Watanabe Pipe Develops 'Smile 01,' a Mobile Shower Unit for Disaster Areas

Watanabe Pipe Co., Ltd., a specialized trading company for infrastructure and housing materials as well as an agricultural plant manufacturer, is pleased to announce the development of 'Smile 01,' a mobile shower unit that provides shower facilities wherever needed during disasters. As a company supporting 'water, housing, and agriculture,' we have been involved in infrastructure fields that support daily life, such as water and sewage materials and housing equipment. The newly developed mobile shower unit 'Smile 01' is positioned as a new initiative of the 'Sedia Lifeline Net,' aiming to support disaster areas from the perspective of 'hygiene environment support' in addition to conventional restoration material supply and disaster relief activities. In recent years, natural disasters have occurred frequently across Japan, and securing bathing environments has become a challenge in disaster areas due to water outages and equipment damage. Especially in evacuation life, keeping the body clean is an important factor that leads not only to the maintenance of health for victims but also to the reduction of mental burden.