Awards and Certifications

Introducing the awards and certifications the Benda Group has received from various organizations and business partners through our daily work.

Awarded as an excellent health and productivity management company in Hiroshima Prefecture
Companies in Hiroshima Prefecture are commended for their efforts to actively engage in “health and productivity management” and achieve outstanding results that should serve as models for others. Efforts such as establishing an employee cafeteria and partially subsidizing the cost were appreciated.

Selected as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2022 (Small and Medium-Sized Corporation Category (Bright 500))
For the fourth year in a row, we were selected as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2022. “Bright 500” is an award given to the top 500 companies out of 12,255 companies in the small and medium-sized corporation category in the “Excellent Health Management Corporation 2021” category, as “excellent companies among the excellent health management companies” and “companies that promote health management in the community”.

Chief Engineerging award from YANMAR
We were appreciated the reduction of material input weight and lathe processing man-hours by making ring gear end face non-turning, In February 2022, we received the Chief Enginnering Award from Yanmar Global Expert.

Hiroshima Corporate Health Declaration , Certificate of Excellence in Health Promotion
Benda Kogyo’s health promotion initiatives (from April 2020 to March 2021) fulfilled the certification standards set by the Hiroshima Branch of the Japan Health Insurance Association, and received the “Hiroshima Corporate Health Declaration , Certificate of Excellence in Health Promotion (maximum 5 stars)”.

Certified as a company that practices work style reform in Hiroshima Prefecture
Our policy on work style reform is to “promote diversity in work styles and aim to be a company with a good work-life balance while increasing added value and productivity”. Our efforts to introduce birthday leave system, telecommuting system, and counseling based on stress check results have earned us certification as a company that practices work style reform in Hiroshima Prefecture.

Selected as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2021 (Small and Medium-Sized Corporation Category (Bright 500))
For the third year in a row, we were selected as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2021. “Bright 500” is an award given to the top 500 companies out of 7,934 companies in the small and medium-sized corporation category in the “Excellent Health Management Corporation 2021” category, as “excellent companies among the excellent health management companies” and “companies that promote health management in the community”.

Benda Sunkwang Received the GM Global Supplier Quality Excellence Award from GM in 2020
For the third year in a row, Benda Sunkwang has received the 2020 GM Global Supplier Quality Excellence Award for a number of achievements related to product quality.

Yancheng Benda Received the YAMAHA 2020 Quality Excellence Award
In December 2020, Yancheng Benda received the 2020 Quality Excellence Award from YAMAHA MOTOR POWERED PRODUCTS.

Selected as a 2020 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization
Continuing from last year, we were selected as a 2020 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization.

Certificate of Appreciation from Mazda Motor Corporation
Received the Certificate of Appreciation from Mazda Motor Corporation. We received the “Zero Defective Delivery for Six Consecutive Months” promotion award in January 2020 and the Quality Performance Excellence Award in March 2020.

Certified as a Plan for Business Continuity Enhancement
The Business Continuity Enhancement Plan is a system under which the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry approves advance plans for disaster prevention and disaster reduction measures by small and medium-sized enterprises.

Benda Sunkwang Received the GM Global Supplier Quality Excellence Award from GM in 2019
Continuing from last year, Benda Sunkwang has received the 2019 GM Global Supplier Quality Excellence Award for a number of achievements related to product quality.

Received the Best Quality Award in Thailand
Benda Thailand received the Best Quality Award from Exedy (Thailand) Co., Ltd. We were commended for not receiving any complaints from our customers.

Selected as a 2019 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization
Based on our initiatives to tackle regional health issues and efforts to follow health promotion policies by Nippon Kenko Kaigi, we have been granted the status of a Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization, which puts us in a group of companies with exemplary health management policies.

Selected as a Driving Company for the Regional Future
We have been selected as a Driving Company for the Regional Future, a status given to companies that have significant influence on the regional economic development as well as favorable growth prospects in the future, and carry out or are expected to carry out a central role in the value chain of the regional economy. Driving Companies for the Regional Future are selected according to an overall evaluation of their business transactions, hiring situation, sales volume, and other factors inside and outside a particular region. We also participated in the Driving Company for the Regional Future Summit held in Niigata.

Benda Sunkwang Received the GM Global Supplier Quality Excellence Award from GM in 2018
We received this award for a number of achievements related to product quality, including the acquisition of the GM quality system certificate, acquisition of the IATF 16949 certificate, zero defects in the development process, zero defects on our production lines, zero complaints from customers, positive results of product quality audits, positive results of pre-shipping product quality audits, positive results of acceptance inspections, and the like.

Received a Supplier of the Year from Schaeffler
We received a Supplier of the Year based on an overall evaluation of our product quality, prices, and delivery speed.

Yancheng Benda Received the Subaru Quality Excellence Award
Yancheng Benda received a quality award for maintaining its defect rate at 0 ppm in products delivered to Subaru Corporation for three years in a row. In FY 2017, only two among a large number of suppliers received that award.

Benda Sunkwang Received th KICOX Global Leading Company Award
Benda Sunkwang received a Global Leading Company Award from KICOX (Korea Industrial Complex Corp.). The company was praised for its contribution to domestic industrial development achieved through an increase in exports, which was made possible by superb technological capabilities and unrivaled product quality.
