using Euglena
Produce biofuel.

In May 2016, an email arrived at Moriyama, who worked for a major oil company.
"Why don't you change jobs to a company that is building Japan's first domestic bio-jet diesel fuel manufacturing plant?"

Moriyama is an engineer who has worked for a major oil company for 26 years as a technical worker since graduating from university and has experienced various projects. At that time, he was 49 years old and worked as a technical manager at a refinery in Chiba.
At first, Moriyama was wondering if it was a mischievous email from a sudden email from a human resources company, but he became interested in the phrase "Japan's first domestic biojet diesel fuel production plant (hereinafter referred to as" biofuel production demonstration plant ")." To find out about our biofuel business.

At that time, in December 2015, we started the "domestic biofuel plan," which is a plan to put domestic biojet and diesel fuel into practical use, and from June 2016, we planned to construct a biofuel production demonstration plant. When constructing the plant, a project manager who oversees the project was indispensable, and we were considering hiring it.

"The more I looked up, the more I was excited to imagine the future of the business."

Moriyama, who has been involved in many projects at a major oil company, felt great potential in our biofuel business and wanted to take on the Euglena However, considering the stability of the major oil companies I have worked for, I asked myself whether it was the right choice Euglena

An enthusiastic approach arrives there.
"Project management for this demonstration plant is not something that anyone can do. Let's work together to popularize biofuels."

In November 2016, Moriyama left the company he worked for for 26 years and joined Euglena because of Moriyama's desire to do an exciting job that would be useful to society.

Moriyama at the time of joining the company

After joining the company, Moriyama faced the difficulty of hiring members and creating an organization.

At the major oil companies I worked for, there were members with abundant experience and expertise in the company, and teams were formed according to the purpose of the project and project management was carried out. Euglena at that time had just entered the biofuel business in earnest, and few members had expertise in the construction and operation of fuel plants.

In addition to managing plant construction, Moriyama worked on recruiting team members with abundant experience and expertise and building an organization.

"I want to firmly convey the appeal and future potential of Euglena

Recruiting members was not easy, as many of the people with fuel plant expertise were concentrated in large companies. However, tenacious recruitment activities have paid off, and members who sympathize with Euglena 's philosophy and future have gradually gathered.

The members gradually gathered, but Moriyama thought that "the organization would not function by itself." The members gathered were specialists in their respective fields, but because their corporate culture and background of expertise were different, it was necessary to create a new organization while matching the corporate culture and knowledge on which they were based. ..
In addition to preparing manuals, we will create a new organization with an emphasis on creating a workplace environment where all members can exchange opinions, recognizing that it is a project that each member must voluntarily move, and motivation. I went.

Eventually, the Demonstration Manufacturing Department, headed by Moriyama, had 14 members with specialized knowledge, and an organization was set up for the operation of the biofuel production demonstration plant.

Members of the biofuel production demonstration plant (Moriyama in the center)