The LIMITS Digital Art Battle World Grand Prix 2018 was held at Shibuya Hikarie Hall (Hall-A) in Tokyo over the May 12-13 weekend. Roland DG sponsored the event to support the creative activities of artists utilizing digital technology, and also assisted with the production of official merchandise.

A new approach to learning called STEAM education is growing in popularity throughout China and Roland DG’s sales and marketing subsidiary in China, Roland DG China (DGC), is playing a key role in its implementation. To find out more about this initiative, we talked with Cheng Qi, marketing manager at DGC.

Roland DG held a company orientation on April 2nd at its headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan, to welcome seven new employees for FY2018. During the ceremony, President Fujioka extended a warm welcome to the new employees and offered encouragement for their success.

Roland DG will conduct its Global SE Awards 2018 final competition from April 23rd through the 25th, where service engineers (SEs) engaged in the repair and maintenance of Roland DG products will put their skills and knowledge to the test. In the lead-up to the contest, we invited finalists of local competitions held around the world to talk about the service and support work they are involved in. The third finalist joining us is Matthew Wrench, representing Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Roland DG will conduct its Global SE Awards 2018 final competition from April 23rd through the 25th, where service engineers (SEs) engaged in the repair and maintenance of Roland DG products will put their skills and knowledge to the test. In the lead-up to the contest, we invited finalists of local competitions held around the world to talk about the service and support work they are involved in. In this part, we are joined by the finalist representing the Americas, Joe House.

Roland DG will conduct its Global SE Awards 2018 final competition from April 23rd through the 25th, where service engineers (SEs) engaged in the repair and maintenance of Roland DG products will put their skills and knowledge to the test. In the lead-up to the contest, we invited three of the 28 finalists from local competitions held around the world to provide more details about the type of service and support work they are involved in every day. First up to talk with us was one of the finalists representing the Asia-Pacific region, Tsubasa Utsumi.

Roland DG held its first ever One-Day Internships on February 7 and 14, 2018, with a total of 16 interns participating at the company's headquarters in Hamamatsu, Japan. The intern program was organized with the aim of providing students with real-life insights into employment situations and a chance to experience a working environment that may help them develop their career paths.

International brand Moleskine held its MOLESKINE TRADE SHOW Spring/Summer 2018 annual event on November 15 and 16 in Tokyo.

Membership-based factory Makers’ Base recently launched its new permanent shop Makers’ Base Chiba in the JUNNU wing of the Sogo Chiba department store in Chiba, Japan. Continuing from the first part of this blog series, Junpei Matsuda (photo, above), COO of Makers’ Inc., talked about the services available at Makers’ Base Chiba, as well as plans for the future.

Sogo Chiba, a department store located in Chiba, Japan, recently opened the doors to its newly refurbished JUNNU shopping wing and held the “JUNNU Christmas Night” opening event on December 8, 2017. Makers’ Base, a membership-based shared factory featured in previous editions of the Imagine blog*, opened Makers’ Base Chiba, a permanent shop at the refurbished JUNNU wing. On the day of the opening event, customers enjoyed creating customized items using photos that they brought in to the workshop.