Management Policies

OTAX Co., Ltd., through the manufacturing and sales of electronic components such as switches and connectors, as well as medical devices, aims to fulfill product requirements and customer expectations, ensuring business stability and contributing to society. This is achieved by all employees effectively utilizing the quality management system and engaging in continuous improvement activities.

(1) Enhancing Customer Satisfaction
– Emphasize the product realization process to reduce customer complaints.
– Aim to shorten production lead times to meet customer delivery schedules.
– Stay abreast of market trends and actively engage in the development of products that meet market and customer demands.
– Foster communication with customers and promptly respond to feedback, including product-related information.
(2) Clearly identify and comply with product-related requirements and legal regulations.
(3) Set quality objectives at each level and department, and regularly review their appropriateness.
(4) Evaluate the effectiveness of the quality management system through internal and external information and periodic reviews, striving for continuous improvement.
(5) Through education at each level and department, ensure that all employees understand and are well-informed about the quality policy, objectives, and goals, thus raising awareness and effectively operating the company’s quality management system.

Revised on April 1, 2011

OTAX recognizes that protecting the global environment and ensuring safety are critical issues for the local community. Through the development, manufacturing, and sales of electronic components such as switches and connectors, as well as medical devices, all employees are committed to continuously reducing environmental impact and preventing environmental pollution.

1. Identify the environmental impacts of the company’s business activities and strive for improvement and reduction.
Suppress the generation of waste and promote resource recycling to contribute to the establishment of a circular society.
Recognize the finite nature of resources and energy, and strive for sustainable resource utilization.
Identify substances that affect the global environment and human health, communicate them to internal and external stakeholders, and work to manage and reduce environmental impact substances.
In product development, aim for designs that consider environmental impacts and the depletion of resources and energy.
2. Clarify and comply with environmental regulations, agreed-upon requirements, and agreements related to the company’s business activities.
3. Consider climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and ecosystem protection in the company’s business activities.
4. Utilize the environmental management system to conduct regular reviews and aim for continuous improvement.
5. Raise environmental awareness among all employees by ensuring an understanding of the environmental policy and objectives, contributing to environmental conservation and reducing environmental impact through the company’s business activities.
6. This environmental policy will be communicated to all employees and disclosed both internally and externally.

Revised on November 1, 2017

[Scope of Application]
The scope of application considers internal and external issues, the company’s environmental obligations, agreed-upon requirements, and agreements, and includes the following organizational units, functions, and physical boundaries. The organization’s activities, products, and services, as well as its authority and capabilities, are as follows:
Organizational Units, Functions, and Physical Boundaries
Site: Headquarters (1215, Nippacho, Kohoku-ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 223-0057 Japan)
Organization: All departments belonging to the headquarters organization, as well as employees, contract workers, temporary staff, part-timers, and interns who belong to those departments
Organization’s Activities, Products, and Services: Facilities within the site, all business activities, and related services
Development, manufacturing, and sales of:
Industrial power switches, Consumer power switches, Electronic circuit switches, Composite (integrated) switches, Sensors (pressure, vibration, light), Connectors, Electronic components, Medical devices
Organization’s Authority and Capabilities
Through regular environmental impact assessments, the organization will formulate environmental objectives and action plans based on social and regulatory conditions, strategic business plans, and environmental impact evaluations, and will promote continuous improvement activities aimed at reducing environmental impact.

The DIP switches, operational switches, connectors, and terminal blocks manufactured by OTAX Co., Ltd. comply with the following RoHS Directive for all product types:

[Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on RoHS]
The products do not contain the specified ten hazardous substances (excluding exempted uses):
(Lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, benzyl butyl phthalate, dibutyl phthalate, diisobutyl phthalate).

OTAX Group’s Approach to the SDGs

OTAX Group aims to contribute to the achievement of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through our business activities. We have always strived, and will continue to strive, for sustainable growth not only within our organization but also in collaboration with our customers, suppliers, and society at large.

Examples of Our Initiatives At our company, we are working to reduce environmental impact not only in our products and production processes but also in the packaging of our products.

1. Elimination of metal fittings from packaging boxes.
2. Reduction of printing volume on packaging boxes.