“Netsu to Makoto” (Passion and Dedication) is an expression that was advocated by our founder, Issey Hatakeyama, from the company’s early years.
He always approached his work and other people with passion and was dedicated to meeting the expectations of society and customers with innovative ideas. He adopted as EBARA’s core philosophy the goal of contributing to society by offering it value through businesses with enhanced technologies, and demanded the same from the employees he worked alongside.
“Netsu” refers to acting with passion in one’s dealings with others and in one’s work. It means to engage not only in assigned tasks but in all challenges with innovative ideas.
These things have borne fruit in our technologies and have become the engine for EBARA’s growth.
“Makoto” expresses an attitude of dedication and sincerity. It means that each one of us should be sincere in our dealings with society, our customers, and our own technology, and that we possess the interpersonal harmony to achieve our shared goals through concerted action.
United, these things have borne fruit in our technologies and have become the engine for EBARA’s growth.
The spirit of “Netsu to Makoto” has been handed down to the present, creating a sense of responsibility, pride, and determination to continue to meet the expectations of society and our customers. Contributing to society with a spirit of passion and dedication is the EBARA Group’s very reason for being.
Issey Hatakeyama, Founder of EBARA
EBARA’s founder, Issey Hatakeyama, was born in 1881 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the descendant of a regional lord of the samurai class. He enrolled in the College of Engineering, Tokyo Imperial University (today’s Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo), where he studied under Dr. Ariya Inokuty, who was the world’s leading authority in centrifugal pumps of the time. Later, he established EBARA Corporation.
An aficionado of Noh theater and Chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony), he is well known for founding the Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art (now the Ebara Hatakeyama Museum of Art) to exhibit his personal collection.