Global network

NORTH AMERICA / EUROPE Segment

FALTEC AMERICA
Faltec Europe Limited

ASIA Segment

FOSHAN FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co., Ltd.
HUBEI FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co.,Ltd.
Faltec SRG Global Thailand

JAPAN Segment

Head Office

We have locations in Japan, Asia, Northern America and Europe, and support globally-expanding business.
We have 11 companies operating in total – 5 in Japan, 6 overseas. Our Japan plants act as
“mother factories” to roll-out monozukuri standards and technology standards to overseas locations.
Here are the various locations, with an introduction of who our employees are, their work and their motivations and engagement.

NORTH AMERICA / EUROPE Segment

FALTEC AMERICA K.M.(QA Manager)

Faltec America was established in 2008, with an office in Tennessee and a production factory in Georgia.
In 2017 there was an increase in facilities for the Millimeter Wave Radar Cover.

1.Responsible scope

I am the manager of Faltec America, Millimeter Wave Radar Cover Division located in Adairsville, GA.
Mainly my responsibility is to uphold our reputation through maintaining our quality standards with focus on our customer’s requirements and to ensure that we either meet or exceed their expectations. I do so by helping eliminate potential risks, corrective actions, and by continuously looking for ways to improve our processes.

2.Reason for joining the company

I joined Faltec America on June 13th 2016, and at the time I was just looking for a company that would recognize my skills and abilities; giving me the opportunity to grow. Faltec America was that company for me and ever since then, I have been stretching myself to be the best I can be so that I can better contribute towards the success of our company.

3.What, if any, struggles, and what are the good things at Faltec?

The only difficulty I encountered was the language barrier but, I soon learned how to better communicate myself without having to necessarily know how to speak the language. In the end, what was once a struggle soon became an opportunity for me to expand my communication and interpersonal abilities. Through the learning curve, I have grown myself and have built many business so I’m definitely glad to have experienced that.

4.Future targets in your work?

My future goal is to continue growing with the company and master the ins and outs of the business. Collectively, our team here at GA plant aim to be the standard for injection molding and Radome operations in the states; my main objective is to play a major role in the manifestation of that.

Faltec Europe Limited A.AT.(Director)

Faltec Europe Limited was established in 1989, and handles resin and metal products. It also has a development function, and is the Faltec Group overseas company with the longest history.

1.Responsible scope

As a director, I am resonsible for management with a focus on finance and general affairs. I ensure that colleagues across the business follow the correct process e.g. when buying new capital equipment. I support my colleagues across the business so that they understand their performance against budget and help them to close the gap.

2.Reason for joining the company

I joined the company in 2017. Having previously worked for Nissan, I was excited by the chance of continuing my career within automotive manufacturing. I enjoy the culture of Japanese business.

3.What, if any, struggles, and what are the good things at Faltec?

Despite joining Faltec Europe Limited in difficult trading conditions, it has been a privilege to work with so many talented and enthusiastic colleagues. Together we have made great improvements at Faltec Europe Limited and I am looking forward to the future at our new IAMP site.

4.Future targets in your work?

My future goal is for the new IAMP site is set up to be “best in class”. I want to have excellence in every process from day1 as this will be a new chapter for our business. This aim is as important for Finance as for the production departments.

ASIA Segment

FOSHAN FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co., Ltd. X.L.(Manufacturing Manager)

FOSHAN FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co., Ltd. was established in 2009. It handles resin and metal products, and has a plating line.

1.Responsible scope

As the manager of the Production Section, I am primarily responsible for the management of the processing lines, including molding, plating, painting, and metal, and I am also responsible for production control and equipment maintenance.

2.Reason for joining the company

I decided to join the company because of its strong competitiveness in the industry and I was attracted by the opportunity to apply my experience in quality control to manufacturing. I would like to continue to grow with the company while taking on new challenges.

3.What, if any, struggles, and what are the good things at Faltec?

We are struggling to adjust our production system in a timely manner, but we are working to increase production efficiency. We recycle resin materials and contribute to carbon neutrality. We have also set up a QC improvement team to promote daily improvement activities.

4.Future targets in your work?

I would like to contribute to the company’s profitability through activities to improve the production system, such as increasing equipment operating efficiency, utilizing what I have learned from the training at the head office. I aim to continuously improve product quality to win the trust of our customers.

HUBEI FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co.,Ltd. H.Z.(Purchasing Manager)

HUBEI FALTEC AUTOMOTIVE PARTS Co.,Ltd. was established in 2012. It handles resin and metal products, and has assembly line of metal parts.

1.Responsible scope

I am Purchasing Manager of Hubei FALTEC, responsible for supplier management and promotion of material localization.

2.Reason for joining the company

I joined the company in 2014. I joined the company because it was a manufacturer of automotive parts, and I was convinced that it would be a challenging company to work for, considering the future of the automotive industry and the fact that I would be able to utilize my own purchasing experience.

3.What, if any, struggles, and what are the good things at Faltec?

When I joined the company, our material suppliers were not localized, so I promoted localization. We developed local suppliers and over the five years since I joined the company, we have been able to localize 95% of all purchased products. We have also been able to stabilize cost competitiveness and quality.

4.Future targets in your work?

We will promote the localization of our suppliers to reduce costs and improve our competitiveness, and optimize our supplier chain to ensure high quality production.

Faltec SRG Global Thailand K.T.(Sales Manager)

Faltec SRG Global Thailand was established in 2012.
It handles resin and metal products, and has a plating line of the same scale as Tatebayashi Plant.

1.Responsible scope

I am Sales Manager of Faltec SRG Global Thailand. I manage sales function and customer service;
Internally, my main duties are sales business plan making, manage overall business to achieve KPI, develop my sales staffs’ skill, and manage sales administration jobs. Externally, I quickly respond to various requests from customers and new model sales expansion etc. The most important duty is to maintain good relationship with customers in order to enhance trust from them to Faltec SRG Global Thailand.

2.Reason for joining the company

I have joined Faltec SRG Global Thailand since 2016, I joined because the company had well-established and supported by Headquarter in Japan, I hope to enjoy working in Japanese Automotive business company where I can utilize my experiences and have new challenges. In Thailand, Japanese automotive industry have been playing very important role for Thailand national economy development.

3.What, if any, struggles, and what are the good things at Faltec?

Yes, every day I encounter a lot of difficulties. Our business competitors are improving their cost with short quotation lead time while we take at least two weeks in cost study and our cost level is sometimes difficult to compete, also annual cost reduction negotiation with customer is very tough. But, I feel that it is very challenging work and I hope to contribute to company more by overcoming these difficulties with FALTEC support.

4.Future targets in your work?

I wish I could improve my negotiation skills and performance to be better in works, I would like to have happy work life and be a part of successful company. I wish Faltec SRG Global Thailand will be more level up competitiveness in Thailand automotive industry, and we will make more contribution to FALTEC Group in future.

JAPAN Segment

Head Office A.H. (HR ＆ General Affairs Department)

FALTEC has established 2004.
We have plants in Tatebayashi, Fukushima and Kyushu.With the domestic plant as the mother factory, standards for both Monozukuri and technology are globally deployed to manufacturing sites.

1.Responsible scope

I am responsible for recruiting new graduates and planning, drafting, and operating internal training programs. As for recruitment work, as I am in my second year with the company, I am close in age to the students who enter the company, so I try to respond from the students’ point of view. As for internal training duties, I have just started in charge of this area, so I am still struggling to find the right way to handle it. Since training organized by the Human Resources Division is held on a monthly basis, I am trying to communicate well with supervisors and senior staff in the division to ensure that the training is highly satisfactory for the participants.

2.Reason for joining the company

I joined FALTEC because I love cars and wanted to work in an industry involved with cars. I thought it was amazing to see how Japanese cars and Japanese products have become a part of daily life all over the world in my university lectures, and I would also like to see the changes and challenges of cars in a period of change and their future.

3.What, if any, struggles, and what are the good things at Faltec?

It is a challenge for us to manage internal training because I do not have all the names and faces of employees and their past training history in my minds, but I am motivated when I see that the training was beneficial in the attendance report after the training. Although there are some negative comments, I take them to heart and try to improve upon them.

4.What is the advantage of working our company?

The company has been proactive in promoting women’s activities, and in FY2024, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare certified the company as an “Eruboshi Certification”*, a sign of excellence in its efforts to promote women’s activities. I find it attractive that the company has introduced systems that facilitate life-work balance not only for women but also for men, such as a childcare leave system, a telecommuting system, and a flextime system. In fact, employees at various stages of life, both men and women, are working in ways that suit them, and I am able to work without much anxiety about my future.

* “Eruboshi Certification” is based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace and is a system to certify companies that meet certain standards and have excellent conditions for promoting women.

5. Future targets in your work?

In the future, I would like to take on the challenge of recruiting not only new graduates but also career recruits. I would also like to be able to handle everything from planning to operation in terms of internal training. I would like to plan and implement daily tasks and annual performance tasks, and work to produce solid results. I am building a career plan that will allow me to fulfill both my work and private life, and I intend to steadily work toward it day by day.