GLOBAL SUZUKI

With Local Communities

Cleanup activities

Participation in and cooperation with the Lake Hamana Environmental Network

As part of environment education for employees and their family, since establishing the Lake Hamana Environmental Network in 2005, Suzuki is actively participating in and cooperating with the network.
The Lake Hamana Environmental Network receives entrustment from the Environmental Protection Bureau of Shizuoka Prefecture, and conducts constant and aggressive activities including an education program in relation to environmental conservation of Lake Hamana, reuse project of eelgrass and sea lettuce, and transmission of local environment information. As of April 2018, 72 groups and bodies such as local civic groups, schools, NPO corporations, and various trade associations and companies are registered in this Network, which is the "place for gathering" for environmental conservation of Lake Hamana.
In FY2018, Suzuki's employees and their family members (44 persons from 18 families in total) participated in activities such as "Lake Hamana Eco Kids Experience School 2018 in Bentenjima" and "Vegetables Making Experience" using natural eelgrass compost.
Through lectures and experiential learning such as observation, cleaning of waterside and farming, Suzuki will continue to encourage people to recognise the bountiful nature of the brackish water lake, Lake Hamana by participating in and cooperating with environment education and preservation activities.

●Lake Hamana Eco Kids Experience School 2018 in Bentenjima (4 August 2018)

The following activity was held at the Ikari Shoal.
●Observation of creatures and eelgrass in shallow water

●Growing vegetables raised with compost made from eelgrass (14 October 2018)

Field-making and seed-planting of vegetables at NPO Murachanet’s field in Murakushi-cho

●Growing vegetables raised with compost made from eelgrass (13 January 2019)

Harvesting of radishes at NPO Murachanet’s field in Murakushi-cho

Supporting activities to the local society

The Suzuki Group made the following supports to the local society in FY2018.

Japan Suzuki Motor
Corporation		 Aid for heavy rain relief in July 2018 Donated a total of five million yen through the Japanese Red Cross Society as a support to the affected areas
Aid for earthquake relief in Hokkaido Donated a total of five million yen through the Japanese Red Cross Society as a support to the affected areas
Aid for volunteer activities in the
affected areas		 Donated six units of Carry minitrucks as aid for volunteer activities in the affected areas to social welfare councils (located in the city of Kurashiki in Okayama, and Imabari, Uwajima, Ozu, and Seiyo in Ehime)
Support for earthquake measures by
the local governments		 Donated a total of 30 million yen to the local governments (City of Iwata, Kakegawa, and Makinohara in Shizuoka) to their earthquake measures (accumulated total of 840 million yen)
Indonesia Suzuki Motor
Corporation
Suzuki Indomobil
Motor (SIM)		 Aid for earthquake and tsunami relief Donated a total of approximately 11 million yen, including two ambulance cars produced by SIM
India Maruti Suzuki Maintenance of water supply
Public sanitation		 Established self-sustainable water ATM (21 units in 20 locations), sewage line and household toilets (4,345 units in 26 locations)
Maintenance of infrastructure at
governmental schools		 Improved infrastructure in 50 schools of Gurugram such as providing classroom equipment, refurbishing classrooms, and establishing toilets
Maintenance of public facilities Constructed and repaired paved roads (32km in 11 locations), established and repaired community halls
Pakistan Pak Suzuki Donation of trucks for mobile libraries Donated Ravi (Carry) trucks for mobile libraries to 2 villages in the state of Gilgit Biltistan
Installation of road signs Installed 43 different traffic safety sign boards on surrounding roads of the company offices
Donations of ambulance car Donated an ambulance car based on APV to a hospital in the city of Gwadar

Support for local region by Maruti Suzuki

Educational supports

Introduction of Suzuki’s Monozukuri (production) to local students

For the purposes of cultivation of human resources and activation of researches, we give “Suzuki Endowment Lectures” at a local university by sending lecturers from Suzuki. Also, we hold “Suzuki Lectures” to inform students on what are happening in the industrial world.

●Suzuki Endowment Lectures

Aimed to nurture researchers and contribute to academic promotion and society, Suzuki has been giving endowment lectures on efforts for various researches of element technologies of automobiles to the Shizuoka University (Faculty of Engineering).
Under the lecture titled "Advanced vehicle energy engineering”, the Company is making efforts in research aimed to realise advanced vehicle with high environmental performance.
The study is conducted at the laboratory by integrating production, experiment, and analysis.
At the lecture of automotive engineering for students in the third year of mechanical departments, we are offering unique education which only a company can present; for example, we introduce functions, materials, manufacturing methods, and latest technologies of automobile parts while looking at actual parts.

∙Lecture course : "Advanced vehicle energy engineering" presented by Suzuki
∙Study theme :
  • ① Study on technology for mitigating deterioration of catalyser for purifying exhaust gas
  • ② Study on temperture estimation of motor
∙Lecturer : Two employees are sent from Suzuki as specifically-appointed lecturers
∙Term : 18 years from April 2003 to end of March 2021

●Suzuki Lectures

We hold lectures that introduce current industrial status and activities for problems at two universities; Shizuoka Sangyo University (Iwata Campus) and Tokoha University (Hamamatsu campus).

∙FY2018 theme : Suzuki’s initiatives in realising Team Suzuki and Strengthening of Manufacturing for management based toward the next 100 years
∙Lecturer : Employees from each department, depending upon the theme
∙Term : One lecture – 90〜100 minutes, 14〜15 times per year

Student Formula Japan

“The 16th Student Formula Japan” sponsored by Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan was held at Shizuoka Prefecture Ogasayama Nature and Sports Park (ECOPA) from 4 to 8 September 2018.
This competition is held every year to develop human resources that may contribute to promotion of automotive technologies and industries through cooperation of government, industrial, academic and private sectors, and teams of students compete with each other for their total abilities of manufacturing using vehicles that they design and manufacture.
As a member of the Society, Suzuki cooperates in operation of this competition and supports participating teams. At the tournament held in 2018, 93 teams including 72 domestic and 21 overseas teams participated, and Kyoto Institute of Technology that we supported won the overall second prize and the Tokai University won the eighth prize.

Kyoto Institute of Technology

“Monozukuri” Workshop

We provide “Monozukuri Workshop on Transportation Devices” for universities in Japan and other countries and local corporate through Suzuki Plaza and plant tour. Workshops were held in FY2018 as listed on the right.

7/5 Nagoya University Summer Program (NUSIP)

12/14 Shizuoka University Asia Bridge Program

Date University, workshop name No. of
participants
2018 19 April Shizuoka University industry innovation special lecture
Suzuki Monozukuri Workshop		 35
23 April Iwata Minami High School
tour of experiment facilities and Suzuki Plaza		 44
26 April Shizuoka University industry innovation special lecture
Workshop of Suzuki's Global Business		 19
14 June Hamamatsu Agency for Innovation Core Human Resource Development Workshop
Suzuki Plaza tour		 30
5 July Nagoya University Summer Program (NUSIP)
Suzuki Plaza tour		 43
6 July Shizuoka University Faculty of Engineering
Kosai Plant tour		 55
26 July Core Human Resource Development Workshop
Kosai Plant tour		 43
31 August Shizuoka University exchange students from Malaysia
Kosai Plant tour		 16
28 September Shizuoka University Faculty of Engineering Career Design Training
Kosai Plant tour		 43
7 November Gadjah Mada University and Udayana University of Indonesia
Suzuki Plaza tour		 17
9 November TV telephone class with Setoya Elementary School of Fujieda 23
4 December Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology
Monozukuri Workshop		 82
14 December Shizuoka University Asia Bridge Program (Hamamatsu)
Monozukuri Workshop		 18
2019 22 January Shizuoka University Asia Bridge Program (Shizuoka)
Monozukuri Workshop		 20
23 January Utsunomiya University Information Science
Monozukuri Workshop		 25
14 February Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Monozukuri Workshop		 17
Total 530

Kids Engineer

“Kids Engineer 2018”, an experiencial study event sponsored by Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan was held on 27 July 2018.
Suzuki provided the classroom program “What's inside the motorcycle engine?” to learn the engine by actually disassembling and assembling the engine of the scooter Choi Nori for kids from 1st to 6th grades to get to know the fun of manufacturing.

Track and field training program

Aiming to train athletes who can compete in international competitions such as the Olympics and the World Championships, the Suzuki Hamamatsu Athlete Club has been producing Japanese national athletes for the past four consecutive Olympics from 2004 (Athens) to 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).
The top-level athletes including the Olympians such as Akihiko Nakamura (for Decathlon in Rio de Janeiro) and Ryohei Arai (for Javelin Throw in Rio de Janeiro) who are active inside and outside of Japan cooperate in track and field training program and lectures held in various regions. Based on their own experience, they contribute to the popularisation and development of the track and field in Japan, as well as enhancement of children’s physical strength.
The Suzuki Hamamatsu Athlete Club will continue the activities to awaken children's interests in track and field, as well as emotions and dreams gained through sports.

Suzuki Plaza (https://www.suzuki-rekishikan.jp/english)

Since Suzuki started its business in 1909 and was organised as a corporate in 1920 as a loom manufacturer, we have been devoted ourselves to customer-oriented “Monozukuri” based on the word “valuable products for customers”. Our enthusiasm for “Monozukuri” does not change even today that we manufacture and sell products all over the world.
The Suzuki Plaza is an exhibition facility opened in April 2009 to introduce Suzuki's history and manufacturing spirit to the public. Visitors can see a lot of our products since our foundation including looms, motorcycles, and automobiles that had been developed with the times, and the current automobile manufacturing process from development to production.
Approximately 700,000 persons have visited since it opened in 2009.

Trends in number of visitors

Suzuki Plaza

Introduction to Suzuki Plaza

Suzuki’s history floor

You can see Suzuki’s history which started with looms in 1909 and vehicles in old times such as the motorised bicycle engine launched in 1952 “Power Free”, the first mass-production minicar in Japan launched in 1955 “Suzulight”, the first Jimny (LJ10) launched in 1970, and the first Alto launched with the price of 470,000 yen in 1979, by elaborate presentation.

Loom from the time of foundation

Power Free

Suzulight

Suzuki’s Monozukuri floor

Based on the current manufacture of automobiles as the theme, the process from planning and development to production and sales of a new model is displayed in order.
You can see how Suzuki’s automobiles are manufactured at the plant in the powerful 3D theater “Factory Adventure”. In addition, there is a full-size assembly line and you can experience the simulated manufacturing site of automobiles.
There are various tricks including robots utilised at the plant, movie “World Adventure” that introduces manufacturing by Suzuki in foreign countries, sections that introduce the local Enshu area, etc., and not only car lovers but children who just start to get interested in automobiles can enjoy this facility.

Design room

Assembly line

Enshu Corner

Field study

The Suzuki Plaza is utilised by a number of local elementary schools as a good place for field study on the automobile industry. By experiencing the "plant tour" where they can see Suzuki's manufacturing site and by also visiting the Suzuki Plaza that introduces the development phase before manufacturing automobiles, they can learn the manufacturing process of automobiles in details.

Trends in field study

Field study

Manufacturing event

We hold events for children as an opportunity to enhance our relationship with the local community and to have them interested in "manufacturing". Those events are related to the history and manufacturing spirit of Suzuki, allowing children to enjoy learning through experiencing in a different way from textbook-oriented study.

Manufacturing event

The Suzuki Plaza will continue to hold such events to stimulate children's interest in "manufacturing". We hope that we can help children deepen their knowledge of the automobile industry by accepting field trips of many elementary schools. And, we will continue to do our best to become the institution that makes local people happy.