Sustainability
Initiatives for our customers

Policy
We deliver high-quality products and services while listening continually to the opinions of our customers, engaging in fair and highly transparent business activities.
From the GCI Group CSR Policy “Our customers”
Initiatives for Quality
Quality policy
- 1All of our employees are aware of the role and importance of their own work in achieving the satisfaction and trust of customers and strive to conduct the best possible quality improvement activities.
- 2Under the basic policy of refusing to accept, produce, or release inferior products, we conduct a process assurance process throughout the company.
- 3We share the same values throughout the GCI group and work to improve quality assurance systems throughout the Group, including at our partner companies.
Gun Ei Chemical Industry
Kiichiro Arita, President & CEO
| Quality management system | |
|---|---|
| Name of certification | ISO9001 |
| Date of acquisition | May 1998 |
| Scope of certification | Design, development, and manufacture of the following products: 1. Resin products for electronic materials 2. Resin products for castings 3. Phenolic resin products for friction materials 4. Basic chemical products (Formalin, Bisphenol F) 5. Phenolic resin fiber 6. Industrial phenolic resin products |
| Certified offices or plants | Gunma Plant, Shiga Plant |
| Certification body/registrar | DNV |
| Certification number | 5993-2004-AQ-KOB-RvA |
Frameworks for promoting quality management systems

The company president has ultimate responsibility for quality management. Under the supervision of the Quality Management Representative, all of our employees promote our quality management systems. Every month we hold a quality assurance committee meeting, aiming to further improve quality.
Food safety initiatives
In addition to our quality management system, we have also received certification (FSSC 22000) for our food safety management system.
FSSC 22000 is an internationally recognized food safety certification approved by the GFSI (a food safety promotion body supported by companies and organizations in different industries around the world).
The GCI Group is committed to the continued promotion of the food safety management required under FSSC 22000 and strives daily to provide our customers with safety and peace of mind.
Food safety policy
- 1We supply saccharified products that satisfy our customers, leading to improve trust in our business.
- 2We comply with all laws and regulations, regulatory requirements, and customer requirements in connection with food products.
- 3We place utmost priority on food safety and practice process assurance.
- 4We make use of food safety management systems to ensure continual improvement.
- 5We communicate smoothly with parties inside and outside the company, disclosing information appropriately in a timely manner.
Gun Ei Chemical Industry
Kiichiro Arita, President & CEO
| Food safety management systems | |
|---|---|
| Name of certification | FSSC22000 |
| Date of acquisition | October 2013 |
| Scope of certification | Manufacture of glucose and starch products |
| Certified offices or plants | Gunma Plant |
| Certification body/registrar | DNV |
| Certification number | 143394-2013-FSMS-JPN-RvA |
*DNV is an organization that provides third-party certifications. Every year the GCI Group undergoes a third-party audit by DNV to maintain the certification, striving for further quality improvement.


