{"id":34304,"date":"2016-03-25T11:09:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T10:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/dans-la-peau-un-travailleur-de-tyk\/"},"modified":"2020-07-12T18:19:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T16:19:42","slug":"in-the-shoes-of-a-tyk-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peregrinusmundi.com\/en\/in-the-shoes-of-a-tyk-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"In the shoes of a TYK worker"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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TYK is a factory dedicated to the creation of refractories and technical ceramics, which was created on February 5, 1947 by Mr. Susumu Ushigome. The current president is his son, Mr. Nobutaka Ushigome. The head office is located in Tokyo and the main factory is located in Tajimi. TYK has many factories and offices across Japan and around the world (England, France, Germany, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and the United States). The Tajimi plant is made up of the \u00d4bata plant, the Research and Development center and the Akasaka plant. The motto of the company is (in English) “Challenging mind, Tenacious spirit, Mature consideration, Speedy action, Chain reaction creativity”.<\/p>

The Research and Development center where I work is located on a small hill just behind the \u00d4bata factory. Mainly dedicated to technical ceramics, the center designs and develops small series of new products (therefore top-secret) which will be used for the most part in factories and requiring, for example, very high heat resistance or low thermal conductivity … A dozen team of five \/ six people each work in the different environments of the center.<\/p>

For young people working at TYK and not more than 30 years old, the factory recently built a brand new dormitory about ten minutes from the factory and the R&D center. Maintained by Mr. and Mrs. Okamoto, the dormitory, clean and calm, offers small functional studios with private bathroom for the ladies. Gentlemen must go to the public bath on the ground floor. Morning and evening during working days are offered Japanese style breakfast and dinner prepared by Mrs. Okamoto and her daughter.<\/p>

Every morning, I leave the dormitory around 7.45 am after having had my breakfast to arrive around 7.55 am at the R&D center. Work days start at 8 a.m. and finish at 5 p.m. I change into the women’s locker room and put on my work uniform. For the people at the R&D center, the uniform is a pale green color. For the people at the \u00d4bata factory, it is blue \/ gray like mine. For others, it is pale blue in color, etc. Added to this are the reinforced black shoes and the helmet (mainly for people working in warehouses). On helmets are stuck various stickers indicating the ability of the person to, for example, using the overhead crane or driving small trucks. On mine is stuck a green and yellow sticker meaning “intern or newcomer”.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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