A place to produce plasma displays

The Miyazaki Works of Hitachi Plasma Display Limited is located in lush greenery and abundant with clean, fresh water and recognized as an environmentally conscious super eco-factory.

Fresh Reports on the Super Eco-Factory

[Image] 4 reporters

The four of us had a good tour of the factory!

What is an environmentally conscious factory? Hear from community residents sharing their eco-factory experience.

Interviews and report by Masahiro Chiba

Tomoko Matsuda Math teacher, Honjo Public High School: As the mother of two teenagers a busy homemaker and educator, the impact of factories in the community is of great importance to me, particularly the environmental factors.
Yumiko Maekawa English teacher, Honjo Public High School: Given a plant of this scale, I'm curious to see if every employee understands the factory’s environmental impact and will see firsthand for myself.
Caroline Barry English teacher, Municipal Miyazaki Commercial High School: Today, numerous environmental problems exist in our society, corporations have a responsibility to proactively tackle these problems.
Reiko Arikawa English teacher, Municipal Miyazaki Commercial High School: This is my first factory tour. I believe manufacturing quality products is important, but efforts to protect the environment are equally important.

Super Eco-Factory

[Image] Hitachi Plasma Display Limited

Hitachi Plasma Display Limited

Miyazaki Prefecture has suddenly become well known due to the accession of its new governor, Hideo Higashikokubaru. Headquartered in Kunitomicho and founded in April 1999, Hitachi Plasma Display Limited lies on the outskirts of the capital, Miyazaki City. The company is located on a picturesque hill surrounded by the natural environment with seasonal changes and beautiful scenery. It is this locale where cutting edge plasma displays (PDPs) boasting of the highest quality in the industry are supplied to various sites in the country.

[Image] Guide to Super Eco-Factory Hideyo Taniguchi

Guide to Super Eco-Factory

Hideyo Taniguchi, Environmental Control Center,
Hitachi Plasma Display Ltd.

He loves cars, in fact his beloved car is an environmentally friendly hybrid car. This car, however, is not so friendly to household economy, according to Mr. Taniguchi. He is so proud of PDPs manufactured here so much so, that he bought one at a mass merchandise outlet at the cost of staff discount.