On September 30 and October 11, 2004, Minebea Co., Ltd. ("Minebea")'s Thai and Singapore subsidiaries, under-mentioned, received OHSAS ("Occupational Health and Safety Assessment") 18001 certification, respectively, a standard for occupational health and safety ("OH&S") management systems created to enable an organization to control its OH&S risks and improve its business performance.
Although OHSAS 18001 does not become an international standard yet, plans for globalizing it in the future are now under consideration. In addition, reflecting a growing worldwide interest in OH&S management systems, there has been a growth in the number of companies requesting suppliers to earn OHSAS 18001 certification.
Thailand is the Minebea Group's largest production base, which accounts for about 60% of Group output. Singapore also contributes around 10% of that output.
In addition to the above subsidiaries, Minebea's Chinese subsidiaries--Minebea Electronics & Hi-Tech Components (Shanghai) Ltd. and Shanghai Shun Ding Technologies Ltd.--plan to obtain OHSAS 18001 certification by the end of March 2005.
The following are details of the recently awarded certification:
Thailand
Certificate-Awarded Subsidiaries: NMB Thai Ltd.Minebea Thai Ltd.Pelmec Thai Ltd.NMB Hi-Tech Bearing Ltd.NMB Precision Balls Ltd.Thai Minebea-Matsushita Motor Co., Ltd.Minebea Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.Power Electronics of Minebea Co., Ltd.
Date of Certification: September 30, 2004
Singapore
Certificate-Awarded Subsidiaries: NMB Singapore Ltd.Minebea Technologies PTE Ltd.Pelmec Industries (PTE.) Ltd.
Date of Certification: October 11, 2004
Product Model | Inside Diameter | Outside Diameter | Thickness |
TA912Z IKO | 9 | 16 | 12 |
TA820Z IKO | 8 | 15 | 20 |