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As you know, our focus is on the future—automation, technology, constantly looking ahead. But with all this talk of the future, it’s easy to forget the past, and while it’s important to not always dwell on the past, we need to appreciate the knowledge, experience, and relationships that can only be built over time. Without the past, there would be no future technology, no future automation, and no future Horizon. Looking back to the past can help guide us in the future, and maybe even lead us to new innovations.
This is why we want to take a moment to reflect on the past, and appreciate the experiences and knowledge of those who have contributed to making Horizon what it is today, whether it be one of our valued end users, a dealer, employee, partner, or cherished industry friend. It is because of you that we can continue to innovate, move forward, and serve people in need of finishing equipment all over the world. We want to take the time to extend our sincere thank you and hear your #HistorywithHorizon.
What is a #HistorywithHorizon Story?
What was your first piece of Horizon equipment? How did it change your production? What do you like about it? What about a time when working with your local dealer that you loved, or when something went wrong and you fixed it? An event you attended with Horizon or an experience that was memorable for you?
It is not every day that we get to hear directly from you, our users and partners, and as we have been reflecting here in Japan, we are eager to embrace your stories around the globe in your native tongue. This is the inspiration behind our social media campaign #HistorywithHorizon.
Campaign Platform: LinkedIn
How to Enter: Post a #HistorywithHorizon story from your LinkedIn account, in a language of your choosing, include the hashtag “HistoryWithHorizon,” and tag the Horizon International LinkedIn account. You must follow Horizon International to be entered in the prize drawing.
- Must use #HistorywithHorizon hashtag for your post to count (not case-sensitive)
- Must be following Horizon International on LinkedIn
- Must tag Horizon International in your post
- 1 Entry awarded for posting your story
- 1 Entry awarded for including a photo or video
- 1 Entry awarded for challenging someone else
- English is NOT required, please post in the language you are most comfortable with
- Multiple posts are allowed, however content must be different in order to count for additional entries
- Direct Horizon employees are not eligible for the prize drawing, but encouraged to participate
Prizes include:
- 1x Horizon Montbell all-weather jacket
- 1x Horizon Montbell work bag
- 2x Horizon Montbell tumbler
- 3x Horizon Montbell coffee cup with lid
- 1x Special prize chosen by Eijiro Hori
Additionally, all participants will receive a pair of Horizon chopsticks as a gesture of thanks for participating. The more entries you have, the more likely you are to be chosen for a prize. One prize will be chosen by Horizon Representative & President Eijiro Hori, we will announce this prize at a later date.
Our #HistorywithHorizon Examples
1982 was our first drupa, I did the demo and everything myself. We showed three kinds of products at the booth: perfect binder BQ-220, friction collator AC-16 and guillotine cutter PC-64. This served as a good introduction for Horizon and I was successful in meeting many visitors. Some of them became our distributors and are still active business partners. I am grateful to have found such good partners, therefore drupa is very special to me.
As our global business grew, I have made friends with people from many countries. I’ve run marathons in Boston, London and Stockholm with a friend I first met as a distributor. Special thanks to Bob Flinn at Standard Finishing, who taught me the joy of running marathons. Through overseas trade I have gained many friends around the world, all of which I consider to be priceless relationships.
I think @YasuoTaketsugu felt left out (or was just wondering where his team disappeared to) because he eventually joined us in the showroom, and the three of us spent the afternoon testing and tweaking every possible setting. It was one of my favorite afternoons here in Takashima so far. One aspect I love about working at Horizon is that, during my training process and employment here, everyone has been so hands-on, and all of our creative ideas have taught me much beyond the basics about our solutions.
In the end, we achieved the perfect bind and gained much more expertise and knowledge than before. Now, I’ll never forget how to make a perfect-bound book with no milling, no cover scoring, and one-step nipping: Japanese Style.
I challenge @YasuoTaketsugu to share your #HistorywithHorizon !
#HistorywithHorizon
Originally, I studied electronic and studio art in college, and even worked as a graphic designer for a few years, but eventually decided to move to Japan. After attending language school and working in the tourism industry for five plus years, I suddenly found myself in Horizon International and completely immersed in an unfamiliar world of machinery and graphic arts, promoting products that I never imagined existed. In order to learn more about Horizon’s expansive portfolio of solutions and what they do, I started from scratch and used them to produce applications.
The everyday opportunities I get to create applications and promotional content for Horizon not only help me gain knowledge about our products, but the graphic arts industry as a whole because finishing is only a piece of the pie and everything is connected.
Look forward to more applications, videos, and content from me in the future (especially at @drupa)! Thanks for introducing me to this world @colin , I challenge you to share a #historywithhorizon
