Itoigawa Plant, located in Itoigawa City, Niigata Prefecture which is facing the Sea of Japan, plays a leading role in production of metal foil products which is one of the most important products of our company. Its monthly production is fifty million pieces with two hundred employees working.
The role of Itoigawa Plant
We fabricate and assemble metal foil resistors required for various inverters, one of our main products. We develop and mass produce one of the most essential components for industries such as EV’s, robotics, and inverters for air conditioners, and by doing so, we contribute to the growth of such advanced industries.
Organizations of Itoigawa Plant
Production Section Responsible for daily production of our products.
Engineering Section Responsible for managing production machines and operations related to process engineering.
Quality Control Section Responsible for monitoring day to day quality, product QC (analysis of built-in defect, supervising.)
Production Control Section Responsible for production control and delivery control as a mediator between sales and production.
Attractiveness of our plant
We work continuously to improve our plant. What attracts us is that we can feel the improvement in daily activities as though we are searching a treasure trove, which lead to yearly improvement and expansion. It may come from local characteristics, people here work diligently while they cheerful when they are not working.
What we aim to be forwoard
What we are aiming is going forward. We aim to become a plant whose products will be used globally, while rooting strongly in our community and being loved by our community. We want to continue providing cutting-edge components to the world made by us, while we are surrounded by rich nature in Itoigawa
Our responsibility
To make products responding to customers’ requests. For that, we collaborate among more than twenty processes across front-end and back-end processes. Only Production Section of Itoigawa Plant manufactures metal foil products for the entire company, and we take responsibility seriously in doing so. Not only just manufacturing, it is also important to maintain manufacturing environment such as in clean room. I feel a great sense of satisfaction when I discover the optimal balance for efficient operations. Smile!
Atmosphere of our Section
Many members are cheerful. Most of our members are in their thirties, and we also have many in their twenties. We have 130 members in production at Itoigawa Plant. And we communicate with other section members while we take breaks. We can take paid vacation every year; when we take a vacation, we play hard, and when we work, we work hard! That is a kind of work place we work.
Engineering Management Section
Our responsibility
Our job is to optimize production processes. We are always considering how to efficiently manufacture while securing safety of our operators as well as improving products’ quality. Our major role is to create a stable production process considering production method and writing work instruction from the viewpoint of operators. Even a slight change in manufacturing condition, effects products’ finish and quality. So even our work is challenging, it is satisfying! We work a lot on the desk, but we also receive questions frequently about processes and machines from production members. In such cases, we go out to the production floor.
Atmosphere of our Section
Many of our members are concentrating on their job and working quietly. However, usually the atmosphere is open and friendly, so we can ask questions anytime. In the meetings, everybody, regardless of their job titles, can express their opinions openly. We call each other by last name (sometimes with -san) without titles, which means we treat each other as equals and it works well.
Quality Control Section
Our responsibilities
It is to guarantee our products’ quality for our customers. Our job is to take measures to prevent shipping out defective products, and to improve our products. When we find a defect, we have to think of a way to prevent that defect to happen again. We are always thinking how we can make better products by identifying issues from the results of inspections and reliability test. The analysis is done in the office, but we also go out on the production floor as needed. We spent about half of our time in the office and the rest on the production floor.
Atmosphere of our section
We are multi-generational team from twenties to sixties, and the ratio of male and female is 6:4. Everybody at Itoigawa is kind. In our open environment, it is easy to talk to others and easy to get advice from others. I joined company without any technical background, but because everybody is kindly teaching me, I can work without anxiety at all, and able to work with peace of mind.
