When I started a job to provide agricultural facilities for farmers,
the construction industry in Japan tended to look down on those facilities.
It is probably because of many public constructions carried out at the time.
Those constructions provided so many demands to the construction companies
that they did not have to build agricultural facilities.
Indeed, I have to admit that cheap and nasty agriculture facilities were common before I established ACT.
I, of course, never look down on any agricultural facilities because agriculture sustains foods and lives. Thus I decided to support agriculture, and ACT has been striving to become a prominent and respected company.
Our efforts are not only for high-quality products but also for dealing with environmental pollution. We have been developing new techniques of advanced composting processes, parlor wastewater treatment systems, vehicle disinfectors, and so on. As for the water treatment systems, especially, we had an issue difficult to be solved. I was surprised when a person, who was trying to sell a water purification tank, said, "You never can get clean water if you mix it with milk". I doubted the truth of his words, and then ACT started developing the parlor wastewater treatment system.
Eventually, after several years of collaboration with research institutions, we succeeded in creating the system. It won the "Award For New Technologies And Products" from The Resona Foundation For Small And Medium Enterprise Promotion in May 2011.
But it was not our final destination for the development. We also brought out a vehicle disinfector system that works works at temperatures as low as -35 degrees centigrade, which means it is useable even in the winter period of Hokkaido, Japan. This system effectively prevents diseases of animals and plants, such as foot-and-mouth disease, bird flu, cyst nematode, etc.
We do not want to lose in the field of developing new facilities useful for agriculture in Hokkaido. We will find solutions for issues of motivated farmers. The watchword of ACT is "Our every act is for making the customers smile." We believe the word "Farming is a Noble Profession." Regarding these words as guiding principle of us, all the ACT staff will offer the best service to the customers.
Hiroshi Uchiumi, President of ACT