MESSAGE
Message from the President
Taking further steps forward by amassing TOPCON's technology and philosophy
Please allow us to express our sincere gratitude for your ongoing support.
Our company was originally established in 1969 as Tokyo Kogaku Seiki Co., Ltd. In 2002, we merged with Group company Sanyu Kogaku Co., Ltd., changing our name to OPTONEXUS CO., LTD. Then, in 2020, upon relocating to a new factory, we changed our name once more to TOPCON OPTONEXUS CO., LTD. As the Group affiliate responsible for domestic manufacturing for TOPCON CORPORATION, we are striving to take further steps forward.
By amassing at a single company the advanced optical technology, knowledge, and experience we have accumulated over the years, TOPCON OPTONEXUS has grown as a manufacturer specializing in optical devices that provides total solutions to meet the diverse needs of its customers.
Going forward, based on TOPCOM’s corporate philosophy of contributing to enrich human life by solving the societal challenges within healthcare, agriculture and infrastructure, all employees of TOPCON OPTONEXUS will continue to collectively pursue Q (Quality), C (Cost), D (Delivery), S (Safety), and D (Development) and provide new value our customers with pride in and commitment to manufacturing.
We ask for your continued understanding and support as we move forward.
- President
- Noriaki Shimizu
TOPCON WAY
Under current business situation such that it is always required to demonstrate its all-round ability, it redefined and clarified its common values transcending nationalities and individual companies in order to exert its strengths such as global scale and diversity, and to build a self-supporting organizational culture. Every employee conducts TOPCON WAY, and Topcon group will step in brand-new direction for centennial through which it does not only conduct its strategies to strengthen the profitability by foreseeing changes of business environment, but also enhance its capability with the mindset of TOPCON WAY.
Corporate Identity
Topcon contributes to enrich human life by solving the societal challenges within healthcare, agriculture and infrastructure.
Management Policy
Topcon focuses on leading-edge technology to provide new value through innovation and manufacturing.
Topcon respects diversity and acts as a global company.
Topcon places the utmost priority on complianceand continues to be a trustworthy partner to all stakeholders.
Quality Policy
Under the “TOPCON WAY,” TOPCON OPTONEXUS will continuously improve Q (Quality), C (Cost), and D (Delivery) with pride in and commitment to manufacturing under the “TOPCON WAY” and provide safe and reliable products and services from the customer's perspective.
Proof of Reliability: ISO 9001 Certified
Topcon Optonexus has obtained ISO9001:2015 certification, an international quality management system standard, from SGS Japan Co., Ltd.
This certification demonstrates that Topcon's quality assurance system is internationally recognized.
Through obtaining and maintaining ISO9001 certification, the Topcon Group continuously strives for improvement, prioritizing "Customer First" and "Quality First" principles throughout development, manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service.
We will continue to fulfill our responsibilities as an international corporation by making ongoing efforts to provide more reliable products and services, never being satisfied with the status quo.
Environmental Conservation Activities
its Domestic Affiliates
We uphold the TOPCON WAY, which embodies our Corporate Identity of “contribute to enrich human life by solving the societal challenges within healthcare, agriculture and infrastructure.” We strive to reduce the environmental footprint of our business activities based on the Topcon Global Code of Conduct. Furthermore, we contribute to reductions in the environmental footprint through our products and services, with the aim of realizing a sustainable society.
- We promote the continued improvement of our environmental management system, in order to enhance the environmental performance of our business activities. To this end, we consider our environmental efforts as one of our important management tasks, and set environmental goals and targets involving all employees, including the top management.
- We comply with applicable laws and regulations, acts, guidelines, agreements, and other accepted requirements, and apply strict management and control.
- We strive to reduce our environmental footprint, conserve biodiversity, and prevent environmental pollution. We have set the following goals to reduce environmental risks.
- We will offer environmentally friendly products and services, with our product lifecycle in consideration.
- We will increase the level of control of chemical substances and the chemical substances contained in our products.
- We will focus on reducing waste emissions, and strive to enhance the value of waste as a recyclable resource.
- We will promote efforts to mitigate global warming, and strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- We strive to keep our premises and neighborhood clean and beautiful, and actively participate in local community activities, in order to exist in harmony with the local community.
- We raise the awareness of our employees through the enhancement of environmental education and PR activities, and improve environmental conservation activities, with the participation of all employees.
- We provide systematic and active guidance and support to subsidiaries and affiliates, in order to raise the awareness of the Topcon Group as a whole.
Established: February 1997 (Revised: July 2020)
As a corporate group that provides products to global markets, the Topcon Group aims to further enhance its corporate value by solving the societal challenges within healthcare, agriculture and infrastructure to enrich human life, and at the same time, tackling the two goals of reducing environmental impact through products and responding to climate change as below.
- Reducing Environmental Impact through Products
We promote energy and resource conservation by further reducing the environmental impact of our products. We also work with our customers to offer products, technologies and services that contribute to the prevention of global warming, the effective use of resources, and the conservation of biodiversity. Furthermore, in our manufacturing-oriented environment, we endeavor to recycle and effectively use waste products generated from our business activities, including procurement, development, manufacturing, sales and services.
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Responding to Climate Change
The Topcon Group regards response to climate change as the most important environmental protection task, and is striving to increase the use of renewable energy power. We seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from our business activities in Japan by 40% by the end of fiscal 2030 compared to the fiscal 2013 level. In accordance with this policy, we strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the use of renewable energy power at overseas sites.
Established: April 2021
Basic Procurement Policy of Topcon
| Equal and fair procurement activities | We engage in transparent, equal, and fair procurement activities in new transactions with all business partners. We make decisions on the selection of business partners based on comprehensive and objective evaluations and procedures covering aspects such as certainty in quality, price, deadline, stability in technical standards and administration, and environmental consideration. |
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| Coexistence and co-prosperity | We constantly maintain and encourage trust-based relationships and aim to achieve coexistence and co-prosperity with our business partners through business transactions. |
| Rules on the compliance with laws | We engage in business transactions while complying with laws, social norms, and healthy commercial practices. |
| Management and protection of information | We never disclose confidential information of our procurement activities with business partners to the outside of our company. |
| CSR Procurement | Topcon establishes ‘Business Partners’ Code of Conduct  ’with the aim of better society and the global environment and realize sustainable development of the company together with our business partners. We ask all of our business partners to implement this guideline. |
| Green procurement | We procure items from partners that are implementing conservation activities. We also purchase/use products, parts, materials, and raw materials which produce low environmental load in their lifecycles. |
Procurement Activities
Topcon regards “Global procurement“, “Purchasing engineering” and “Green procurement” as three important initiatives. Through briefings and announcements, Topcon communicates with business partners not only Topcon’s basic procurement policy but also Topcon’s view on the Business Partners’ Code of Conduct and Green Procurement Guidelines.
