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Minebea Group of Companies considers natural resources and environmental conservation as primary importance in conducting our business beside qualified product manufacturing. Environmental policy of Minebea Group has announced to all our manufacturing facilities throughout the world to take effective steps to protect the environment. Particularly in Thailand, Minebea has been active in making proprietary new washing system for environmental protection widely known during plant tours and at International Conference on the Protection of the Ozone Layer held in Thailand. Minebea's commitment to environmental protection has been highly acclaimed by local communication national governments.
Minebea developed "Cleaning system with purified water" and phased out consumption of specific CFC and Ethane throughout the group member plants at the end of April 1998, being the first application in the worldwide bearing industry. In particular, all of Minebea group of companies in Thailand had consumed monthly about 115 tons of specific CFC and about 210 tons of ethane as cleaning solvents in manufacturing process. Minebea has invested about 600 million baht in accomplishing the disuse of using CFC and ethane with new cleaning system.
The Environmental Protection Agency of the U.S. gave Minebea group of companies in Thailand and plants in Japan its 1993 annual Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award. This is the first winner for companies in Thailand. In 1995, Minebea ex-president Goro Ogino received the same individual award from EPA. In October 1997, EPA select the Minebea Group Companies as a winner of Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award for Minebea's leadership among foreign investors in Thailand, and their contribution for the Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) in developing countries. In the parts manufacturing industry all over the world, it is only Minebea that became a winner of this prestigious award. |
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