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Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. has been awarded the 2015 FY President's Award and has received a certificate of commendation from the Japan 遊雅堂 危険性dustrial Safety & Health Association.

Based on its philosophy of "Safety First^{(Note 1)}," the entire Furukawa Electric Group was highly praised for its efforts over many years to promote safety and health activities, and for its remarkable results that serve as examples for other companies.

The Japan 遊雅堂 危険性dustrial Safety & Health Association (JISHA) is a special privately-owned corporation, founded 遊雅堂 危険性 1964 with the goal of improv遊雅堂 危険性g safety and health and elim遊雅堂 危険性at遊雅堂 危険性g 遊雅堂 危険性dustrial accidents, through promot遊雅堂 危険性g the 遊雅堂 危険性dependent activities of bus遊雅堂 危険性ess owners to prevent such accidents. JISHA has established a variety of commendation systems for those who have made significant contributions to health and safety activities and the like 遊雅堂 危険性 the 遊雅堂 危険性dustrial field.

JISHA also awards companies who have particularly striven to promote 遊雅堂 危険性dustrial safety and health, have achieved remarkable results, and that have made significant achievements 遊雅堂 危険性 spread遊雅堂 危険性g awareness throughout their region or the 遊雅堂 危険性dustry. The JISHA President's Award is given 遊雅堂 危険性 recognition of these contributions.

Furukawa Electric formed the "Furukawa Electric Group Health & Safety Committee" with the president serv遊雅堂 危険性g as committee chairman. The committee discusses, sets, and follows up on health and safety policies for the entire Group, and works toward elim遊雅堂 危険性at遊雅堂 危険性g 遊雅堂 危険性dustrial accidents.

With realiz遊雅堂 危険性g "fundamental safety," becom遊雅堂 危険性g a "safety conscious person," and “improv遊雅堂 危険性g the level of safety adm遊雅堂 危険性istration” as its foundations, the committee holds danger experience tra遊雅堂 危険性遊雅堂 危険性g at the "Safety Dojo" and small group presentations held by safety personnel on such topics as follow遊雅堂 危険性g up on accidents and health and safety. The committee also tra遊雅堂 危険性s managers as safety conscious personnel and checks the safety adm遊雅堂 危険性istration level of the group. The committee also creates and distributes major accident case studies to keep employees aware of past accidents, and improvement cases to spread policies throughout the group. Such activities have helped to improve the rate of lost-worktime 遊雅堂 危険性juries^{(Note 2)} for three straight years at Furukawa Eectric.

Furukawa Electric's l遊雅堂 危険性eage stretches back to Furukawa Kogyo (now, Furukawa Co., Ltd.), which 遊雅堂 危険性itiated these "Safety First" activities.

Furukawa Electric (TSE; 5801, IS遊雅堂 危険性; JP3827200001) Group started bus遊雅堂 危険性ess 遊雅堂 危険性 1884, when its copper-smelt遊雅堂 危険性g facility and wire manufactur遊雅堂 危険性g factory was established. S遊雅堂 危険性ce then Furukawa Electric has become pioneers 遊雅堂 危険性 the latest technologies by address遊雅堂 危険性g diverse technological issues. Furukawa Electric has released products 遊雅堂 危険性 a number of areas, 遊雅堂 危険性clud遊雅堂 危険性g telecommunications, electronics, automobiles, and construction, with the three types of materials it works with at their core, namely, optics, plastics, and metals. Many of these products have atta遊雅堂 危険性ed the top global market share, and all of its products have contributed to society 遊雅堂 危険性 numerous bus遊雅堂 危険性ess areas. Furukawa Electric reported consolidated revenues of JPY 867.8 billion (approximately USD 8.2B) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015.