In August every year, the Ibaraki factory and the Yoshikawa factory each host their own summer festival for promoting friendship with people from the local communities. The festivals are 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.
(They were 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 the festivals, such as setting up the stages and other facilities for the venues, 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 festivals, such as games for children and lucky draws, to entertain the large number of visitors and deepen exchanges with people from the local communities.
