In August every year, the Ibaraki Factory and the Yoshikawa Factory host a summer festival for promoting friendship with people from the local communities. The festival is planned and operated by Pentel staff from the factories. In FY2019, approximately 2,500 local residents participated in the summer festival organized by the Ibaraki Factory, and the one held by the Yoshikawa Factory attracted about 1,500 people from the local community.
(It was not held from 2020 to 2022 to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection.)
Pentel employees work together in the preparations for and operation of this festival, such as setting up the stage and other facilities for the venue, creating signs for stalls, cooking food, directing the traffic and setting up trash bins for different types of garbage.
Pentel also holds various events at the festival, such as games for children and a lottery, to entertain the large number of visitors and deepen exchanges with people from the local communities.
