[OPTEX] Received the "Judges' Special Award" at the Keidanren Recommended In-house Newsletter Awards
Optex Co., Ltd. won the "Judges' Special Award" at the 2025 Keidanren Recommended In-house Newsletter Awards for its open newsletter "Ripple Workers Index". The publication proved highly effective for recruitment, influencing 75% of prospective 2026 hires in their decision to join the company.
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Optex Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture; President & CEO: Kazuo Ikeda) is pleased to announce that its open in-house newsletter, "Ripple Workers Index," has received the "Judges' Special Award" at the "2025 Keidanren Recommended In-house Newsletter Awards" hosted by the Keidanren Business Services In-house Public Relations Center.
■ About the Ripple Workers Index
The "Ripple Workers Index" is an open in-house newsletter that carefully delves into and introduces the values, work perspectives, and career paths of individual employees, based on "Ripple Work," Optex's approach to working styles. It aims to visualize the management philosophy and corporate culture, sharing them both internally and externally. It also received the Encouragement Award in the WEB category in FY2024.
Site URL: https://www.optex.co.jp/ripple_workers_index/
■ About the "Keidanren Recommended In-house Newsletter Awards" and the "Judges' Special Award"
This is Japan's most historic in-house newsletter competition and evaluation system, conducted since 1966 by the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) In-house Public Relations Center. The "Judges' Special Award" does not have set criteria, but honors works, companies, and organizations recognized by the judging committee as "appropriate cases," such as pioneering initiatives.
2025 List of Awards:
https://www.keidanren-jigyoservice.or.jp/upload/2025awards_suisensyanaiho.pdf
[Excerpt from Judges' Comments]
- Projects featuring employees are arguably the most common in in-house newsletters, but
this is undoubtedly the "highest peak" among them.
- Letting many people involved in internal public relations know that such interview articles exist is,
without a doubt, significant in considering the ideal form of the in-house newsletter medium.
■ Open In-house Newsletters and Recruitment Effects
In a survey conducted among prospective new graduates for 2026, 75% of the prospective employees answered that the "Ripple Workers Index" influenced their selection of the company.*
In the free-text section, comments included, "With limited information available, being able to learn about the personalities and atmosphere of the employees actually working here increased the resolution of my understanding of the company."
* Responses to the question, "Did the Ripple Workers Index influence your decision-making as one of the factors when choosing a company to join?" (n=12)
■ Future Outlook
Under the vision of "Becoming a company that sequentially creates Global Niche Tops," Optex is continuously working not only on technological development and business creation but also on updating the ideal state of human resources and organizations that support them. We will continue to aim for sustainable corporate growth by creating a foundation where each employee can demonstrate their abilities based on our management philosophy.
About Optex Co., Ltd.
We are a sensor manufacturer that provides products and applications for specific uses, such as security, automatic doors, water quality, and vehicle detection sensors. We also deploy solution proposals utilizing data obtained from sensors, and have been selected for the "Global Niche Top Companies Selection 100" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry for two consecutive times.
