Staff Interviews

“I find it rewarding when something I worked on ends up on store shelves as a product.”

Niigata Factory, CAD/CAM Group

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Profile

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01Work

The Work, and Why I Joined

What does your job involve?: I design mold structures.
What led you to join Nagatsu?: My father worked at Nagatsu and recommended that I join.

02Rewards

What moments in your work have made you happy, moved you, or been fun?: I find it rewarding when something I worked on ends up on store shelves as a product.
What has been hard in your work, or what are you struggling with now?: I had to change a layout two or three times to meet customer requests that came up after our meeting.
In what ways do you feel you've grown through your work?: I've picked up a bit of the knowledge about molding and resins that I need for design.
What are your goals going forward?: To be able to do structural design in 3D CAD.

03Workplace

What is the atmosphere like at the company?: A company where everyone pools their ideas to move the work forward.
What do you find appealing about the company?: You get to see molds with complex mechanisms firsthand.
What do you value most in your working life here?: Working with the downstream processes in mind so we meet the set deadlines.
What kind of person do you think would do well here?: People who like making things, like building plastic models.