The article was published in the SENKEN newspaper on 16 February.
Product design with industry, government, and academia Nara Art Junior College x Miyake-cho x Baseball gloves and socks
Students at Nara Art Junior College took on the challenge of creating products using discarded waste materials under the theme of upcycling. Suzuki Socks provided lint, “rings” from the sock production process, and yarn-molding cones. They were transformed into a variety of unique works of art, and we were made aware of the new possibilities of waste materials.
We hope that you will continue to take an interest in various things and encourage original designs and creations in the future.
Thank you for allowing us to participate in this initiative.
On 13 February, our president appeared in a phone-in interview on tbc radio in the Tohoku region.
Our president appeared in a telephone interview on the ‘Weekly SDGs Recommendations’ corner of the ‘GoGo Hamimikoi Radio Na Mood’ program on 13 February.
The SDGs have 17 goals, and I spoke about Goal 12 “Responsibility to Create, Responsibility to Use”.
Suzuki Socks started by manufacturing children’s socks and later entered the sports socks market.
In the past, the company also manufactured stockings for the Japanese national football team and still produces many football stockings for the J-League through sports manufacturers.
In 2004, the company combined its experience as a farmer with its knowledge of sock production and embarked on the development of ‘rice bran socks’.
Rice bran fiber is made by kneading rice bran components into rayon fiber, which has properties such as moisture retention, antioxidant properties, and deodorant functions.
The development process was driven by our president’s passion for the reuse of rice bran, and after numerous trials and errors, the first socks using rice bran fiber were born.
Today, approximately 200,000 pairs are produced annually, using approximately 900 kg of rice bran annually.
In the future, the company aims further to expand the potential of this unique rice bran fiber and communicate its appeal both domestically and internationally.
Thank you to everyone at tbc radio for listening to the radio.
Yesterday, members of the Nara Chamber of Commerce and Industry Women’s Association visited Suzuki Socks. They had a tour of the factory and watched a video about the president’s passion for rice bran and the story of its development ✨
While holding the products in their hands at the shop, they said, “I want to recommend these products to my acquaintances! We also had a lot of happy comments such as “I want to recommend it to my friends”.
We hope you will feel free to come and visit us again while you are at work or having lunch.
The article appeared on the front page of the Senken newspaper on 30 January!
The article “A New Corporate Image Envisioned by Women in Nara” highlighted the activities of women in Nara Prefecture, a production center for innerwear, legwear, and shoes, who have changed careers from other industries to take over the family business and changed the shape of the company.
Suzuki Socks also hopes to take the “rice bran fiber” business to the next step, together with Miyake-cho’s inbound business and other initiatives 🛫.
On December 1, we were featured in Nikkan Gendai 🧦. Scales of Idea Products” https://www.nikkan-gendai.com/articles/view/life/332826/6
Walking Nuka Bukuro: Untightening Socks” for swollen feet in winter. Perfect for the New Year’s holidays and as a gift for your parents ✨ https://www.suzuki-socks.shop/view/page/shimetsukenai
The article was published in the November 24 Textile News. On the afternoon of November 18, Suzuki Socks also hosted a monitor experience tour as part of the Miyake-cho Commerce and Industry Association’s inbound project, and we welcomed a Taiwanese resident of Tokyo.
We would be happy if the joy and pleasure of manufacturing could be conveyed to them even a little by having them directly experience the air of manufacturing at Suzuki Socks. We hope to continue to take advantage of Miyake-cho’s environment and welcome many more visitors in the future.
This article appeared on the front page of the Senken Shimbun newspaper on November 22. Efforts to revitalize the local community beyond the boundaries of industry have begun in Nara, a sock production center.
On the afternoon of November 18, Suzuki Socks also hosted an inbound project by the Miyake-cho Shokokai (Miyake-cho Chamber of Commerce and Industry), which included an inbound experience tour for monitors, and we welcomed a Taiwanese resident from Tokyo. We hope to welcome many more visitors in the future by taking advantage of the environment of Nara and Miyake-cho.
We were featured in the giveaway section of PressNet, a local newspaper & digital in Higashi-Hiroshima 🧦. We wish the winner a pleasant time with Suzuki Socks’ “Heel Care Socks” ✨. (Entries are closed.)
Winner’s name 🎁. Walking bran bag Rice bran heel care socks for 10 ✨. Color: Gray 1,540 yen value including tax
November 19, 2012: Featured in the Nara Shimbun 🧦.
Last week on the 18th, Miyake-cho Commerce and Industry Association organized an inbound monitor tour and came to Suzuki Socks for a hands-on tour. As this was a monitor tour, a Taiwanese resident of Tokyo came to our company to learn about sock making ✨.
We hope to continue to promote Miyake-cho and the charms of Miyake-cho along with Suzuki Sock’s sock making along with full-scale tours in the future 😊.
