As a group of companies, SEKISUI in Europe provides a vast array of innovative products and services, engages around 1,000 diverse employees and combines the strength of various great companies. One of these companies is SEKISUI Eslon. Another one is SEKISUI Pipe Renewal. Both companies have one Managing Director: Paul Koopman. We asked him about the company’s daily business, his job as Managing Director as well as the cooperation within Europe.

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At the beginning of February, the time had come again: The QESH manager of all SEKISUI companies met to talk about current environment activities in Europe and learn about the current environmental plans and how to implement them from Japanese colleagues. This year, the event was hosted by SEKISUI Diagnostics in the UK. Together with the Environmental Management Group the company prepared an interesting and diverse two-day program at their site in Kent.

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Innovative projects aiming at the continuous improvement of SEKISUI. This is the focus of KAIZEN. On November 21^st, representatives from different European companies met in Tarragona, Spain, and competed against each other at the 8^th European KAIZEN convention. Successfully hosted by SEKISUI Specialty Chemicals, the event allowed eight European teams to present their improvement activities to reinforce company structure and business performance.

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SEKISUI Europe B.V. (SEBV), European headquarters of the SEKISUI Chemical Group, was formed in April 2017. But what faces are actually behind this name and what is the European headquarters’ aim?  Today, we would like to present to you the six-person team*.

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What a lovely weekend! Nine different teams from all over Europe competed against each other at this year’s SEKISUI European Football Tournament in Salou, Spain. Exciting games, real sportsmanship and great shared experiences: this year’s matches offered it all. Our video shows this year’s highlights and emotional moments.

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From October 5^th to October 7^th, the time had finally come: the third SEKISUI European Football Tournament was held in Salou, Spain. This year’s edition was once again marked by great team spirit but also fierce competition. Nevertheless, the Spanish team managed to defend its title against the Dutch Team Mepke. The players had to wait until the penalty shoot-out to cheer though.

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The Paris Agreement by UNCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) marks a new course in the global climate effort: For the first time ever, all nations were brought into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects. The Science Based Targets (“SBT”) Initiative is a collaborative effort between various environmental organizations to recognize the companies making efforts to counteract climate change.

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This fiscal year, SEKISUI developed a new CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) concept. Let’s have a look at the most important aspects and how they are adaptable to the different business fields.

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The highlight for all the European KAIZEN teams is getting closer. The yearly KAIZEN convention take place in November. Before we present all participants and their projects, we would like to introduce to you the head of KAIZEN activities at SEKISUI, Akira Hikono from the Total Manufacturing Management Center.

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KAIZEN is integral to SEKISUI culture, a defining philosophy that inspires us to constantly evaluate, refine and progress. Almost every employee has heard of the term “KAIZEN”, but may be unsure about the meaning. In this article, we want to explain the process, so everyone can integrate the Japanese philosophy into daily work life.

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At the beginning of October, the SEKISUI Football Tournament 2018 will take place for the third time! Again, many different countries from Europe are represented, with new and familiar faces. It’ s about time to introduce the nine participating teams.

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For five days, the world’s leading trade fair for environmental technologies – the IFAT – addressed the topics water, sewage, waste and raw materials management in Munich, Germany. The industry’s products are in rising demand all over the world. This was also notable at the booth of SEKISUI Pipe Renewal: During the entire trade fair, the team informed interested visitors about trenchless pipe rehabilitation.

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