Major External Awards Received in Fiscal 2012 (Furukawa Electric) Award name/Content Organization Award recipient CSR Initiatives Social Data 6 Furukawa Electric Group Sustainability Report 2012 CSR Data Book Incentive award from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare for excellent workplaces, organization and persons who have contributed related to occupational safety and health Business site determined to have improved initiatives or other scope of activity to encourage excellence in health and safety BCAO Award, Award for Practical Excellence Promotion of BCM activities throughout the Furukawa Electric Group Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare The Laser Society of Japan Business Continuity Advancement Organization (BCAO) Furukawa Electric Yokohama Works Furukawa Electric Research Paper Japan Institute of Copper, 45th Research Association Award Impact of Crystal Texture of Cu-Ni-Si Alloys on the Bending Workability The Laser Society of Japan, Laser Industry Encouragement Award 2012 555nm Green Laser Using Fiber Laser as Fundamental Wave for Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope for Biotechnology Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging, Technology Award Low power Consumption 1060nm 10 Gb/s x 12-Channel Parallel-Optical Modules Japan Institute of Copper Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging Hiroshi Kaneko Metal Research Center, Furukawa Electric Hiroshi Matsuura FITEL Photonics Laboratory, Furukawa Electric Hideyuki Nasu and six others FITEL Photonics Laboratory, Furukawa Electric Award name/Related research paper Organization Award recipient