Eco-friendly Osadano Plant

Osadano Industrial Center
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Osadano Industrial Park was built by Kyoto Prefecture in Fukuchiyama-city, Kyoto Prefecture on the purpose of industrial development in 1974. As its motto, “Eco-friendly Industrial Park” shows, Osadano Industrial Park, built to realize a pollution-free, environmentally conscious industrial park, ushers in a new green era. 41 factories including Osadano Factory operate in Osadano Industrial Park. We make continued efforts for environmental preservation. 

To meet Strict Standards:
Prohibit the Use of Heavy Oil, Fulfill One-tenth of National Emission Standard

Osadano Plant

The followings are examples of the environmental approaches:

• Under 50% of Building coverage ratio.
• Ensure green areas and parks, in and out of the plant.
• Prohibit the use of heavy oil as a heat source.
• Fulfill one-tenth of national sulfur oxide emission standard.

We meet strict standards for building coverage and greening in line with the slogan of eco-friendly Osadano Industrial Park. In particular, we prohibit the use of heavy oil, which adversely affects environment, using only natural gas and electricity as heat sources. We supply natural gas for ourselves and have started utilizing electric power since the storage system was not in place. Moreover, sulfur oxide emission in Osadano Plant is one-tenth of the national standard. Despite extra costs incurred through theses efforts, our desire for eco-friendly production led us to locate our manufacturing base in Osadano Industrial Park.

Hien’s Unique Never-ending Environmental Efforts

We place the greatest importance on the reuse of resources in Hien Electric Industries’ Osadano Plant. The first to be introduced was the reuse of wooden drums, around which electric cables are coiled for shipping. Collection and reuse of the wooden drums, which would otherwise be disposed of as wastes, contribute not only to environmental preservation but also to cost reduction for customers.
Our future challenge is to minimize industrial wastes in production of marine electric cables. We will make continued efforts to realize waste-free and emission-free Factory.

Participation in local environment protection activities

We promote community-based approaches as part of our environmental efforts.
In the 21st century, often referred to as “the century for environmental protection,” the biggest challenge for us is to solve global environmental issues that threaten the survival of human beings, such as global warming and ozone depletion. We believe it is important to recognize environmental issues taking place near our plant as immediate problems, including degradation of forests and agricultural fields as well as contamination of Yura River, and make continued efforts for environmental sustainability. Hien Electric Industries participates in environmental exchange events for the public. Citizens, organizations, administration and local companies, all of which have a deep affection for Fukuchiyama-city, are working together to address environmental issues.

Basic Principle

Recognizing global environmental protection as one of our top priorities, Osadano Factory, Hien Electric Industries, Ltd., engaged in production of marine electric cables, industrial and communication hardwares and functional film products, will make utmost efforts to minimize environmental burdens in our business operations, production and service activities, which would have environmental impacts, aiming at environmental preservation and sustainability in the local community.

Environmental Policies

1. Establish, maintain and improve an environmental management system in order to effectively and continuously promote
   environmental preservation activities according to the requirements of ISO14001.
2. Comply with environmental regulations and ordinances as well as other requirements, which our factory have agreed to.
3. Formulate environmental purposes and goals and work on following activities systematically, taking improvement measures based on the result of review
   • (1) Energy saving
   • (2) Separate collection of wastes, emission reduction and recycling activities
   • (3) Strict control of hazardous chemical substances based on laws
   • (4) Promotion and maintenance of pollution prevention measures including control of air and noise pollution, water contamination and soil degradation
   • (5) Participation and cooperation in local events
4. Ensure all employees in Osadano Factory fully informed of the Environmental Policy and raise their awareness about environmental preservation

Facility Name	Osadano Plant, Hien Electric Industries, Ltd.
Address	1-14, Osadano-cho, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
Registration Authority	Nippon Kaiji Kyokai （Class NK）
Registration Scope	Design and production of marine electric cables, industrial and communication equipment and functional film products.
Applied Standard	ISO14001: 2004 JIS Q 14001:2004
Registration Number	01-023E
Registration Date	August 28, 2004