Open House 2017

 

We had “Open House 2017” for two days at the end of last month.

More than 200 customers came from all over Japan and East Asia.

A lot of young people of ours came under the spotlight this year.



Presenter was Ms. H who just started working this April.

　　　　　

Technical presentation on our latest corrugator production control system “iEM2”.

She was the first and only female engineer at ISOWA when she joined us 10 years ago.

 

Ever since, she has been engaged in the development of production control system as a pioneer of female engineer.

 

 

 

Technical presentation on our flagship printer "Ibis" featuring the latest technology that makes it possible to feed two sheets for each cylinder revolution and to double your productivity.

 

He has only been working here for one and half years, and yet, has played a great role in making this new feature come true.

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s our “Doublebacker” team.

 

 

The freshman on the right who did a presentation on how cost-effective our machine is and his mentor in his early 30’s on the left.

 

He, in his early 30's as well, has been working on our new singlefacer “CF60” which allows you to change roll cassettes very quickly without any human intervention.

 

 

 

Let me introduce some of the feedbacks I got from the customers.



 “I was impressed with the atmosphere in which you’re all working vigorously.”

 “The energy that your young generation has is just overwhelming.”

 

 “You trust young people with such challenging jobs, and they get motivated and meet your expectation.  I see a virtuous circle.”

 “It’s amazing how the whole company is working towards the same direction.”

 

Thanks to those who came all the way.



We hope to see a lot more customers from abroad at the next Open House!

 

Aim toward having the best corporate culture in the US

I travelled to the US last week.

The major purpose of the trip was to visit customers in the northeast.

One of them has been using our Corrugator machine for over 25 years.

It is such a pleasure to work with a customer like them over generations.

Sales and maintenance service for these customers are provided by ISOWA America (IA).

IA was established in 2002, and they cover not only the North America but also the South America.

The business has been great for them recently, and we are expecting even more growth in the future.

For this reason, they moved to a new office with a bigger warehouse in Phoenix, Arizona and have hired several people in the past few years.

Since I have never met those new people, I decided to get it added to the business trip schedule, although I knew I wouldn’t get to see the whole team, because some of them are working in other parts of the North and South America.

　　　　

On the way to Phoenix from Boston, Ron, the president of IA, told me everyone was being nervous.

And when we got there, some of them certainly seemed nervous, but, as we talked, I could feel we were getting closer to each other.

Newly-hired people with a specialist skill in different areas and two young graduates of Arizona State University are blending in nicely and solidifying the IA’s foundation that old members have been building even more.

They also gave me a presentation about this huge project they started working on.

To be honest, I was so impressed because they are way ahead of ISOWA Japan.

I’m sure that this can be a game-changer once it gets on the right track.

After work, we had dinner at a Mexican restaurant.

After spending some time with them, it was clear to me that IA is heading to the right direction.

I would like them to become the company that has the best corporate culture in the US like we’re trying in Japan!

It was really nice seeing you all.
Thank you!