COMPANY NAME OF NHK SPRING
The trade name of NHK Spring is "Nippon Hatsujo Kabushiki Gaisha" (in Japanese.)
The company name was changed to "NHK Spring" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its founding, and this is the name that is now almost always used in Japan.
When writing in English, "NHK", which is an acronym of the Japanese name, is also used.
The official English notation is "NHK SPRING CO., LTD."
Naming rights for NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium
As a company based in Yokohama, NHK Spring has owned the naming rights for the city's Mitsuzawa Football Stadium since 2008. As a result, the stadium is known as "NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium".
NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium also holds children's soccer classes and other events.
Factory Tours for Elementary Schoolchildren
NHK Spring conducts factory tours for elementary schoolchildren.
These tours are intended to support the career education of children, who are the future leaders of society, by giving them an up-close look at manufacturing sites, and to inform them of NHK Spring's social contributions and efforts to address environmental issues through its products and production activities.
50% of bats used at Koshien (NHK Spring Group)
NHK Spring Group company Nippon Shaft Co., Ltd. manufactures metal bats.
Nippon Shaft's metal bats are used by many people; indeed, the company's products account for more than 50% of bats used in the National High School Baseball Tournament (Koshien).
Contribution to the Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa"
(NHK Spring Group)
Yokohama Kiko Co., Ltd., a member of the NHK Spring Group, contributed to the asteroid explorer "Hayabusa" in the world's first mission to bring back surface materials from Itokawa, an asteroid in the solar system.
The inner surface of the sampling device is coated with high-purity aluminum using Yokohama Kiko's technology (vacuum deposition).
This coating prevented the collected surface materials from mixing with other materials that could interfere with the analysis, thereby assisting the analysis after Hayabusa's return.