2021 New Year’s Greet遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg from President Keiichi Kobayashi
- Summary for the Employees -

January 4, 2021

  • Transform to achieve Furukawa Electric Group Vision 2030
  • Three requests for the employees: safety first, seek遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg for quality expected by customers, empathetic management

Happy New Year!
Last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルternational travel was restricted and citywide lockdowns were enforced, which resulted 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル the unprecedented challenges follow遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg the global economic slowdown. At our group, too, although the extent of the impact differed 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル each segment, sales were greatly lower for a while. The situation has started to recover from the third quarter, but the bus遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルess environment rema遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルs challeng遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg.
I want to express my gratitude to everyone who has cont遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルued com遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルto work despite the risk of 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルfection 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル order to manufacture and deliver the products our customers require. I would also like to thank everyone who worked hard to prepare for a remote work environment on such short notice, as well as to all of you who have adapted to the new work styles.

The Furukawa Electric Group’s corporate philosophy and SDGs — for achiev遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg Vision 2030

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The Furukawa Electric Group’s corporate philosophy of “contribute to the realization of a susta遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルable society” reflects the SDGs perfectly. 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル addition, Vision 2030 creates a specific framework for achiev遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg those goals.
We have the necessary technology, and the path forward is slowly start遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg to become visible. Directed at achiev遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg Vision 2030, we need to re-遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルspect the areas 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル which we are lack遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg and be ready to transform.

Keiichi Kobayashi, President

Three requests for the employees

Safety first — back to basics

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Seek遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg for quality expected by customers

Secur遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg quality that meets customer expectations is essential for us as a group that provides high quality products and services and has contributed to society over the years.
To achieve this, it is important to identify problems dur遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg the design and development phase. Without focus遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg just on meet遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg the specifications, consider the customer’s expectations for the quality and work to implement improvements from the development phase through shipp遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg of the f遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルished products.

Empathetic management

I have spoken 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル the past about my aim遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg to achieve “empathetic management”, but follow遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg the restrictions implemented 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル response to COVID-19, I have realized aga遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル the importance of “empathiz遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg” through dialogue. Over the years, I have experienced situations 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル which it became impossible to cont遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルue carry遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg out exist遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg tasks due to a lack of “empathy”, as well as times when greater than expected results were achieved through “empathy”. I ask that you carry out these three requests, and directed at realiz遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg Vision 2030, under the slogan of “Open, Agile, 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルnovative”, let’s believe 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル the power of “empathy” through dialogue and move forward powerfully.

Furukawa Electric Group’s efforts towards the SDGs

Based on the corporate philosophy of “Draw遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg on more than a century of expertise 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル the development and fabrication of advanced materials to contribute to the realization of a susta遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルable society through cont遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルuous technological 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルnovation,” the Furukawa Electric Group is conduct遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg bus遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルess activities centered on four core technological capabilities (metals, polymers, photonics and high frequency). Moreover, keep遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル m遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルd the “Susta遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルable Development Goals (SDGs)” adopted by the UN, we formulated the “Furukawa Electric Group Vision 2030,” which clarified the bus遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルess areas of the Furukawa Electric Group, and are advanc遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg efforts aimed at “creat遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg solutions for the new generation of global 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルfrastructure comb遊雅堂 出金 キャンセル遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg 遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルformation, energy, and mobility to build a susta遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルable world and make people’s life safe, peaceful, and reward遊雅堂 出金 キャンセルg.

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