KANSAI HELIOS Group announced a new Group Management Board, operative from April 1, formed by four executive directors who will drive the growth strategy of the company.
The new Group Management Board of the KANSAI HELIOS Group took office on April 1 and will support the growth strategy of the group on the European market, focusing on environmentally friendly products and processes, employee health and safety, continuous research and development as well as strategic investments.
The new Management Board will therefore continue and intensify the company’s efforts for environmental protection, through the development of new coatings solutions able to protect objects and extend their lifetime. To reduce the consumption of all types of resources, conventional materials are being replaced with raw materials from renewable resources.
The production process itself can count on clean energy, generated by solar power plants, and will be continuously improved in order to reduce and reuse waste.
Employee-wise, the company launched an internal initiative called "We turn it green" to raise awareness and encourage virtuous behaviour, because even small actions in terms of environmental protection, such as reducing water or paper consumption, contribute to the realization of KANSAI HELIOS’ sustainability goals.
The members of the Board
The new Group Management Board is formed by four Executive Directors, who not only embody the further strategic growth course of HELIOS, but also express the closer cooperation and collaboration with both shareholders, KANSAI PAINT and MITSUI.
Junichi Kajima will be the President, supervising all areas, while Mitsuru Masunaga, Dietmar Jost and
Bastian Krauss will split their focus to strategically important key areas according to their professional background.
“The KANSAI HELIOS Group has been delivering sustainable profit growth while building a solid business foundation in a challenging business environment. This is the result of excellent teamwork and ongoing investments in new technologies, products, and research & development. And these investments, as well as investments in human resources coupled with a safe working environment, will continue. Our responsibility as a chemical company is also to make a valuable contribution to the future of our planet and society. Together with the KANSAI PAINT headquarters in Japan, we are working on joint sustainability projects as part of our ESG management. And in this context, the area of compliance is fundamental, because it is our basic management principle to develop and implement honest and fair corporate activities. My mission is to extend and sustainably expand the company´s success into the future and thus contribute to making the KANSAI PAINT Group a leading global company”, said Junichi Kajima.
“We live in rapidly changing times where employee values and corporate integrity are constantly being tested. At KANSAI HELIOS, we have defined our core values and a standard of expected business behaviour in our Code of Conduct, which helps our employees make the right decisions. As ethical behaviour is an integral part of our culture, we will continue to put a strong focus on its further development and implementation. How the public perceives us is a key success factor for the further growth of the company, which will be one of my main targets. Leveraging closer cooperation and collaboration with KANSAI PAINT and MITSUI will additionally open up new opportunities and synergies for us and our business partners”, commented Mitsuru Masunaga, who will have a strong focus on upholding and maintaining the company's reputation and will further strengthen and support the company´s growth strategy through organic and inorganic approaches.
Dietmar Jost will primarily focus on the further development of the sales strategy in Europe: "We are striving for long-term partnerships with our customers throughout Europe. A well-educated sales team is essential and sharing our know-how with customers goes one step further. Within the framework of our HELIOS Master Classes, we will further strengthen our training and information program and thus intensify our partnerships. Integrating and exchanging state-of-the-art products and technologies with KANSAI PAINT and MITSUI will continue to enrich our assortment and to create innovations which strengthen HELIOS’ position as a system supplier on the European market. Furthermore, we will continue to promote cross-industry partnerships with the potential to develop solutions that contribute to society.”
"Technologies in the industrial manufacturing change extremely rapidly in order to deliver products faster and create a more flexible production process. The size of our group allows us to draw on a pool of experience and integrate it into our production processes in line with our growth strategy. Best practice learnings, new technologies and optimized processes are steadily entering all our entities and operational fields. Additional investments will intensify our effort in environmentally friendly activities and developments. In these dynamic processes we will be regularly monitoring the safety and health of all employees by continuing and advancing our occupational zero-accident-policy”, said Bastian Krauss, who will work to further upgrade production technologies and safety.