Do you know what has been celebrated in Japan last Friday? The Doll Festival known as hina-matsuri. It is a very special day in Japan. Families celebrate good health and future happiness for girls in a unique and colourful matter. But also communities have their own individual way to solemnise this occasion. The tradition goes back to the Heian period in Japanese history.
The arrival of a new year puts many people in a special mood. In western cultures, friends and family perform rituals to leave the ghosts of the old year behind, and to embrace new opportunities that may surface with the change of years. In Japan, “shōgatsu” – the “Japanese New Year” – has the same great importance as Christmas for most people in Europe. The New Year’s Day is called “Ganjitsu”.
SEKISUI Alveo hosted the 6th European KAIZEN Convention from 15th to 17th November in Geisenheim, Germany. The “triadic” slogan of the event “wine, stone and health” not only represented the diversity of the emblematic landscape and its surroundings, but defined the course of the internal competition, which was held in the premises of the AKZENT Waldhotel Rheingau.
SEKISUI has agreed to divest SEKISUI Virotech GmbH in a stock sale to Virotech Diagnostics Holdings GmbH. The purchase price was not disclosed.
This year’s edition of K fair in Düsseldorf marked a special occasion for our family: Organized by SEKISUI Europe B.V., the European companies came together to showcase their portfolio on a unified stand.
Beginning of October, the exciting SEKISUI European Football Tournament saw teams from the SEKISUI family fighting for the cup and having a good time. We have compiled emotional shots from the event into a video:
SEKISUI S-Lec, lucky winner of the 5th KAIZEN Convention last year in Kent, England, was invited to join and present its European project at the 50th Global KAIZEN Convention on 15th January 2016 in Kyoto, Japan.
Alexandra Fuller and Mahesh Mangaonkar are the lucky champions of the SEKISUI OPEN 2016. From 7th to 13th March, the fourth edition of the squash tournament took place at Sportpark Pilatus in Kriens, Switzerland. Once again, top squash players from around the world competed against each other. SEKISUI OPEN is made possible by SEKISUI, which has committed itself to sponsoring the tournament from 2013 to 2020. Due to its continuous sponsorship, SEKISUI makes a significant contribution to the promotion of squash in Europe.
