Matsuda Paper Industry Co., Ltd.

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  We thrive on making a positive contribution to the world!

  The whole company volunteered to help in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. That experience affected both management and the employees and had a tremendous impact on how we run our business. Price competition in the cardboard industry is tough - just one or two yen can make all the difference. Even in the terrible circumstances of the disaster, we felt that doing something for the benefit of society would also provide a positive focus for us as a company. Since then, we have worked on developing emergency survival products.

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  Children’s activities provide an insight into staff talent

  Our company regularly runs children’s activities like workshops or mazes at shopping malls and other locations, with the president and the employees all taking part. It’s a way to find out where employees’ particular skills lie as well as areas they may need to improve in. Now we have employees whose specific role is organizing these events. We are keen to create an environment that brings out our employees’ skills as effectively as possible.

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  Opening the factory to the community motivates us to try harder!

  Our support effort for the Great East Japan Earthquake made us realize we weren’t giving as much back to our local communities as we could. This encouraged us to host factory tours and to start donating stools to Kindai University. Study visits to our factory help to motivate our company to stay engaged in our relationship with the local community.