Fostering Youth Development

Exploring Manufacturing and the Wonder of Chemistry
Effort of the Kaneka Group

Kaneka Group is active in efforts to foster youth development in communities where it operates.
We will make a continuous contribution to local communities through youth development.

Exploring Manufacturing and the Wonder of Chemistry

As part of Kaneka’s efforts to support the education of the next generation in the community and society, we teach classes on manufacturing and on-site classes. Retired employees and current employees, including new hires, serve as lecturers.
Partnering with Core-Net, an NPO dedicated to educating the next generation, we conduct the Kaneka Manufacturing Class at elementary schools near Kaneka Takasago Manufacturing Site, Osaka Manufacturing Site, and Shiga Manufacturing Site. The aim of the class is to increase children’s interest in and understanding of manufacturing. In the class, sixth graders assembled Scrollers II (a small self-powered rolling robot) kids, gaining a sense of the fun and satisfaction of making things.
Elementary schools near the Kaneka Kashima Manufacturing Site are conducting field trip classes for chemical experiments based on a concept of “Let’s get into science.” Using our own products, we conducted experiments around the properties of foamed polystyrene including foaming, shock absorption, and insulation properties, giving students a chance to experience the wonder of chemistry.
We will continue supporting students’ education with an emphasis on lighthearted fun.

Kaneka Manufacturing Class

Scrollers II craft kit

A scene from a field trip class

A shock absorption experiment with eggs

Efforts of the Kaneka Group

<All parent manufacturing sites, Group companies in Japan and overseas>

Regularly accepting local students for internships, onsite training, work experience, and workplace visits.
Organizing plant and facility tours for local schools.

Work experience (Shinka Shokuhin Co., Ltd.)

Interns trying out product analysis
(PT. Kaneka Foods Indonesia)

Try It Out Week, in which junior high school students experience manufacturing processes
(Kaneka Foods Manufacturing Corporation)

Providing factory tours
(Kochi Styrol Co., Ltd.)

<Takasago Manufacturing Site, Kaneka Takasago Service Center Co., Ltd.>

Planting seedlings in the spring and digging sweet potatoes in the fall in the fields on the grounds of the plant with local kindergarteners, elementary school students, and students from a special needs school.

<Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.>

Providing scholarships to local high schools and universities.
Providing educational programs for STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).

<Kaneka Africa Liaison Office>

Holding quality and management seminars for hairdressers to help them increase their income and gain independence.

<Kaneka (Thailand) Co., Ltd.>

Making donations to local schools.

<Cemedine Co., Ltd.>

Sponsoring ROBOCON for technical colleges and ROBOCON for elementary schools.
Presenting woodworking adhesives to new first-year students in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, and Koga City, Ibaraki Prefecture, two areas where we have manufacturing sites.
Taking part in Bell Mark activities.

Sponsoring ROBOCON