Kawanoe Zoki supports the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and contributes to the realization of a sustainable society through the promotion of environmentally friendly and people-friendly Monozukuri process.

By continuing to work on the four values “KAWANOE’s value” among the four pillars of our mid-term management plan “KAWANOE Value for the 80th”, we will strive more proactively to overcome social and environmental issues and steadily implement the following activities to contribute to the achievement of the SDGs goals.

Taking the opportunity of celebrating the 80th anniversary in 2024, we will go back to the grass roots, reconsider the value of KAWANOE that we have together, and question the significance of our existence while deeply considering about our mission. By redefining and providing the value of KAWANOE that is really needed by society and customers, we will continue to make a solid step toward a 100-year-old enterprise rooted in the community.

• Culture guide
  (Aiming to create a pleasant workplace to grow together)
• Solar power generation business
• LED in all the factories
• New Mishima factory utilized for long term maintenance services for domestic market
  (For our customers to be able to run the machine for long time)
• Issue our company history book which leads to the next generation
  (Inheriting our thoughts and mind)
• Business Continuity Plan / Business Continuity Management
• Create KAWANOE culture to reflect “customers’ feedback” and “our staffs ideas”

Solar power generation at new Mishima factory

Solar power generation meter at new Mishima factory

With the aim of realizing “What only KAWANOE can do”, we are creating educational opportunities that lead to growth by promoting qualification acquisition, holding group training and group study sessions on a regular basis.
We are also working to secure local human resources, empower women and hire elderly people which are essential to grow our business.

• Promote qualification acquisition
• Create a comfortable workplace for parenting generation, women and elderly people
• Skill up training and study session in Kawanoe
• Online seminar utilizing in-house portal site
• Social gathering between departments and several events to deepen our relationship
• Club activities
  (Baseball, futsal, badminton, mount climbing etc..)

Promote qualification acquisition

Create a comfortable workplace

Technical study session at Kawanoe

Social gathering between departments and events

KAWANOE machines contribute to the safety and security of all our users by providing technologies to produce and convert towel paper and toilet paper used in bathrooms in various countries. We aim to provide high performance and energy-saving machines with low environmental impact.
In addition, we will proactively carry out research and development on the use of “Cellulose Nanofiber (CNF)”, a new plant-derived material that is expected to contribute to environmental conservation “with our customers”

• KAWANOE machine to deliver the hygienic paper to the world
  (Providing safety and security)
• KAWANOE Monozukuri to realize energy saving and environmental friendly solutions
• Research and development on Cellulose nanofiber, new plant-based material
• New product development “together with our customers”
  (Adding color and abundance to our life)
• Maintain high level balance both on quality control and economical efficiency by the integrated system which conducts from sales, design, manufacturing to delivery.

KAWANOE machine to deliver the hygienic paper to the world

Research and development on Cellulose nanofiber

Research and development center

Environmental friendly KAWANOE Monozukuri
“together with our customers”

We aim for regular recruitment and education of human resources, and sustainable growth that enables contribution to our region.
In addition, we will continue industry-academia collaboration, Monozukuri experience for local students, cleaning activity in our region, introducing our region, family day event, etc.
We will challenge the development of human resources who will support the region tomorrow and future.

• Industry-academia collaboration partnership
• Internship, junior high school workplace experience
• Introduce the latest technology through technical collaboration with overseas machine suppliers
• Cleaning activity in our region
• Family day event
  (Family visit to Kawanoe)
• Fireworks event and other original events at the headquarter
• Introducing our region
  (Message card with Iyo Mizuhiki card to our visiting customers)

Introducing our region
(message card with Iyo Mizuhiki card)

Family day event
(Family visit to Kawanoe)

Cleaning activity in our region
(In our region)