In November 13th, Mr. Masami Kawauchi has received the 2012 Social Education Award from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. 
　This award was for his long-time commitment to the social education/activities and his support of these related groups and organizations. 
　We will continuously support and participate in local activities in this field.

　The engineering department of Nippon University presented us with a letter of appreciation on November 19th.This was for our long time commitment to provide summer internship programs (production) to their students.
　We have given students opportunities to experience the actual working environment and hope to assist them in the future.

　In October 29th, Toyota COMS was introduced as company cars (single-seater electric vehicle) for the purpose of being more environmentally friendly. The speed of this model is around 50 km per hour. It can be simply plugged into a standard electrical outlet in any home and it takes approximately six hours to fully charge it. 　Benefits of using these fully electric vehicles are non-CO2 emissions as well as cost saving (only around 2.4 yen per 1 km). 　We continue to be proactive in our efforts to create eco-friendly environment for our society.

　On October 11th, Mr. Naoki Maebara (corporate officer) received a certificate of gratitude from a branch manager at NTT East Corporation, Gunma branch.
　He was recognized to be an excellent board member of the Japan Telecom Users Association with his devotion, and also has improved the telecommunication service.
　We, at Ogura continue to be active and contribute our efforts to the industrial development.

On September 7th, 2012, the president of Ogura Clutch, Mr. Yasuhiro Ogura received a length-of-service award from Gunma Prefecture Chamber of Commerce.
　For the last 10 plus years, he has actively participated in the organization’s activities toward development and prosperity of the industries in the city of Kiryu where Ogura is headquartered.
　Ogura as a company continues not only its commitments to engage in the local community but also contributions in the effort toward industrial development in Gunma Prefecture.

　We took part in the exhibition at the 16th Mechanical Components & Materials Technology Expo which was held at Tokyo Big Site from June 20th to 22nd, 2012.
　Predominately, our general purpose clutches/brakes and tension control machinery was exhibited. As for our new products, the brand new model of Powder Clutch OPC-N Series, Air Pressure Caliper Brakes and small size of Non-Exciting Actuate Brake were also displayed. Our demo machines were available for display. Many visitors were able to see the increased function and capability of our products. We successfully completed the exhibition.
　Thank you very much for stopping by our booth.

Ogura Clutch Thailand Co., Ltd. (located in Rayong, east part of Thailand) has been expanding their existing facility, and by the end of 2012, their production capacity will be 1.7 times greater than the current one with total production being 3.5 million pieces.
　Thailand is now our key plant in the South East Asian area and so far demand around this area is still strong after the big flood last year. In order to support our customer’s satisfaction, we made the decision to expand our production system.
　Approx. 3,000m2 of space will be added on top of the existing space, 10,000m2. Pressure molding machinery was already installed at the site. We continuously answer customer’s needs and stabilize our supply. Also, we search for manufacturing capacity as well as establish the production base in South East Asia.
　While our production has increased mainly in Thailand and China, we are pushing sales activity for industrial machinery such as construction equipment in Japan.

　On April 2nd 2012, as a part of our volunteering activity, our thirty employees cleaned up surrounding areas of our headquarter office and the #1 plant.
　They picked up various sizes of trash from the street. We hope that pedestrians will feel comfortable to walk around the clean-up area, and our contribution is environmentally beneficial for our society.
　This is part of our environmental cleaning activities. We will continuously organize these type of cleaning activities to raise volunteering spirit.

　The 9th Guangzhou International Automotive Air-Conditioning & Cold Chain Technology Exhibition China 2012 was held between February 24th and 26th. Our office in China, Ogura Clutch (Dong Guan) CO., LTD. participated in the show and they got favorable review from visitors. 
　We appreciate your visits and will utilize all your comments and advice gathered during the exhibition.

Our related company, Ogura Corporation (OC) was awarded by “Ford Q1”. This is an original quality control program organized by Ford Motor Company. Basically, the company reviews suppliers’ structure of quality controls to see if they can meet the company’s expecting level. 
　We are proud to announce that OC was deemed to be a supplier with the highest quality level at this time. In order to qualify for this program, all candidates (factories) must be certified by ISO/TS-16949. They are also required to implement the Quality Operating System (QOS), meet the satisfactory level under the Material Management Operations Guide (MMOG) while following Ford’s production schedule, and obtain all requirements from the Q1 program items. 
　We will continue to seek quality improvement and are devoted to customer satisfaction.