All our employees always keep in mind that we should deliver "high-value added products" that satisfy customers, while "giving top priority to product quality." These principles are shared with all our employees through our "Quality Policy"

For the purpose of always delivering valuable products to customers, we have established a quality management system that covers all activities (planning, design, production, distribution, and service, in connection with products) and work to improve quality every day.

We sell as many as fifty-something thousand kinds of products, many of which are constantly revised into new products. By establishing a unique development system, in which even engineers actively visit customers in order to keep up with customers' current needs, and by having not only the Technical Section but also the Production Techniques, Production, Purchase, and Quality Assurance Sections join the development team, we aim to supply high-value added products that will satisfy customers, in a short development period.
Furthermore, with regard to our products and services, we provide the information required by customers in a timely manner and ensure that every employee tries to quickly respond to customers' inquiries.

The policies, strategies, and goals concerning quality, as well as important measures for quality improvement, are discussed and determined in Quality Management meetings. Quality goals, when incorporated into management policies, are made known to each employee of each section, and continuous quality improvement is being promoted under the guidance of the top management.
Furthermore, we are engaged in various quality improvement activities for the purpose of realizing strong workplaces in which employees can think and solve problems all by themselves.

Improvement Activities Conducted by Each Assembly Line

In production sites, all the connector assembly lines are registered and compete with each other for improvement with the goal of "100% non-defective products," thereby improving manufacturing quality.

Quality Control Activities

Hirose Electric and its Group companies, including its business partners, are promoting Quality Control activities at production sites both at home and abroad. We aim to improve the product consciousness, create bright workplaces, and enhance the abilities to improve the manufacturing sites, through connections of all the workers at the workplace.

Essays on "My Quality Assurance"

Every year we solicit essays under the theme of "My Quality Assurance" from our production sites and those of our Group companies (including business partners), both at home and abroad, and put together a collection of essays.
This essay contest provides an opportunity for each worker to think about quality and express his/her opinion. By selecting the best essays from among more than five thousand applications and by publishing and distributing them as a collection of essays, we can let particular cases at production sites be known to more employees and enhance quality consciousness at production sites.

For the purpose of establishing strong partnership with and operating in cooperation with suppliers, we have established "Purchase Management Regulations" specifying our purchase policies and conduct purchase activities in accordance with these Regulations.

As a parts manufacturer, we believe it is important to promote our CSR as our responsibility to our customers and to have our suppliers do the same.
Furthermore, as we have formed a Hirose production system in which our factory collaborates with our suppliers in terms of production, promotion of CSR by such suppliers is imperative.
We request our suppliers to establish systems concerning "fair trade and ethics," "human rights and labor," "occupational safety," "environmental protection," "information control," and other items.

We have established the Green Procurement Guideline and try to procure only those raw materials and equipment that do not contain hazardous substances according to the Guideline ("Green Procurement"), by presenting the Guideline to our suppliers.

We promotes “Responsible Minerals Procurement” to fulfill our social responsibility in supply chain. We procures the minerals without involvement in conflicts, human rights violation or labor issues.
Responsible Minerals Procurement Policy

At our company, we believe that “growth and revitalization of people” is the key to the company's continued growth, and we aim to continue to be an evolving company where people can “take on challenges” and “work hard with enthusiasm.” The fact that each and every employee has combined their wisdom and pursued originality is the source of our competitiveness and supports our company. In order to continue to generate innovation in an era of major changes in the business environment, it is essential for diverse and talented human resources to maximize their abilities, and it is also necessary to create an organization that supports employee innovation. Recognizing that the happiness and growth of our employees is necessary for our company's medium- to long-term growth and improvement of corporate value, we aim to create a company where our employees can work with enthusiasm.

With the goal of “employees and the company continuing to take on challenges and growing together,” we place emphasis on the growth and revitalization of people and organizations, and the creation of systems to support this. We will strengthen our efforts in these three areas: training programs that support the growth of employees and the organization, creating a rewarding workplace, and creating systems that allow flexible work at diverse life stages, while at the same time sharing our common values that form the basis of our company to achieve employee happiness and growth.

At our company, we believe that respect for human rights is the foundation for continued global growth, and in all aspects of our business activities, we respect fundamental human rights and the dignity of individuals, and express our prohibition of discrimination and inhumane treatment. We have also formulated a “Human Rights Policy” and are educating our employees through training. We share our Codes of Conduct, and other relevant information to our supply chain, and work to respect human rights through co-creation.
Human Rights Policy

We make efforts to create workplace environments that are considerate of our employees' safety and physical/mental health, and take measures for prevention of disasters and to respond to emergencies. As a system for promoting safety and health activities, the director in charge of the Administration Group serves as the person responsible for safety and health for the entire Group and decides items relating to safety and health shared across the Group, as well as providing instructions for execution. Furthermore, we have established a safety and health administration system that conforms to relevant laws and regulations, and conduct activities based upon that.
Safety and Health Policy

Development of Safe Workplaces

Annually, we conduct workplace patrol and risk assessment at every office in order to detect and prevent potential dangers hidden in the workplace. In addition, we continue to provide trainings on safety.

Traffic Safety

For the purpose of eliminating automobile accidents involving company cars and offices that permit commuting by car, we conduct safe driving trainings at each office with the help of the local police station, trying to make our employees conscious about safe driving.

Health Control

We have long engaged in various initiatives related to the health of all Group employees. We have pledged "Health Management" to further maintain and improve the health of our employees.



In order to maintain and improve the health of Group employees, the Health Management Promotion Committee organizes the efforts of the company and the health insurance association to advance the health promotion of employees.

Fire Prevention

With regard to fire prevention, we have established a self-defense fire-fighting team at every office and conduct an emergency drill, including escape, notification, and initial firefighting, with the help of the local fire department every year.

We are trying to promote understanding among stakeholders (including shareholders and investors) toward us, achieve accountability, and increase the transparency of the management, by disclosing necessary information in an accurate, fair, and timely manner.
Furthermore, in addition to information on material facts defined in the timely disclosure regulations of stock exchanges on which we are listed, we will disclose other information that we consider effective for promoting understanding toward us.
Through such timely and adequate information disclosure, we will build a good relationship of trust with the capital market and try to reflect market evaluations in our corporate management, thereby boosting shareholder value.

In accordance with the disclosure policy, we are appropriately providing information to stakeholders through results briefings and on other occasions. Furthermore, we are transmitting information through our website in order to convey the composition of our finances and other important business information widely.

In the section "Social Contribution" of the "HRS Group Code of Conduct", we state, "We will contribute to society through our personal and material assets, as well as by interacting actively with the communities in which we operate. In foreign countries, we will respect the culture and customs of that country, and we will contribute to the development of its communities. We will also try to contribute to society in our daily life." Every one of our employees acts in accordance with these policies.
Furthermore, "Hirose Foundation" a foundation in which our President serves as an executive director, provides scholarships to foreign students from the Asian countries. On top of that, we provide comprehensive support to artistic and cultural activities.