Collaboration with local governments

Tackling Social Issues Hand in Hand with Government

Government agencies have long engaged with various social challenges, giving them a deep understanding and expertise in addressing these issues. On the other hand, private companies excel at providing speedy, economically sustainable solutions starting from a business perspective. To accelerate and expand the resolution of social issues by leveraging the strengths of both, the NKC Group has built partnerships with government agencies and collaborates with them to tackle these challenges.

Comprehensive Partnership Agreement with Osaka Prefecture (Concluded March 2022)

In Osaka Prefecture, we have carried out distinctive activities focusing on creating safe spaces for children, supporting welfare for people with disabilities, and assisting startup companies. In recent years, collaboration in the field of educational support has deepened, especially following the joint hosting of the Nakanishi Metal Works Challenge Cup described below.
Key areas of focus under the agreement:

1. Matters related to children and education
2. Matters related to safety and security
3. Matters related to regional revitalization
4. Matters related to employment and industrial promotion
5. Matters related to the environment
6. Matters related to health
7. Matters related to promoting prefectural governance

Partnership Agreement with Kita Ward, Osaka City (Concluded September 2022)

In Kita Ward, Osaka City, we have long engaged in initiatives such as supporting disaster prevention and crime prevention activities and sponsoring local events. Going forward, we will work even more closely with local government to strengthen these efforts.
Key areas of focus under the agreement:

1. Matters related to welfare
2. Matters related to children and education
3. Matters related to safety and security
4. Matters related to employment and industrial promotion
5. Matters related to regional revitalization
6. Matters related to promoting ward administration

Read the Interview with the Kita Ward Mayor of Osaka City and the President of Nakanishi Metal Works Co., Ltd.(Japanese only)

Osaka Prefectural Special Needs School Manufacturing Awards:
Nakanishi Metal Works Challenge Cup

Transforming children’s individuality and creativity into the power to shape the future

Based on our comprehensive partnership agreement with Osaka Prefecture, the NKC Group held the Osaka Prefectural Special Needs School Manufacturing Awards: Nakanishi Metal Works Challenge Cup as part of our educational support activities that leverage our expertise and know-how as a manufacturing company. This initiative was jointly launched by the Osaka Prefectural Board of Education and the NKC Group to support manufacturing projects at special needs schools, offering students a new platform to fully express their individuality, creativity, and innovative ideas.
As a private manufacturing company, we will further strengthen our collaboration with Osaka Prefecture to help students’ individuality lead to future economic opportunities and broaden their potential for the future.

Initiatives in Schools and Education

Learning and growing beyond the classroom

The NKC Group engages in a wide range of activities for elementary, junior high, and high school students across Osaka Prefecture. At the Waku Waku Doki Doki SDGs Junior Forum, students from seven junior high schools in the prefecture participated in presentations. Meanwhile, at the Kitaku Work Work Expo, NKC provided VR content that allowed students to experience an automotive manufacturing site firsthand. By creating opportunities for young people to explore new worlds beyond the classroom, we are helping to enrich the next generation’s educational experiences.

Animal Welfare Activities

Collecting meow-nice! moments through animal welfare initiatives

Through its animacolle brand, the Sash Hardware Division is engaged in public awareness and educational activities related to animal welfare. Under a comprehensive partnership agreement with Osaka Prefecture, a portion of sales is donated to support the activities of the Osaka Prefectural Animal Protection and Management Center, Animal Harmony Osaka, thereby contributing to the prefecture’s animal welfare initiatives.
As part of this collaboration, we also hosted the first shelter cat adoption event held on corporate premises in Osaka Prefecture. In fiscal 2025, we will launch the Hello Nyan Bus Project, using our original PR vehicle to collect and share heartwarming meow-nice! moments that bring people and animals together.

Food Drive

Turning everyone’s waste into everyone’s gain

A food drive is an activity in which surplus food from households is collected and donated to organizations that support people in need (such as local food banks), as well as to community kitchens and welfare facilities. Since 2018, NKC has collected unused food items from employees’ homes and purchased additional food and daily necessities requested by the community, combining them for donation to welfare organizations and individuals in need of support. In 2024, NKC conducted a food drive in the Tenma district, where the NKC Group is headquartered. Donations and surplus stock from local residents were collected and delivered to the Osaka City Kita Ward Council of Social Welfare.