Social Value

Seiko Epson traces its roots to Daiwa Kogyo, a watch factory. Over the decades, we have developed watch manufacturing technology and master watchmakers.
Seiko Epson holds watch assembly classes for elementary and junior high school students in the community to provide them with opportunities in which they can experience the fun and lure of monozukuri. Children who took the classes felt a sense of accomplishment and gained a greater understanding of local industry. They commented that they were surprised by the tiny parts in a watch and found it difficult to insert them in tiny holes. Nevertheless, they were pleased to complete their watches with support from the staff.

To contribute to the revitalization of communities in which it operates, Seiko Epson sponsors a variety of sporting events. Among them are the Suwako 8Peaks Middle Triathlon, the Suwako Marathon, and the Azumino Half Marathon.
We have been sponsoring the Suwako 8Peaks Middle Triathlon since the inaugural event in 2022. This challenging yet captivating triathlon takes place over approximately 90 km, stretching from the Lake Suwa area to the foothills of the Yatsugatake Mountains. In 2026, approximately 860 athletes participated, creating a great deal of excitement throughout the region.

Seiko Epson values its community bonds and maintains them, in part, by sponsoring fireworks displays in the Suwa area, Shiojiri, Azumino, Minowa, Beppu and other areas where it operates.
The company has been sponsoring the Lake Suwa Fireworks Festival in Suwa, where our Head Office is located, since 1956. Held in the city of Suwa, Nagano Prefecture, a short walk from the Seiko Epson Head Office, this fireworks display is one of the largest in Japan and has become a local summer tradition. People from far and wide come to experience the colorful spectacle, with the sound of fireworks exploding over the lake reverberating off the surrounding hills.

Epson Singapore Pte. Ltd. (ESP) employee volunteers teamed up with the staff from Rainbow Centre to bring children with disabilities out for an excursion to Gardens by the Bay. It was an exciting day for us as we interacted with the children, which also allowed us to learn more about different ways to communicate with and befriend persons with disabilities.
Together, we can embrace diversity and inclusion to create a better world in our own ways.

Seiko Epson has been bringing the Fantas Aquarium to hospitals and special-needs schools around Japan since 2015. The Fantas Aquarium is a projector-based production that uses a technique called Fantas Projection to generate a calm and peaceful space through a combination of video images, music, and gently swaying screens. The result is a richly stimulating sensory experience that delights the senses of sight, touch, and hearing. In the 2025 fiscal year, the company staged this event at 14 locations nationwide, welcoming 4,132 visitors. The shows were set up and run with the help of employee volunteers. 
Unable to visit facilities directly during the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched a Fantas Car (a mobile video projection vehicle) loan program. During the lending period, each facility made effective use of the equipment through its own creative initiatives. In fiscal 2025, the Fantas Car was utilized at 36 facilities across Japan, providing the experience to a total of 6,829 participants.
Facility staff and families have shared many positive comments about the program, noting that children reached out to touch the projected images and smiled in response to the show. They also said that children who had been unable to leave the hospital were able to have an extraordinary experience and create wonderful memories.
Seiko Epson will continue to provide the Fantas Aquarium experience to facilities nationwide in whatever form is needed.

Epson Precision Philippines, Inc. (EPPI) partnered with girl-centered and community-focused NGO Plan International Pilipinas to establish a preschool in the Province of Samar to improve the local educational environment and contribute to the development of the local community. The Province of Samar holds strong potential for community development, with expanding opportunities to enhance educational facilities and living infrastructure to ensure every child has a safe, supportive environment to learn and thrive.
EPPI also provided learning materials and hygiene products, as well as assistance for programs to raise health, nutrition, and hygiene awareness among parents, provide training for education and government officials, improve the overall educational environment in the community, and enable residents and local government to operate and maintain the facility.
EPPI will continue to contribute to efforts to ensure the healthy growth of the next generation and to the independent and sustainable development of the local community.  

Epson India Pvt. Ltd. (EPIL) believes in the importance of childhood education and has an assistance program that focuses on underprivileged children. Over the past several years, EPIL has been distributing notebooks, backpacks, stationary, and other goods to public schools that serve underprivileged children primarily in the states of Karnataka, in southwest India where EPIL is located, the southern state of Tamil Nadu, the northern state of Utter Pradesh and in the western state of Maharashtra. The number of recipient schools has been increasing year by year. In FY2026, EPIL delivered goods to 485 schools and 46,500 students. The children were happy with their new gear that helped with their studies.

Since FY2022, Seiko Epson has been officially collaborating with Bunka Fashion College (Tokyo) on a Creative Support Project, which promotes sustainable fashion through environmentally conscious digital textile printing technology. This project provides aspiring designers with hands-on experience using the latest technology to create original textile designs.
The apparel industry faces significant environmental challenges, including substantial waste generation throughout the textile production and distribution process, as well as environmental impacts related to wastewater discharge and water use.
Digital textile printing can help address these issues thanks to two key advantages over conventional analog textile printing.

• It generates far less waste because prints can be produced on-demand in only the quantities needed
• Digital textile printing obviates the need for printing plates and a water-based cleaning process, significantly reducing water usage.

As part of the Creative Support Project, students visit Epson’s Solution Center Fujimi, in Nagano Prefecture. There, they learn about environmentally friendly production processes and get hands-on experience printing their original designs on fabric using advanced technology. Students use this technology to produce graduation projects that match their vision.
Members of the solution center technical staff provide support, helping students get the colors they want and avoiding the need to make a lot of extra prints. 

Epson is committed to helping future designers achieve their dreams while contributing to sustainable fashion.
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The Epson International Scholarship Foundation provides scholarship assistance to outstanding students from abroad who wish to study at graduate schools in Japan and to students from Japan who wish to study at universities abroad. This scholarship assistance is intended to give ambitious students time to focus on their studies and boosts their motivation to learn. By providing assistance, the foundation seeks to nurture a greater number of promising individuals who can promote cultural understanding and contribute to the stability and development of the international community.
The Foundation was established in 1997 and has supported 338 international students to date. Scholarship alumni are making an impact in many different areas in countries around the world. To encourage exchanges among scholarship students and among alumni, we hold various events, including a ceremony for new scholarship recipients, Seiko Epson company tours, alumni association initiation ceremonies, and alumni reunions.
The Foundation also provides subsidies for research conducted by young researchers in engineering fields and for participation in international academic conferences.

Seiko Epson established the Epson Information Science Vocational School in 1989 to develop technical personnel who are trusted by the community and can make wide-ranging contributions to society. The school has produced more than 3,000 graduates so far, some of whom are working at Epson.
Most of the instructors are engineers and developers who have corporate experience, including at Epson. The curriculum is designed to enable students to master skills that can be used in actual work. There are three disciplines: Information Systems, Information and Electronic Systems, and Information Business. All of these are recognized as Professional Post-Secondary Courses by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

Seiko Epson has been supporting the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival since it began, in 1992.
The festival brings together top-notch musicians from all over the world to perform high-quality programs, including orchestral concerts, chamber music and opera.
There are special events geared toward children. To date, invitations have been extended to 13,000 sixth-graders, seventh-graders, and to schools for the deaf, blind, and disabled in Nagano prefecture. This education program provides a valuable opportunity for the children to hear live orchestra music, thus serving as a catalyst for interest in music. In fact, some of the children who have participated have gone on to become professional musicians or work in music-related fields.