As CEO of this company, I established the following founding philosophy amid the post-war devastation. Based on this management philosophy, I have pursued good faith and sincerity for more than 20 years. We are steadily building our business foundation to become a leader in the global market, including Japan, with trust and understanding from respective manufacturers in the automotive, marine vessel, aircraft, and construction machinery industries. This fact has led to a deep conviction that this founding philosophy was essentially correct and has brought a stronger sense of heavy responsibility which our company must fulfill in the industry. Notably, regarding the first point, I have been strongly determined over the past several years to “devote my heart, soul, and life to control cables.”

I am confident that demand for control cables, our products, is unlimited if we continue to further improve and develop them (the potential demand is immeasurably sufficient because such cables have not been developed by competitors). I also believe that, only by following this policy, our company can develop as a global manufacturer specializing in control cables. Our future vision is founded on the management philosophy, a sense of responsibility to society, and prospect of product development, which I mentioned earlier. We will continue to make progress working towards the future.

(an excerpt from the minutes of the chairman’s lecture on January 20, 1971)