Awards and Honors

Competition won (Hosted by the Japan Light Metal Welding & Construction Association)
1980 (S55) The 5th Competition Class I TIG Welding Piping First Prize
1984 (S59) The 9th Competition Class III MIG Welding Heavy metal sheets Grand Prize
Class III MIG Welding Heavy metal sheets First Prize
1985 (S60) The 10th Competition Class III MIG Welding Pennant cutting Award of Excellence
1986 (S61) The 11th Competition Class III MIG Welding Heavy metal sheets Grand Prize
1998 (H10) The 23th Competition Class II MIG Welding Medium plates First Prize
Class II TIG Welding Medium plates Second Prize
2004 (H16) The 29th Competition Class II MIG Welding Medium plates Prize of Excellence
2006 (H18) The 31th Competition Class II MIG Welding Medium plates First Prize
Class I TIG Welding Piping First Prize
2012 (H24) The 37th Competition Class I TIG Welding Piping Award of Excellence
2014 (H26) The 39th Competition Class I TIG Welding Piping Grand Prize
Honors
1947 (S22) Fall Medal of Honor (awarded by the Japanese government) Yellow Ribbon For diligence in the welding business and achievements as an “arc welder” Kanji Oshima
Awards
1975 (S50) Awards from the Director General of Science and Technology / Souikufu Korosha Sho (Creative Originality Merit Awards) Improvement of air flow regulator wings
Same as above Improvement of can manufacturing finish
1978 (S53) Same as above Improvement of thin plate structure manufacturing devices
Same as above Design of rubber hose insertion system
1979 (S54) Chiba Prefecture: Kanto Chihou Hatsumei Hyoushou (Invention Awards in the Kanto Region) Heat exchanger component
2003 (H15) Chiba Prefecture: Chiba-ken no meiko (Master Craftsman of Chiba Prefecture)
2005 (H17) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Highly Skilled Engineer
Chiba-ken Sangyojin Club (Chiba Prefecture Industrialists’ Club) Dai 9-kai Bencha kigyo keieisha (The 9th Venture Manager) Grand Prize
2008 (H18) Chiba Prefecture: Chiba no chikara chushokigyo hyosho (The Power of Chiba: Small to Mid-Scale Company Awards) Employee Awards
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Small and Medium Enterprises Agency “Genki na monozukuri chushokigyo 300-sha (300 Energetic Small to Mid-sized Manufacturing Corporations)” Employee Awards
2010 (H22) Chiba Prefecture: Chiba-ken no meiko (Master Craftsman of Chiba Prefecture)
2011 (H23) Chiba Prefecture: Grand Prize for Keiei Kakushin (Business Innovation) Proposal
Letters of Appreciation
1997 (H9) Furukawa Electric Group For the establishment of production procedures and quality control for gas insulated transmission lines (GIL)
1998 (H10) Chubu Electric Power Co., Ltd. Same as above
2002 (H14) Toshiba Corporation For VA and quality control of gas insulated switches (GIS)
2005 (H17) Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation Appreciation for cooperation in achieving maximum production of electrolyzer cells.
2006 (H18) JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. For cost reductions enabled by recycling technologies using ultra fine Ni powder manufacturing devices.