SOMIC ISHIKAWA

We are fully aware and most grateful to our customers, suppliers, and members of the community, many predecessors and company employees who are working together today. In welcoming this 100th year since our establishment, we have redefined the corporate vision with a desire to streamline the thought of each employee into one ideal as a first step in the coming 100 years. Our new vision states, "value importance on human relationship, put our best efforts into contributing to society and create a company that we can be proud of. Somic Ishikawa has had produced many products and enhanced technologies and processes over the last century. "Person to person relationship" is what built the foundation of Somic Ishikawa after all is said and done. Somic did and will value relationships with customers, suppliers, communities and among employees because Ishikawa Tekko/Somic Ishikawa built its foundation on this. We are determined to succeed the proud tradition and therefore chose first words for the vision, "Value the importance of person to person relationship." We also emphasize "Dream- YUME ." In May 1991, Ishikawa Tekko changed its name to Somic Ishikawa. Company name "SOMIC" is a word of our coinage consisting of Japanese initial letters,