CSR Activities
Participation in Community Activities
Contributing to the reduction of clothing waste through “upcycling activities”
JUKI is engaged in “upcycling,” the recycling of used clothing and waste materials into new items. JUKI has been holding internal upcycling events since 2021 and expanding the events to external parties since 2023. JUKI held upcycling exhibits at the “Eco Festa” in Tama City in June 2024 and at the “Tama Future Industrial Fair” in Hachioji City in January 2025. JUKI upcycling workshops using household sewing machines took place at both events. In the Christmas season every December, JUKI works with the local community to reduce clothing waste and holds a workshop on making Christmas stockings using scraps of fabric
Cleanup activities conducted near our head office
In a yearly activity to protect the local environment, JUKI joins forces with six neighboring companies before the start of work on Zero Waste Day (May 30) to clean up the neighborhood. In FY2025, fourty volunteers participated in cleanup activities to beautify the community and raise environmental awareness. This activity strengthens our ties with the local community and spreads awareness of the importance of environmental protection.
Participating in the Tama City ESD Consortium to enhance and develop ESD
Tama City, where our head office is based, promotes Education for Sustainable Development, or ESD. Our company supports these activities and participates in the Tama City ESD Consortium, an alliance of companies, civic groups, educational institutions, and government agencies. We are working to enhance and develop ESD by collaborating and exchanging opinions with the other organizations within the consortium.
Supporting economic development through business exchanges in Ohtawara City, Tochigi Prefecture
The OHTAWARA PLANT, JUKI's main factory, regularly engages in diverse opinion exchanges with neighboring companies in discussions on regional economic development and corporate growth strategies. These exchanges strengthen cooperation between companies and support regional economic development and sustainable corporate growth.
Contributing to the promotion of the local community in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture
JUKI INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, a company located in Yokote City, Akita Prefecture, sponsors the city’s annual fireworks festival and the distribution of a “Crime Prevention Board Game for Children” at local nursery schools and kindergartens. The company also regularly conducts cleanup activities to help revitalize the local community. Through these efforts, the company is deepening its ties with the community and supporting the realization of a sustainable society.
Educational Support for Local Communities
Case Examples at Home
Community education support initiatives through elementary school social studies field trips
A year after relocating to Tama City, we began inviting students from nearby elementary schools to come to the site on social study field trip visits. Each year the children come to JUKI to see, experience, and learn. The children learn about the world of manufacturing and our company's SDGs initiatives by touring our facilities and showroom, witnessing sewing machine demonstrations, and experiencing sewing first hand. In FY2024 we welcomed visits from three schools (239 students in total). Our head office in Tama City opens its showrooms for industrial sewing machines, household sewing machines, and SMT-related equipment to anyone who wishes to visit by appointment. Our company will continue to contribute to the community and the development of the next generation by organizing tours and in-house visits of this type.
Case Examples Overseas
Scholarships awarded to students of the Ho Chi Minh University of Technology for 17 consecutive years (459 recipients in total)
JUKI has been providing educational support to students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology in the form of scholarships since FY2007. This initiative is based on a “Memorandum of Understanding on a Mutual Cooperation Program” concluded between JUKI and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology. The 17th scholarship award ceremony was held in November 2024. The scholarship funds are allocated to support the students' graduation thesis.
Students from IIT Gandhinagar visited JUKI India's manufacturing plant
JUKI established an industrial sewing machine manufacturing plant in Gujarat, India and launched plant operations in June 2024. The new plant aims to be a smart factory where personnel engage in high value-added work with help from automated in-plant transportation systems. In August, students and professors from IIT Gandhinagar, a renowned educational institution in India, visited Japan to interact with Japanese companies. The visitors toured a JUKI factory and experienced sewing machine operations first hand at JUKI. Representative feedback from the students:-“It was a great experience to see the factory in operation” -“The cleanliness of the factory and thorough safety measures were impressive.” We will continue to deepen the students’ understanding of JUKI and develop the next generation through tours like these.
