Environmental Solution Activity
In order to respond to the increased attention and needs of people toward environmental
protection, the FDK Group companies are specialized in environmental businesses.

Business Activities of Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.
Environmental protection is a concern of the people all over the world. This is exempliﬁed by actions against global warming and settingout of various rules such as RoHS, ELV, REACH, POPs, WEEE and Chinese RoHS. Under such circumstances, Fujidenka Research andAnalysis Center Co., Ltd. is working for protection of the environment for enterprises and local communities, as a total environmental
research and analysis company under the FDK Group. Its main business includes a support to its customers for solving their environmentrelated problems and extends from consultation on environmental issues to providing a comprehensive service on environmental facilities
involving design, construction and maintenance of them.

Acquisition of the ISO17025 Certification
Fujidenka was successfully certiﬁed as ISO17025 compliant by
Japan Chemical Laboratory Accreditation(JCLA) in January 2007
for its competency to carry out atmospheric and smoke concentration measurements. ISO17025 is a general requirement as to thecompetency of research and calibration laboratories. It requires
operational and controlling as well as technical competencies oncontrolling accuracy of tests and calibrations.
The successful acquisitionof the certiﬁcate means data
provided by Fujidenka is
now internationally accredited as reliable within thescope of the certiﬁcation.
Fujidenka is determineditself to expand the scopeof certiﬁcation to analysisof hazardous metals
contained in products.

Interactions with the Local Community
As a specialist of environmental analysis and measurement,
Fujidenka maintains the following supports and actions with thesurrounding community.
①Sent a staﬀ to the environmental council of Kosai City to provide
an administrative operation support from the view point of aspecialist.
②Invited the employees of the local governments and junior highschool students in the local area for a study tour of the analysis
room of Fujidenka.
③Sent a staﬀ to a technical division of Shizuoka Metrology
Association to contribute to lifting up the competency of theentire industry.
④Sent a staﬀ as a lecturer to an environmental counselors study
meeting of an environmental preservation council whose
members consist of local companies. Participated in various
study group meetings to raise the awareness on the local
environment of the local residents as well as local-based companies.
⑤Participated, as an instructor, in a biological survey of rivers by
the local residents

Certiﬁcate of JCLA

Won Good Accuracy Control
Company Award
Fujidenka was awarded the Good Accuracy Control Company
Award by Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement.
This award is given to only a company which won A to all items ofaccuracy control businesses consigned by the Ministry of Welfare,
Labour and Health, as well as A to all items in a crosscheck session
by the Association.
In FY2006, 18 companies
including Fujidenka won
the award in Japan.

Certiﬁcate of Good Accuracy Control Company

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An environmental counselors study meetingat an environmental preservation council

An instructor sent from Fujidenka working
with local people in a biological survey

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Major Soil Contamination Investigation andCountermeasures Implemented(Cases)

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Environmental Protection
Activities Report

Even before the enforcement of Soil Contamination Countermeasures
Law, Fujidenka has been working for the national level measuresagainst soil contaminations. At the onset, the scope of the investigation was centered on items for acquiring the ISO14001 certiﬁcation.
After the enforcement of Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law in2003, the number of investigations and implementing countermeasures has been on the rise and currently Fujidenka is capable ofprocessing 100 orders annually. Fujidenka s investigations are incompliance to anti-soil contamination measures set up under theordinances of each local autonomous body. More recently, the investigation ordered is not limited to that related to compliance with laws,
but includes that aiming to alleviate asset risks. Fujidenka isdetermined itself to provide the highest possible technologies to thecustomers in order to minimize their risks.

Social Activities Report

Fujidenka is involved in analysis and investigation in compliance toEU s RoHS and ELV as well as REACH, POPs, WEEE, Chinese
RoHS and other chemical substance restriction regulations. As forRoHS, measurement results impose a direct inﬂuence on customer s
production activities. As such, Fujidenka usually provides resultsof analysis to them as promptly as possible. After a large-scalechamber was introduced in 2005, VOC measurements such as
toluene typiﬁed by countermeasures for sick building syndrome areprovided to broader industries such as electronic parts and interior
parts of a vehicle.
More recently, the needs for eco-friendly products has been increasing and the demand for various reliability tests for assessing products
incorporating new materials is also on the rise.

Anti-Soil Contamination Measures

Management andOrganizational Structure

Investigation and Test of Hazardous
Substances Relating to Green Procurement4391 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06（FY）

Equipment for measuring scattering of VOCs
(VOC analysis using a display)

Scope of areas expanded to nationwide

Environmental Investigation
Expanded from Lake Hamanako Area to More Broad Regions

Reliability test equipment (Temperature and humidity
acceleration tester for eco-friendly products)

Business lines
Environmental analysis and measurement, Environmental assessment

At the onset of the investigation, water quality, atmospheric and malodor
investigations were limited to the areas around Lake Hamanako. Inorder to respond to the needs for the investigations, the scope has
been expanded to neighboring prefectures to include factory, facility
and local environmental measurements and investigations. Fujidenka
is capable of responding each and every need relating to environment
investigations and measurements extending from on-site surveys,
analysis to making reports in a consolidated manner, using its unique
technologies nourished for a long time.
Fujidenka Research and Analysis Center Co., Ltd.

Foundation:January 24, 1976
Capital:
70 million yen (wholly-owned by FDK corporation)
Investigation and removal of soil and underground water contaminants
Employee:
50
Analysis investigation for supporting green procurement
President & CEO: Takeo Maeda
Material analysis and reliability tests, calibration of measuring devices
2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Measurement of substances causing sick building syndrome and VOC emission measurement Head Office:Tel.053-576-0841 Fax.053-576-5258
Environmental protection facility design, construction and maintenance(Analysis of air, water, noise, vibration, odor and soil contamination level, and measurement of work environment)

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Environmental Solution Activity

Business Activities of FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Incorporated in 1997, FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd. is committed to the recycling of PCs and other information-related devices to contribute to therealization of a recycle-oriented society. In 2002, the company obtained the certiﬁcation of ISO14001 ahead of other companies in theindustry, and since then, it has been proactively involved in environmental protection and prevention of depleting resources to bring thatsociety to fruition. Since FY2003, FDK Ecotec has been continuing zero emission in handling oﬃce automation equipment.

As a core site of Fujitsu Recycle Center
FDK Ecotec handles used PC and other information-related equipment
generated from 13 prefectures in Tokai, Hokuriku and Kinki regions
as the Chubu Recycle Center of Fujitsu Recycle Center (FRS). It
accepts collection of waste devices through the Ecotec Direct Route,and provides an integrated services to customers from collection
to disposal of units.
FDK Ecotec also provides disassembly and transportation oflarge-sized systems and equipment for its customers.

Flow of Reuse and Recycle
After collection of used devices, FDK Ecotec manually decomposesand separates materials to a level where they can be recycled andreused.

Example: A cathode-ray tube display

Fujitsu Recycling System
IT equipments

Logistics companies

a nationwide transportation network providing
low cost transportation services

Reuse
Fujitsu Recycle Center
disassembly and dismantlingby hand/reuse of parts

Fujitsu Recycle Center deals with disassemblyand dismantling of the following devices andproducts under a strict control of leakage andillegal use of data contained in them.

FRS handles recycling of information communication equipment regardless of manufacturers. Disposal of ﬁxed assets are also handled.

Hard disk
MemoryFloppy disk drive
Compact disk drive
OthersRecycleFlow of Disposal from Acceptance of Request
for Collection①FRS Route②Ecotec Direct Route

Customer

Customer

Fujitsu Corporation

FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

Collection of units byan affiliatedtransportation company

Collection of units by
FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.

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IC for printed
circuit board

Waste
metals

Waste
parts

CRT fordisplays

Waste
plastics

Manuals

Collection ofprecious
metalsCollectionof ferrous
and non-ferrous
metalsCrushing
High-temperature
melting treatment
Metal collection
system

CRT
recyclingsystemRecyclingsystemfor blastfurnace

Paperrecycling
systemRecycled into
precious metals

Recycled intobare metals

Recycled intobare metals

Recycled
into CRT

Reused as analternate fuelfor blast furnace

Reused as
paper andcardboard sheet

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Eﬀorts for Increasing Recycling Ratio
Disassembling of used parts to just a level of parts composed ofmore than one material is not suﬃcient for recycling of materials.
Such parts are separated to a level of plastic, metal and other single
materials in the company so that they canbe reused for other products. Plastics, inparticular, are decomposed to a level ofvinyl chloride and polyurethane resin forreuse purposes. Waste plastics are crushed
using a crusher.

Expansion of the Scope of Recyclable Products
FDK Ecotec accepts used ﬂuorescent lights which are crushed
using a special crusher. A melting machine is used for recycling
foam polystyrene. The company plans to introduce a magnet tapedestruction machine so that it can accept magnet tapes forrecycling.

Environmental Protection
Activities Report

A plastic crusher

Social Activities Report
Site Report

After collecting PCs and recording media, the data contained inthem are all deleted safely according to the guideline on deletionof data on hard disks of personal computers before disposal andtransfer by Japan Electronics andInformation Technology Industries
Association (JEITA) in order to prevent
leakage if conﬁdential information ofcompanies and individuals. Special
deletion software developed by Fujitsu
Corporation is used for deleting data.
The software complies with various HDD data deletion system
deletion standards applied by Department of Defense and National Security
Agency in the U.S.
Besides this, data destruction kit forcompact disks and physical destruction system for hard disks developedby the company are used as well. The HDD destruction systemcompany also provides data destruction
services of tapes, IC cards, semiconductor memories and other storage
media. A data destruction certiﬁcate
is issued on demand.

Promotion of Recycling

Management andOrganizational Structure

Measures to Prevent Leakage of Information

CD destruction system

Volume of Collection and Recycling Ratio
In FY2006, the volume of wastes collected (accepted) was 919 ton
and the recycle ratio was 92%. The volume of collection isdecreasing since 2003. This may be largely because the demandfor Windows XP-based PCs started to level oﬀ and the PC reusemarket was generally known to people, as well as light-in-weightand small-in-size PCs started to appear.
Collection volume(ton)Collection volume

Recycle ratio（％）

Recycle ratio

3,000

100

2,500
2,000
90

1,500
1,000
500
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New Actions in FY2006●●

Preparation for establishing a website by FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Establishment of a comprehensive recycle control system and its
operation tests

Licenses
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A fluorescent light crusher

Collection and transportation of industrial wastes:
License No. 2100053003 (Gifu Prefecture)
The range of collection and transportation:
All areas of the following prefectures: Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shizuoka and Shiga
Intermediate treatment of industrial wastes:
License No. 2120053003 (Gifu Prefecture)
Types of industrial wastes authorized to treat:
Waste plastics, metal chips, waste glass and ceramics, concrete chips(excluding those generated by new construction or refurbishment of buildings)

Lines of Business
Recycling of the following equipments●Computers and their peripheral equipments●Word processors, fax machines and copying machines●Telecommunication equipments●Automated teller machines (ATM)●Telephone sets, mobile phones, switchboards and POS terminals●Magnetic tapes, cassette tapes, floppy discs and confidential documents●OA discs and racks (wooden racks is excluded)

FDK Ecotec Co., Ltd.
Foundation:March 10, 1997
Capital:30 million yen (wholly-owned by FDK corporation)
President & CEO: Masanori Nakazawa
Address:
Headquarters: 2281, Washizu, Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Gifu Office: 478, Tsuchikura, Hirata-Cho, Kaizu City, Gifu Prefecture
Tel.0584-66-4781 Fax.0584-66-4791
Employee:
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