

Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture, where the Sakai Plant is located, is working on a Symbiotic Forest Planting project. This project aims to restore Sakai No. 7-3, a vast industrial waste disposal site overlooking Osaka Bay, to a natural environment where various organisms can live and grow.
The Sakai Plant cooperates with Green Front Sakai, participating in regular tree planting and cleaning activities.

Acceptance of interns

We regularly hold internship programs for students to experience the Company's atmosphere and how easy it is to work there.
We received a good reputation from students who received short internship programs, as they can experience hands-on work in the laboratory and at the manufacturing site, rather than just attending lectures.

In 2020, we participated in Osaka University's Cadet Program* and accepted interns for two-month terms.

* The program aims to develop human resources who will play a leading role in driving future innovation in materials science research and business in a wide range of industry, government, and academic sectors.
Internships at research institutions, overseas universities, and domestic manufacturing companies are included in the curriculum.

Students conducting an experiment