1996 |
First Sumiden Circuits, Inc. (FSCI), a P225 million joint venture of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd, Sumitomo Corporation and the Lopez Group’s First Philippine Holdings, broke grounds as the pioneer manufacturer of flexible printed circuits. Determined to capture the growing market of flexible printed circuits in the Philippines, FSCI, even at its inception stage, was armed with its mission to capture the flexible printed circuits market by providing the highest quality, lowest cost and fastest delivery time in order to increase value for our stakeholders. |
FSCI started its lower process operation in August 1996.
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The first customer audit was conducted in August by Fujitsu Philippines. The qualification lot was shipped to Fujitsu on the same month. On September 19, 1996, FSCI loaded its maiden shipment to Fujitsu Philippines.
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1997 |
July 31, 1997, FSCI successfully inaugurated its FPC manufacturing plant with then President Fidel V. Ramos as the guest of honor. It was also in this year that the preparation for ISO 9002 certification was undertaken.
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1998 |
1998 witnessed the turnover of leadership to a new President. Mr. Hajime Shiraishi, FSCI’s president from April 1996 to April 1998, endorsed the leadership to Mr. Teruyasu Iwakura. |
The year witnessed the first full year of operations for both Lower Process and Upper Process.
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The ISO 9002 certification was achieved in March. The ISO 9002 accreditation further stamped FSCI’s adherence to its quality policies and recognized FSCI as practicing the same level of quality with its peers from all parts of the world. FSCI was also the first among the many subsidiaries of First Philippine Holdings to hold the distinction. |
1999 |
The ISO 14001 certification was achieved in November 1999. ISO 14001 is the highest international standard for Environmental Management and Safety. FSCI was the first among the Lopez Group of Companies to have been awarded this accreditation. |
2000 |
Mr. Akira Nishimura replaced Mr. Iwakura to be FSCI’s 3rd President in January. Mr. Nishimura continued to adopt the policy of expanding the company’s share in the market and reducing cost through improved productivity and quality. His leadership focused on improving horizontal and vertical communications and encouraging everyone to be accountable for one’s decisions and actions. |
2001 |
Year 2001 began with another turnover of leadership. After 1 year and three months in FSCI, Mr. Nishimura turned over the responsibilities to Mr. Danilo Lachica. |
Despite dramatic reduction in sales caused by customers' inventory correction, global economic recession and the 9/11 incident, FSCI remained profitable in the competitive market for FPCs through aggressive cost reduction measures while improving product quality and delivery.
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2002 |
FSCI continues to strive for excellence as targets for better performance were set with the introduction of the SAYES Program. This program was implemented to increase Savings, boost Attendance, improve Yield and Efficiency, and Speed up response times in solving customer issues. |
Strategic plans were developed to increase sales, enhance technology & process capabilities, improve operations efficiency and strengthen financial results.
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2003 |
FSCI implemented the Balanced Scorecard as a leadership platform. |
The Six Sigma Core Team received 2003 Lopez Achievement Award for Operations Management.
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Finalist in Gawad Kapatid-Kapatiran sa Industriya Award of the Employer’s Confederation of the Phils (ECOP) for best practices in industrial peace, productivity and quality.
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Integrated Management System certified in 2003.
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2004 |
Aligned BSC with Performance Management System. |
FSCI received 2004 Philippine Quality Award for Proficiency in Quality Management (Level II).
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Installed Employee Consultative Council, conducted first company-wide election of employee representatives.
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2005 |
Received Award of Excellence from Safety Organization of the Philippines, Inc. (SOPI) for 7 Million Safe Manhours. |
QIT received Silver Award in the Quality Circle Practitioners’ Association’s (QCPA) 25th Annual Quality Circles Regional Convention.
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Six Sigma Team received Best Paper Award in SEIPI-ASEMEP’s 15th Annual Technical Symposium.
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2006 |
FSCI received 2006 Philippine Quality Award for Mastery in Quality Management (Level III). |
Six Sigma Team received 2nd place in the Six Sigma Excellence Awards in the 7th Six Sigma Summit in London.
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2007 |
Received Honorary Mention in the 2007 Asian Six Sigma Summit Six Sigma Excellence Awards. |
2008 |
Received the Oscar M. Lopez Award for Performance Excellence or Oscar Award during the Lopez Group’s Business Excellence Awards Ceremony on July 25, 2008. |
Quality Improvement Team (QIT) won Silver Award in the Productivity Improvement Circles National Convention.
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QIT won Gold Award in the 28th Quality Circles Practitioners Association Regional Convention.
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Received Safety Milestone (SMILE) Award from DOLE-BWC for achieving 17,781,644 safe manhrs without Lost Time Accident from January 06, 2006 to June 01, 2008.
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Awarded as Institutional Winner on the 6th Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan for exemplary Occupational Safety and Health contribution.
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Received Award of Excellence from Safety Organization of the Philippines for achieving 19,058,512 safe manhrs without Lost Time Accident from January 2008 to August 2008.
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2009 |
FSCI was recognized for attaining 22.22 M safety manhrs without Lost Time Accident from January 06, 2006 to August 30, 2009 during the Lopez Group’s Business Excellence Award. |
Received Award of Excellence from Safety Organization of the Philippines for achieving 20,966,008 safe manhrs without Lost Time Accident from January 2006 to June 2009.
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Received Safety Milestone (SMILE) Award from DOLE-BWC for achieving 23,079,000 safe manhrs without Lost Time Accident from January 06, 2006 to September 2009.
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FSCI’s Wrinkle Shrinker Quality Improvement Team (QIT) won the Excellence Award during the 2009 Sumitomo Group’s Quality Circle Competition in the Electronics Business Unit.
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2010 |
Shared Balanced Scorecard Best Practices in Semiconductor Electronics of the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) Convention in June. |
Finalist in Lopez Achievement Award for the following entries: FSCI: Resilient in the Midst of Global Crisis (Business Mgt Category), FSCI Marked Four Year without Disabling Incident (Corporate Image Building), waiting for final judgment in August.
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2011 |
FSCI became fully owned by Sumitomo Electric Industries.
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2012 |
Double sided FPC began to operate. |
FSCI QIT joined the QCPA 2012 Regional Convention. The Reducer's Team of CL Reg Process received Gold award and the first ever People's Choice Award. Also, the Parts Saver's Team form Parts Process bagged the Gold Award.
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FSCI QIT also joined the 8th AQ&PC Benchmarking Convention. The PPH Brisker team was given an EXCELLENCE Award and Vox Populi Award.
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2013 |
QIT Flexure Team, PPH Brisker and Auto-bots Team, joined the 23rd Quality Circles Regional Convention and won the GOLD Award under TEAM CATEGORY and Production Category and Kaizen Category respectively
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2014 |
ISO/TS 16949 certification was achieved in April 2015 with the SGS Philippines as the certifying body.It defines the quality management system requirements for the design and development, production and, when relevant, installation and service of automotive-related products.
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2015 |
FSCI started to work on the new product at the new plant 3.
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FSCI QIT received Gold Award on the Productivity Improvement Circles National Convention for the Production and Team Category and best in Oral Defense Award for Production Category. In addition, they received Gold Award for the Productivity Jingle Original Category.
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