Asahi Glass Fine Techno Korea, Asahi PD Glass Korea, and Hanwook Techno Glass are jointly conducting social contribution activities in line with the AGC Electronics Company's basic policy. In the winter of 2010, the companies conducted a unique Korean activity, making wintering Kimchi (Korean pickles). On December 3, a total of 85 employees of three companies and their families gathered together to make and package "heartfelt Kimchi," which were delivered to at least 400 households focusing on elderly people who lived alone and disadvantaged people. Through this activity employees were able to meet local inhabitants and also get to know each other. The companies will continue to conduct such activities continuously for 10, 20, and more years.

Employees and their families making Kimchi

AGC Display Glass Ochang, which manufactures glass substrates for flat panel displays in South Korea, believes it necessary to promote community relations on a steady and continuous basis, in order to conduct its business operations in harmony with local communities. Based on this idea, the employees continuously visit neighboring orphanages to cheer up the children. From 2009, the president and employees visited Haeneung Children Nursing Home, where at least 100 children were living together, in December The participants enjoy playing traditional games with the children, gave Christmas presents, and had fun with them.

Employees visiting Haeneung Children Nursing Home

P.T. Asahimas Chemical (ASC), which manufactures and sells chemicals such as caustic soda and vinyl chloride in Indonesia, creates new employment through procurement of wooden pallets for product transportation. ASC began this activity in 1999 to help people suffering under the economic crisis based on the idea: "better to provide a fishing rod rather than fish". As a result of giving easy-to-understand instructions to those engaged in the manufacture of the pallets on a continual basis, including how to manufacture the pallet and manage the materials, ASC has contributed to promoting local employment in areas around the plant. It has also become possible for ASC to procure pallets meeting its quality criteria at appropriate prices by the set deadlines. At present, ASC is examining creating employment through projects other than pallet manufacturing.

Members of the pallet manufacturing company and ASC

During the summer of 2010, terrible wildfires caused by an unprecedented heat wave devastated parts of Russia. The government called upon public organizations and volunteers to take an active part in the fire-fighting effort. In response, 32 employees from AGC Bor Glassworks, which manufactures and sells raw and processed glass for the construction, automotive and other industries, volunteered as fire fighters. The volunteer team left for the Vyksunsky region (approximately 140 km from Bor), after having received additional instructions on fire safety and all the necessary safety and fire-fighting equipment. Over four days, they helped the fire-fighters prevent forest fires from burning houses by digging trenches around the villages. They also contributed to preventing the fire from spreading by covering it with sand, soil or by using water. The AGC Bor Glassworks fire-fighting team was acclaimed to be among the best fire-fighting brigades.

Members of the volunteer firefighting team