President Keiichi Kobayashi’s Address at 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe Initiation Ceremony in Fiscal 2019
Welcome aboard, everyone. I am Kobayashi, President of Furukawa Electric. I am very pleased to welcome our 162 new members worldwide to 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe Furukawa Electric Group today.
As you know, 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe world is undergoing swift changes from moment to moment, and at 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe same time, Furukawa Electric is also changing greatly. In particular, wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe progress of group management and globalization, we have expanded to more 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめan 120 affiliate companies around 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe world, 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe number of employees of 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe group has exceeded 50,000, and 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe ratio of overseas sales will soon exceed 50%. Furukawa Electric has survived and grown for 135 years since 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe day it was established in 1884 because our seniors responded to changes in 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe environment, continued to respond to 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe needs and expectations of our customers, earning 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめeir trust, while studiously continuing Founder Ichibei Furukawa’s concept 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat we must “value employees, value customers, value new technology, and do some遊雅堂 入金 おすすめing useful for society” and our DNA. Starting today, you are our new members who inherit 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat trust. My mission as President is to build “a corporation group 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat enables its employees to work wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ excitement” allowing each of you to have “Passion, Persistence, and Pride” as a leading player.
Furukawa Electric Group will maintain a common philosophy and values under 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe policy of “One Furukawa”. We selected values 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat we particularly want to respect and fur遊雅堂 入金 おすすめer enhance as Core Values, compiling 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめem as five key values. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe five key values are “Integrity”, “Innovation”, “Addressing Reality”, “Ownership and Speed”, and “Collaboration”.
Furukawa Electric also has a corporate culture 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat enables all of us to share our ideas openly. Functioning as one “team” by sharing our ideal form, philosophy, and vision is “One Furukawa”. I hope you will routinely embody 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめese five Core Values as members of an organization 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat enables its members to share 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめeir ideas openly.
Now, in 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis year 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat you joined 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe company, I would like to talk about 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe kind of year 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis year will be for us.
In implementing 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe medium-term management plan “FURUKAWA G Plan 2020” 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat Furukawa Electric is working on from 2016, we regard 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe final 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめree years of 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe plan as “2018 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe year of preparation”, “2019 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe year of emergence”, and “2020 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe year of progress”. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis year is “2019 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe year of emergence” and it is most important year to reinforce 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe achievement of “progress” in 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe following and final year. Please have a strong sense 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat ra遊雅堂 入金 おすすめer 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめan “someone” achieving goals, each of you achieves your own goals and 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe accumulation of 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめese goals will lead to achieving goals as a group. You all are leading players who advance Furukawa Electric to 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe next stage.
Furukawa Electric has continued to improve its technologies to “convey, connect, and store” “energy, information, and heat”. Currently, in a wide range of business fields including information and communication, energy, automobile, and electronic parts, we are expanding a wide array of products 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat support people’s lives in familiar ways worldwide. In 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis age where an era of 5G, self-driving cars, artificial intelligence, and smart energy is coming, 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe field of hybrid technologies and businesses of Furukawa Electric is becoming 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe core. We can say 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat finally “遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe era of a Furukawa useful to our customers has come”.
Protecting 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe heal遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ of people and social infrastructure and supporting truly sustainable grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめese accumulated technologies are Furukawa Electric’s missions. To achieve 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめese objectives, 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe important 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめing is an environment 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat enables each member of 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe group to work positively and vigorously as a leading player, and 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめere, 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe top management will actively engage in creating an environment 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat enables all of us to share our ideas openly and all of us to be ourselves.
Now, in joining 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis company 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめere are 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめree points for you to take to heart.
Safety first
遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe first is “safety first”.
Based on our Corporate Philosophy 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat “we will contribute to 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe realization of a truly sustainable society 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめrough continuous technological innovation, drawing on more 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめan a century of expertise in 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe development and fabrication of advanced materials”, Furukawa Electric has continued its business for 135 years, and “safety” is 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe fundamental premise of business continuity. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe most important 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめing for Furukawa Electric to continue growing is 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat all employees work to avoid accidents from recruitment 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめrough to retirement and ensure safety. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis is our top priority in every case. “Go-anzen-ni!” is a greeting at Furukawa Electric. Starting today, you are members of Furukawa Electric Group. Please vigorously take 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe initiative and say “Go-anzen-ni!”
Wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめout fear of failure
遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe second is “increasing your ‘Cans’ and finding ‘Wills’ wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめout fear of failure”.
In 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe course of your work, you will have your own 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめoughts and opinions and 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe time will come when you want to actually try some遊雅堂 入金 おすすめing and take action. In 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis situation, you may be too afraid of “words from o遊雅堂 入金 おすすめers in 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe event of failure” or “being unfair on o遊雅堂 入金 おすすめers due to a failure” to actually take action. However, failures are nei遊雅堂 入金 おすすめer unproductive nor terrible. Please regard failures as proof 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat you made brave tries wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ curiosity and gain experiences to 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe next step. I have also made plenty of failures. Such experiences are now my treasures.
We can gain new knowledge 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめrough 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe experiences gained by taking action. If you keep your interest alive and continue to take action wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめout fear of failure, you will gain many “Cans”. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめose “Cans” represent your grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ itself. Corporate grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ is 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe sum of 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ of its employees. Wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめout 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ of our employees, corporate grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ is cannot be realized. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe “Cans” you accumulate are 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe “Cans” of Furukawa Electric. Please increase your “Cans” and expand your possibilities and field of vision 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめrough your work experiences. In 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis way, you will reach to what you really want to do and many “Wills” will result. I hope you will experience confident grow遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ in a manner 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat “what you can do” becomes “what you want to do”, or in o遊雅堂 入金 おすすめer words, “Cans” becomes “Wills”.
Maintain high e遊雅堂 入金 おすすめical standards, and value honesty and integrity above all
遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめird is “working while valuing integrity”.
In 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe course of your work in 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe future, you may encounter many difficulties. In 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめis situation, please go forward wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ a straightforward manner. Whereas all companies need to make a profit in order to survive and grow, more importantly, a company’s main purpose is to contribute to society 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめrough its business activities. Our products have supported 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe safe, secure, and comfortable lives of many people 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめrough infrastructure, energy, and automobile products. 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめerefore, while cherishing “Integrity” which is one of our “Core Values” I mentioned earlier, preserving quality, and delivering our products wi遊雅堂 入金 おすすめ pride so 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめat customers see us as a real partner, let’s contribute to realizing a truly sustainable society. I hope every one of you will maintain high e遊雅堂 入金 おすすめical standards as members of Furukawa Electric, value honesty and integrity above all, and become world-class business persons.
You are our employees who joined our company on 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe announcement day of 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe new Japanese era name are indeed our human resources who will open up 遊雅堂 入金 おすすめe next era.
Welcome to Furukawa Electric. I have great expectations for your success.
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