JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWSVol. 82

METI invites
applicants for
airbag and battery
reuse survey

DECEMBER 2014 http://www.jara.co.jp

with the diffusion of hybrid and electricvehicles, the reuse of such batteries has
made little progress. It has been pointed
out that the availability of such batteries
has not led to expansion of the usedhybrid market, resulting in a decrease in
the service life of these batteries. As
such, the ministry decided to conduct thesurvey project. It also plans to sendquestionnaires to related companies andto persons with relevant knowledge andexperience to gain third-party insight.
(Daily Automotive News Nov. 11 issue)

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CO2 Reduction Effect(based on Super-Line System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

2,988 tons of CO2 emissions
in October 2014

The reference figure represents theThe Ministry of Environment plans todifference of carbon dioxide (CO2)
invite applicants for conducting
emissions at the vehicle repair usingcommissioned surveys focusing on thegenuine (new) parts and recycled parts.*
reuse of automotive airbags and*: Based on "Green Point System", which wassecondary batteries (nickel metal-hydride
jointly developed by the Japan Automotive Parts
and lithium-ion) used in hybrid andRecyclers Association and Waseda University
electric vehicles. By having surveys
Environmental Research Institute using a life cycle
assessment (LCA) technique.
conducted on such items, for which
in-depth studies have not yet to be made,the generation of precious metals, such as
the ministry aims to explore therare earths, making resource collection,
possibility of building low-carbon
Yano Research Institute Ltd. released
as well, an important undertaking.
society-oriented “3R” technology anda report titled “Automotive Recycling in
However, unlike Japan, ASEAN member
systems that are expected to help reduce
6 ASEAN Countries 2014,” which saidcountries have yet to see theCO2 emissions in the future.
surveys show that total ELV generation
establishment of proper processing
At present, reuse of airbags isin Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines,operations, resulting in hopes being placeprohibited under the Automobile
Malaysia, Vietnam, and Myanmar cameon development in the areas of both
Recycling Law due to issues related toto 422,000 units in 2013.
technology and knowledge.
safety and noise in reuse airbag
The think tank forecasted ELV
In the field of automobile recycling,production. But the reuse of airbags isgeneration at 983,000 units in 2020,
the gap is wide between developed andallowed in such countries as the Unitedreflecting consideration that the averagedeveloping countries. At the International
States and Canada. Also, production ofservice life of vehicles is long and newRoundtable for Automotive Recyclers,
airbags containing sodium azide, avehicle sales are increasing in the six
held in October in Kushiro, Hokkaido,
harmful substance, ceased in the first halfcountries.
shared recognition was reached on theof 2000s, meaning that the situation
At present, total vehicle units inneed for Japanese and other developed
surrounding airbags is changing. Taking
operation in the six countries’ is atcountries’ to take the initiative in
into account these and other factor, theapproximately 50 million units.
building the basic structure of recyclingministry plans to set up evaluation
Environmental concerns are becoming
system in developing countries.
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Meanwhile, despite the increasing
increase in ELVs is expected to increase(Daily Automotive News Nov. 13 issue)
importance of secondary batteries in line

ASEAN countries facing
environmental issues as
ELV generation on the rise

JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWS No.82 DECEMBER 2014 < 2 >Major automobile recycler Carec
Corporation is in the process of opening
a new warehouse adjacent to its head
office site in Iwaki City, Fukushima
Prefecture to boost its recycled parts
inventory and otherwise enhance thecapacity of its facilities. The newwarehouse will be exclusively used tostore recycled parts for the Japanesemarket, while an earlier warehouse andplant will be used for inventory foroverseas markets and for automobile
dismantling work. At the same time, thecompany will set up an end-user retailspaces for tires and wheels, thus
strengthening its base of business bycatering to both those related to theautomobile business and to the generalpublic.
Construction of the new warehousecommenced early this year on an
approximately 10,000 square-meter site.
The building, itself, has a footprint of
1,590 square meters. An automatedstorage-and-retrieval system and othermajor pieces of equipment were installed
by July of this year. The company is
now making final adjustments tofunction-sharing between the newwarehouse and existing warehouses. The
new warehouse will increase thecompany’s total parts inventory to 20,000
items from the current 15,000 items.
Inventory handing in the existing
warehouse will be made more efficient by
optimally applying positioning parts
racks. This should allow the warehouse tomaintain a constant volume of recycledparts equivalent to the capacity of two to
three 40-foot ISO-compatible shipping
containers.
The end-user retail space for tires andwheels, as a new initiative, will be set up
in the existing warehouse. By introducing
an attractive display and showcase forsuch parts, the company will promote its
end-user-oriented efforts for increasing
overall sales.
As the recycled parts business is facingtough conditions due to weak
performance in both the new and used-car
markets, the company decided tostrengthen its business and services invalued-added areas. The expansion of its
facilities and the stepping-up of its sales
activities are part of the company’s efforts
to adopt a multifaceted approach tostrengthening its sales structure in a waythat will encompass a full range ofcustomer bases. (Daily Automotive News
Nov. 11 issue)

BEST marketing
seminar focuses on
image strategy andpublic relations

environmental issues, by suggesting
examples such as visualization of CO2
reduction effect litter cleanup activities
around the factories. Other topics hequoted upon included how to interact
with local communities through factory
visits, and what information to publicity
promote.
The Marketing Seminar was designed
to help improve the managerial andorganizational power of member
companies, as well as to provide
companies with a strong corporate culturethat will allow them to survive. “You needto step further to promote your companies.
Let’s go forward to find a way to makeyour company different from others,
rather than letting you simply compete onprices,” said Kitajima. (Daily AutomotiveNews Nov. 6 issue)

Carec Corp. will
also set up theend-user retailspace for tires
and wheels. The
move is part ofthe company's
efforts tostregnthen its
sales structure
in a way that willencompass fullrange ofcustomers.

Carec opens new warehouse

The BEST Recyclers Alliancerecently held the final gathering of its
five-part Marketing Seminar at JARA
Corporation headquarters. The seminar
was attended by 22 people representing
management from the alliance’s membercompanies.
At the seminar, participants learned
corporate image strategy and publicrelations. JARA Pr e s i d e n t S o s h o
Kitajima lectured on the effective
use of business cards, which can be apotentially strong tool, as well as thecompany’s promotional activities, which
utilizes publicty through mass media(television, radio, the internet and localnewspaper).
Kitajima also stressed the importanceof taking a proactive stance toward

22 people
frommembercompanies
joined themarketing
seminarheld atJARA
Corp.
headoffice

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