YIND N E W S L E T T E R REFRESHING WAY OF LINKING! Edition 6 | December | 2015 Dear all, 2015 is closing now, for everybody the meaning of this year 2015 is different, somebody had good events but others not. How is yours? For Yaskawa globally, it was not bad (actually good) and for YIND it was better than expectation, of course this comes from all of us, thank you very much! As you are aware, a lot of incidents are happening any of world, however in order to continue of our contribution we cannot stop our activity and continue challenge, it is always for better tomorrow. Hope 2016 will be good year for all of you. Merry Christmas and happy new year! Best regards, Akinori Urakawa President and C.E.O. YASKAWA India Pvt. Ltd. 2 YASKAWA D&MC Division Celebrates 100th Anniversary The Drives & Motion Control division celebrated the 100th Anniversary in a grand way at Hotel Le Méridien. The event started with a partners meeting followed by employees get- together. On this occasion, several dignitaries from a few companies introduced their companies including some from the partnering organizations. YASKAWA Electric Corporation has survived and thrived for 100 years by remaining true to its core values, while being committed to contribute to the society by means of energy saving. This has allowed YASKAWA to transform technology, business and society through its first century, and believe this will enable to achieve even more in next generations. On this occasion, a team from YEC and YIND visited one of the top engineering colleges in the country in Bangalore to understand the infrastructure and the kind of activities that take place in the college and to witness some of the best practices and the focus on imparting quality education in India. Tsuda-san and Urakawa-san interacted with engineering students who were in large numbers. In the evening, Tsuda-san, Urakwa-san, Matsumoto-san and other dignitaries lit the lamp to mark the start of cultural events. Tsuda-san and Urakwa-san presented the mementos to all the partners across regions. As part of our contribution to CSR, YIND presented a cheque of Rs. 150,000 to Samarthanam Trust for physically challenged children. All the employees who were present appreciated the efforts to address community challenges and societal needs. December 2015 YIND 3 YASKAWA D&MC Division Celebrates 100th Anniversary 4 Employee Team Outing Like previous year, D&M&C employees went on a team outing to a beautiful and scenic place near Chikmagalur which is known as ‘coffee land of Karnataka’. Everyone who was part of the outing enjoyed serene environment, lush green forests and tall mountains. Starting from office after working hours by 3 buses, employees took a break to enjoy some team bonding activities and great food. It was fun time for YASKAWANS climbing a mountain to see an old fort and a breathtaking landscape. Then was the time to splash some water and relax with the peers in a beautiful waterfall. Nothing could stop YASKAWANs from their energy to enjoy the day, volleyball essentially a game of transition of skills with choreographed team movement between plays on the ball was played at the court with full of adrenaline. The day ended with employees dancing their hearts out around a campfire and relishing the great food. Urakawa- san in his speech insisted on the need to keep this beautiful country clean and tidy and expressed his happiness about the place and the spirit of employees. The team also witnessed some rich culture of Hoysala Architecture in Belur and the statue of Gommateshvara Bahubali at Śravana Begola which is one of the most important tirthas in Jainism. These two sites are being proposed as UNESCO world heritage sites. Employees are keen and looking forward to travel to a new destination next year. December 2015 YIND 5 Bangalore Marathon 2015 Remote Maintenance Systerm YIND R&D YASKAWANS gathered and participated in great numbers “Remote maintenance System (RMS) design developed by for 2nd edition of Bengaluru Marathon and to support a YIND R&D division for YASKAWA Robotic division, it was one noble cause of raising funds for 60-bed cancer specialty of the key attractions for the customer at iRex 2015 exhibition, hospital. Around 17,000 people including children, corporate Tokyo, Japan. RMS has been designed and developed in a personnel and athletes participated in the event. short duration of 3 month by YIND R&D division and exhibited in iRex 2015. The demo exhibits a system connected In spite of hot weather, YASKAWANS made some incredible to 6 robot controller (YRC1000) fetching the real time times on Sunday morning for the full, half and fun marathon. information and displaying it to users. It addresses various user’s requirement and the information they required to take YIND’s special congratulations to Pradeepsingh who advance measures for the smooth factory operations. successfully completed full marathon and Harish BS, Somnath Gowda, Megharaj, Santhosh, Vinod Kumar, Ramesh and The factory production manager can monitor production & Chethan who successfully completed half marathon. operating rate of all the lines in factory from his desk using PC or table. Maintenance engineer will be able to monitor Congratulations to everyone. No matter the distance or the and perform preventive maintenance of hardware to avoid time, you ran or walked with pride and helped to raise Millions the factory downtime. System notifies about the alarm or of Rupees for such a great charity. THANK YOU! warning to the concerned users by on screen or by email notification. The user can troubleshoot the issues or contact YASKAWA call centre for further help to address the issues.” 6 Places in INDIA Rohtang Pass At an elevation of 13,054 ft, Rohtang Pass serves as the gateway to Lahaul and Spiti valleys in Himachal Pradesh. About 53 km from Manali, it connects Kullu valley with Lahaul and Spiti which in turn provide access to Leh. Known for its scenic beauty, Rohtang Pass holds strategic importance for India. The name Rohtang means ‘ground of corpses’ due to the number of people who lost their lives trying to cross it. The Rohtang Pass is on the Pir Panjal Mountain Range of the Himalayas. oldest and most frequented pass in the region, or the fact that it is the main pass leading from one cultural region to Besides Lahaul and Spiti, Rohtang Pass Rohtang Pass figures high on itineraries another, quite different one, to the north. also serves as the gateway to Pangi and of tourists visiting Manali, Kullu, Leh and the valley of Leh. Like the Zojila Pass, nearby areas. The road remains jam- National Highway 21 (NH 21), the road Rohtang also serves as the gateway to packed and delays are inevitable. through the Kullu Valley, past Manali Ladakh. and over the Rohtang Pass to Keylong, The pass is open from May to November. and Lahul and on to Leh in Ladakh, has The Pass offers beautiful sights of It is not particularly high or difficult to cross become very busy during the summer glaciers, peaks, Lahaul Valley and the on foot by Himalayan standards, but it months as an alternate military route, Chandra River. The twin peaks of Geypan has a well-deserved reputation for being following the Kargil Conflict in 1999 in are also visible from Rohtang. dangerous because of unpredictable addition to tensions in Kashmir. Traffic snowstorms and blizzards jams are common as military vehicles, The Rohtang Pass is a natural divide trucks, and goods carriers try to navigate between the humid Kullu Valley which This pass is an ancient trade route the tight roads and rough terrain, has a predominant Hindu culture and the between the people on either side of compounded by snow and ice at certain arid, high altitude Lahaul and Spiti Valleys Pir Panjal. The local name for this pass points and the large number of tourists which are predominantly Buddhist. is a generic name of pass. There are vehicles. many other passes in Lahaul and Spiti The pass is on the watershed between which have specific names (Kunzam La, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohtang_Pass the water basins of the Chenab River and Baralacha La, etc.). This is suggestive http://www.rohtangla.com/rohtang-pass the Beas River. of the fact that this must have been the http://travel.india.com/rohtang-pass/ December 2015 YIND 7 Raksha Bandhan Diwali The festival is a Hindu festival and is love and her wish for the well being of Diwali (or Deepaboli/Deepavali, the also a secular festival which celebrates her brother; in return, the brother ritually “festival of lights”) is an ancient Hindu the love and duty between brothers and pledges to protect and take care of his festival celebrated in autumn (northern sisters. The festival is also popularly sister under all circumstances. It is one of hemisphere) or spring (southern used to celebrate any brother-sister the several occasions in which family ties hemisphere) every year. Diwali is one of relationship between men and women are affirmed in India. the largest and brightest festivals in India. who are relatives or biologically unrelated. The festival spiritually signifies the victory The festival is also an occasion to of light over darkness, knowledge over The festival is observed by Jains too, as a celebrate brother-sister like family ignorance, good over evil, and hope over religious festival as on Raksha Bandhan, ties between cousins or distant despair. Its celebration includes millions Jain priests give threads to devotees. family members, sometimes between of lights shining on housetops, outside biologically unrelated men and women.