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 Diagnostics – with William Stockburn as Vice President and General Manager of the Enzyme Business in Europe. We met him for a personal interview and asked him about the company’s business as well as the importance of the cooperation amongst the SEKISUI companies in Europe.

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“Bye-bye Pfungstadt, hello Darmstadt!”, said the employees of SEKISUI Diagnostics GmbH mid of March. They moved from their old office in Pfungstadt to to a new office in Darmstadt. Germany’s largest airport, Frankfurt, is now so close that the new office can be reached quickly by international guests and employees.

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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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Clare Chaffey literally lives KAIZEN. In her role as Senior QA (Quality Assurance) Documentation Supervisor at SEKISUI Diagnostics in Kent she is managing the online documentation and training system (CATSWeb) and is providing support for other users. Also, managing the quality records archives and releasing the batch folder documentation for Production is part of her job.

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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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