SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – DENSO’s manufacturing facility in Osceola, Arkansas received a prestigious Four Million Man Hour Safety Award recognizing more than four million employee hours worked without a lost day due to workplace injury or illness. The Arkansas Department of Labor, the Arkansas Insurance Department, and the Arkansas Workers Compensation Commission presented the award during a ceremony at the Osceola facility on April 27, 2017.

DENSO Arkansas’ employee and management safety committee implemented a comprehensive safety program to establish consistent benchmarks for safe working conditions. The award recognizes the facility’s 550 employees for demonstrating the highest levels of workplace safety practices, including more than four million hours of work without an accident, injury, or illness between June 15, 2013 and January 31, 2017.

“Safety is at the core of everything we do at DENSO, and that includes making sure we adhere to the highest safety standards in our own workspace,” said George Harguess, President, DENSO Arkansas. “This is yet another testament to DENSO’s commitment to investing in our employee’s safety every single day.”

The Arkansas Department of Labor, the Arkansas Insurance Department, and the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission present this award to Arkansas companies excelling in on-the-job safety.

DENSO is a leading global automotive supplier of advanced technology, systems and components in the areas of thermal, powertrain control, electronics and information and safety. With its North American headquarters located in Southfield, Michigan, DENSO employs more than 23,000 people at 28 consolidated subsidiaries and 4 affiliates across the North American region. Of these, 25 are manufacturing facilities located in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In the United States alone, DENSO employs more than 17,000 people in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. DENSO’s North American consolidated sales totaled US$9.6 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. For more information, go to www.denso.com/us-ca/en. Connect with DENSO on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DENSOinNorthAmerica.

DENSO Corp., headquartered in Kariya, Aichi prefecture, Japan has more than 200 subsidiaries and affiliates in 38 countries and regions (including Japan) and employs more than 150,000 people worldwide. Consolidated global sales for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017, totaled US$40.4 billion. Last fiscal year, DENSO spent 8.8 percent of its global consolidated sales on research and development. DENSO common stock is traded on the Tokyo and Nagoya stock exchanges. For more information, go to www.denso.com, or visit our media website at www.denso.com/global/en/news/media-center/