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LINTEC Integrated Report 20203On Becoming PresidentI became president in April 2020. After joining the Company, I continued to work in marketing and from 2017, I worked as the Executive General Manager of the Business Administration Div. I have always aimed to implement manufacturing that meets market standards. With the needs of society undergoing dramatic change and diversifi-cation, we will strive to thoroughly identify what customers truly need and do our utmost to address those needs with our original concepts and technology development capabili-ties. That is the spirit of the Company motto—Sincerity and Creativity—and, moving forward, I will continue to empha-size that spirit to all Group employees. I will strive to hand down to the next generation the social presence and corpo-rate culture that the Group has cultivated, to further strengthen our initiatives in the areas of ESG and the SDGs,* and to see that the Group can meet the expecta-tions of all stakeholders. I would like to ask our sharehold-ers and investors for their continued support in the years ahead.* SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals. Adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in 2015, SDGs consist of 17 goals and 169 targets for achieving a sustainable society.First, I would like to express our condolences for those who have passed away as a result of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID–19) infection. The LINTEC Group is working to secure the safety of Group employees and to mini-mize the effect of the spread of the infection, including in the areas of raw materials procurement and product supply. We are hoping for the earliest possible resolution to this situation.We have worked in cooperation with suppliers to produce 10,000 face shield sets for people working in health care, and we have donated them to Itabashi–ku, Tokyo, where our head office is located. We have also donated such items as floor marking materials calling for attention to social distancing and stickers for restaurants to indicate that takeout is available. In these difficult circumstances, we believe that is our duty as a corporate group to do what we can to provide tangible and intangible value to society. Moving forward, we will continue to advance these types of initiatives.Company MottoThe company name LINTEC derives from “linkage” and “technology,” two key components of our business philosophy, which emphasizes the importance of close relations, inside and out-side the company, and leading-edge R&D programs. By bringing these together to develop inno-vative solutions, we have established a reputation in Japan and overseas as a dynamic and reliable company that contributes to the prosperity of our stakeholders, to the growth of our industry, and to a brighter future for society as a whole. And underpinning all of our business activities is an unwavering emphasis on “Sincerity and Creativity,” the twin values enshrined in our company motto.For tomorrow we build todayMission StatementSincerity and Creativity