Applications for the 2015 award were accepted in October, and the winners were selected through a review by the Awards Judging Committee, which is made up of experts. The awards ceremony was held on the following date and time.
- Award ceremony date and time: December 27, 12 (Wednesday) 2:13-00:13
- Award ceremony venue: Tokyo Big Sight West Hall (System Control Fair 2015 Atrium)
Organization (Company) Category
- Achievement Award
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
"Global promotion of machine safety in heavy-duty, large-scale manufacturing companies" - Incentive award
ULVAC, Inc. Production Technology Center, Quality Assurance Department, Product Safety and Quality Assurance Section
"Initiatives to improve safety of semiconductor, liquid crystal and automobile manufacturing equipment through risk assessment"
Individual Division
- Achievement Award
Koichi Yomohara (Professor Emeritus, Nagaoka University of Technology)
"Establishment and dissemination of machine safety technology" - Achievement Award
Mr. Akira Sugimoto (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Meiji University)
"Promoting safety in the manufacturing industry through safety confirmation system technology" - Achievement Award
Noboru Furusawa (Representative of Safety and Human Resource Development Support)
"Promoting human resource development and strengthening the corporate culture through safety activities" - Achievement Award
Dr. Alfred Neudörfer (Former part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology)
"Dissemination of Machine Safety Technology and Human Resource Development in the Early Days of Machine Safety in Japan" - Achievement Award
Mr. Yoshihiko Tachibana (T-RAST Research Institute)
"Efforts to promote and educate on safety management, including machine safety" - Achievement Award
Tsuneo Mizuno (CEO of Safety Craft)
"Education and training of personnel for machine safety and dissemination of risk assessment"
Attachments (The awards ceremony) will feature excerpts from the award ceremony.
