Quality & Environment

Quality policies

We, Noguchi Seiki Co., Ltd., perform our duty to provide worldwide customers with reliable and secured products, actively engage in quality increase through continuous improvement and aim to be the quality No. 1 company loved by customers.

Quality management

Aiming at high-quality products, we have been creating the stable company structure for ensuring and keeping high level of quality with whole company, starting with the production process. By taking advantage of the enormous data from the past and the present, we have been working on creating a thoroughgoing process inspection system, a reliable quality management system based on evaluation management using FMEA /APQP and so on.

IATF 16949

These activities lead to the acquisition of ISO 9002 certification at Higashi-Matsuyama plant in October 1998 and at Nasu Plant in May 1999, and furthermore, QS9000 certification at Higashi-Matsuyama plant as well as at Nasu Plant. In addition, we obtained ISO/TS16949:2002 certification in December 2002, as the first company in Japan. Corresponding to the change of the standard from ISO/TS16949 to IATF16949, we obtained IATF16949:2016 certification in November 2017. With the momentum of these certifications, we will continue to challenge aiming at more global standard.

(ISO/TS16949:2002 was certified as the first company in Japan

BOSCH supplier award

Environmental philosophy

Noguchi Seiki Co., Ltd. promotes the continuous environment improvement with attention on the rich nature in our local community and on the maintenance of the earth environment.

Environmental policies

  1. We consider the environmental impact concerning the corporate activities, set our environmental objective and plan, review them periodically and continually improve the environmental management system.
  2. We comply with environmental laws and regulations and take preventive activities against environmental pollution.
  3. We grasp the root cause which influences the environment and promote sustainable resource use, and save resources/energies, reduce waste and take recycling activities.
  4. Based on this environmental policy, all the employees are aware of the role and responsibility for the environmental conservation activities and take actions considering protection of biodiversity and ecosystems. This environmental policy also will be informed to our business connections, so that the environmental improvement activities will be prompted.
  5. We place this environmental policy on our web site and on view to the public.

Environmental conservation activities

Since 2004, we have been adopting an environmental improvement suggestion scheme involving all the employees in making suggestions for environmental improvement inside/outside the company. These activities are being promoted through putting environment improvement labels on designated places.

Environment improvement label

Environmental management

【ISO14001】

Under the slogan “Technology must be environment-friendly”, we obtained ISO14001 certification, aiming to be an international company that widely contributes to the community and the improvement of the global environment and has an existence value in the world, irrespective of the company size.

  • Product or service range Manufacture of automotive parts
    Initial certification date December 13, 2000
    Certified plants Higashi-matsuyama plant and Nasu plant
    Certifying organization DNV
    Accreditation organization RvA (Read voor Accreditatie), Holland
【Promotion of zero emission】

Aiming at 100% recycling of general and industrial waste discharged from our business activities, we have been working on accurate trash separation, selection of service providers and further related activities.

【Environmental education and training program】

Based on the education and training system chart, we have been carrying out the educational program to all the employees according to the level of position, aiming at understanding of their own position and promoting environmental involvement at individual tasks. Furthermore, drills are performed once a year for supporting emergencies, such as fire or oil outflow.

【Risk management】

In 2007, the “crisis management manual” was issued in which detection and identification of environmental risks, classification of the same, the management system, the emergency contact network, etc. were clarified.