Highlights of fiscal 2004
All the Production Sites of FDK Group Obtains ISO14001 Certiﬁcation＊1＊2

FDK Corporation has been promoting to obtain ISO14001 certiﬁcation to its environmental management system for not only
implementing its voluntary environmental protection activities at all the production sites in the group but also for horizontal development of environmental management in its entire organization. In 2002, all of our production sites in Japan became ISO14001 certiﬁcation holders. After obtaining the certiﬁcation to Suzhou FDK in China in ﬁscal 2004, all production sites of FDK Group companies inand out of Japan are now the holder of the certiﬁcation as planned. This has marked an establishment of foundation for environmental
management system in the FDK Group. (See page 9 for further information.)Start the development of Super Green Products which have top-level environmental characteristics
From the onset of product design, FDK Group develops environmentally compatible products incorporating energy- and resourcesaving, recyclable performances and eliminating use of hazardous substances. FDK Group has started developing super green
products since ﬁscal 2004. The super green products which have top-level environmental characteristics in terms of world s 1st,
world s smallest,

nation s 1st,industry s 1st,

nation s smallest, and industry s smallest. (See page 11 for further information.)

Elimination of Hazardous Substances in Products＊3

There have been severer demands for controlling hazardous chemical substances included in products, namely, the EU s RoHS

Directive. In order to comply with such demands, FDK Group established the Committee for Controlling Products Containing
Hazardous Chemical Substances in October 2004. The aim of the committee lies on setting criteria for controlling hazardous chemical substances to comply with the standards demanded by relevant laws and the market, and establishing a control system to assure
quality of products through the entire process from purchasing and receiving of materials to production and shipment of products in
FDK Group companies in and out of Japan. (See page 14 for further information.)Won the Prize for the Excellent Energy Management Factory (electric section)from Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
Kosai Plant has been promoting various types of energy saving activities through introduction of a cogeneration system, improvementof its production system and employment of eﬃcient control methods from the perspective of measures against global warming andeﬃcient use of resources. Due to this, the plant won the Prize for the Excellent Energy Management Factory (electric section) inﬁscal 2004 from the Chubu Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI.
Aiming at promoting rationalized use of energy and eﬀective use of fuel and resources, the Bureau recognizes factories and oﬃces
which energy saving eﬀorts are signiﬁcant and exemplary to others, in order to further promote energy saving activities. (See page
15 for further information)

Achievement of Zero Emission of Wastes＊4＊5

FDK Group has been addressing zero emission of wastes in addition to 3R activities. Following to Iwaki Plant in ﬁscal 2001, and FDK
Ecotec Co., Ltd. in ﬁscal 2003, zero emission of wastes was achieved in Kosai Plant, Sanyo Plant, FDK Energy Co., Ltd., and FDK
Engineering Co., Ltd. at the end of ﬁscal 2004. These achievements completely fulﬁll our target of zero emission of wastes at all FDK
premises in Japan . In the future, we will establish an internal check system to ensure that zero emission is maintained throughout
its premises in Japan, and develop similar activities at its overseas sites as well. (See page 18 for further information.)＊1: ISO refers to International Organization for Standardization.
＊2: ISO 14001 is the international standard for management of environment requiring establishment of an environmental management system and continuous improvementof environmental activities.
＊3: RoHS stands for Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substance in electrical and electric equipment.
＊4: Zero emission of wastes means a continuous and persistent eﬀort to eliminate emission of industrial wastes and chemical substances to the environment.
＊5: 3R stands for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

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