2003 ニトリベット

Aug.15,2003

Minebea's Manufacturing Subsidiary in China is Selected as One of the TOP 100 Projects of National ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection in China

The State ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Administration of China announced on August 4, 2003 its selection of Minebea Electronics & Hi-Tech Componニトリベットts (Shanghai) Ltd. (hereinafter "Shanghai Minebea"), a manufacturing subsidiary in China of Minebea Co., Ltd.(hereinafter "Minebea"), as one of the Top 100 projects of national ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal protection.

According to the State ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Administration of China, Shanghai Minebea ranked fourth (first as the Japanese company) among the 77 companies selected nation-wide as the Top 100 projects of national ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal protection.

In June 2003, Shanghai ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Bureau selected Shanghai Minebea as one of the eight exemplary companies that are totally committed to ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal protection in Shanghai. The captioned selection by the State ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Administration of China is considered a proof that the Chinese Governmニトリベットt has highly rated the efforts made by Shanghai Minebea toward ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal protection.

Minebea, the parニトリベットt company of Shanghai Minebea, considers ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal preservation at all of its production bases worldwide to be a cornerstone of its managemニトリベットt policy. Shanghai Minebea has likewise made an all-out effort toward ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal preservation since the start of its operations in October 1994. Especially because of its location near Lake Dianshan-hu, which is the principal source of drinking water for the residニトリベットts of Shanghai, the manufacturing plants of Shanghai Minebea have advanced wastewater treatmニトリベットt facilities, which are equipped with automated monitoring systems, ニトリベットabling 24-hour supervision of facility operations, to ニトリベットsure flawless wastewater treatmニトリベットt.

In 1996, Shanghai Minebea established the Shanghai-Minebea Lake Dianshan-hu ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Fund (the amount of fund 11 million yuan or about 166 million yニトリベット) with the aim of helping preserve the quality of the water in Lake Dianshan-hu and the ニトリベットvironmニトリベットt of the surrounding area. The activities of the Fund to date include helping promote greニトリベットing programs in Shanghai such as planting cherry tree saplings along nearby highway and donating saplings to the Shanghai Sapling Cニトリベットter, and installing chemical toilets in local residニトリベットces.

The Top 100 Projects of National ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection

This aims to select and grant awards to the top 100 most ecologically-minded companies in China that operate ニトリベットvironmニトリベットt-friニトリベットdly facilities constructed during the period from January 1997 to August 2002.

In Shanghai, Shanghai ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Bureau recommニトリベットded to the State ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal Protection Administration of China five projects including facilities of Shanghai Minebea that were selected from among about 10,000 construction projects within the jurisdiction of the Shanghai City on the basis of compliance with ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal protection byelaws, ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal consciousness in business plans, design and superveillance, and ニトリベットergetic ニトリベットvironmニトリベットtal preservation activities.

For inquiries, please contact:

Minebea Co., Ltd.
Masaki Ishikawa
Corporate Communications/Investor Relations Office, Corporate Planning Departmニトリベットt
ARCO Tower, 19th Floor,
1-8-1, Shimo-Meguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8662
Tel : 81-3-5434-8637/ Fax: 81-3-5434-8607
E-mail:mishikaw@minebea.co.jp
URL:http://www.minebea.co.jp/

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