Certified Partner (Manufacturing Business): Manabu Mitsuya

■ Outline President, Fuji Metal Craft Inc.

■ Details Manabu is a founder and president in the metal-processing industry. He participates in a spacecraft development project in which major corporations collaborate, as his experience of creating 3 million items and technology acquired in field experience during 30 years he devoted to metal can and sheet metal processing were highly evaluated. Having many major corporations in Aichi Prefecture that run a 24-hour operation as clients, Manabu has been meeting highly-urgent demands of such clients for whom a few-hour stop of production would cause a major damage, and he has also established a unique “express” correspondence method others can’t imitate. His clients now call him the “Paramedic of Craftsman.” Furthermore, goods he delivers are known for their beautility – beautiful appearance backed by functionality and convenience, which shows how Manabu understands the feelings of users.