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Reinforcement of customer (ELV provider) relationshipleads to good results.

Body & paint(BP) repair

receiving ELVs, member recyclers raised theRising ELV
reputation of the JARA brand. In addition,
JARA introduced surveys at ELV providers.
establishing a system in which ELV
acquisition at JARA By
providers can evaluate the performance ofmembers, JARA hopes to improve
to hit 25,000 units JARA
customer satisfaction.
These efforts led to an increase in ELVin 2016acquisition, JARA will assist members in
JARA Corporation is enjoying good
performance in end-of-life-vehicleacquisition by its member recyclers. From
January through October 2016, JARA’s ELV
acquisition climbed 37.4 percent from a year
earlier to 19,300 units, which well surpassed
the previous whole year’s 17,127 units. The
company’s tightened relationships withgeneral insurers and leasing companies
might help get good results. In the whole of2016, ELV acquisition is expected to top
25,000 units.
In general, ELV generation is likely todecline in the mid-to-long-term due tosluggish new car sales and lengthening
usage. To cope with this situation, JARA has
been strengthening ties with ELV supply
source, such as general insurers and used cardealers.
Last year it strengthened efforts toincrease ELV acquisition by promoting theJARA brand. By unifying staff uniforms,equipment and customer services inachieving efficient operations using IT, aspart of its policy to strengthen support formembers. (Daily Automotive News, Nov. 10issue)

JARA holds BPworkshop for front
desk staff
JARA Corporation recently held its
Workshop for Intermediate Front Desk andProduction Staff at Aioi Nissay Dowa
Automobile Research Center., in Susono
City, Shizuoka Prefecture. At the workshop,
the company carried out practical trainingfor body and paint (BP) repair for the firsttime. A total of 16 trainees (six front deskand 10 production staff members) received alecture on the basic knowledge of BP andDecember 2016, No. 106

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then tried their hand at repairing bumpers.
By creating an opportunity for front deskand production staff to experience BP work,
JARA aims to nurture an atmosphere oftruct toward BP operators, which are JARA
customers and to support the making of
proposals for products that meet customers’
needs.
Trainees, instructed by Aioi Nissay Dowa
A u t o m o b i l e R e s e a r c h C e n t e r ’s s t a ff
members, experienced bumper scratch
repair in the first-ever holding of this kind oftraining. They took on the full series of BP
processes: filling with putty and forming,
conducting base treatment by spraying
surfacer, selecting colors and coloring using
color data, paint and clear paint.
Why does JARA conduct BP training? “Itis to let our staff be aware that our parts,
which they usually see and handle in daily
work, are made through many processes,”the company said. As a result, “they will beable to talk with customers using a commonlanguage.” (Daily Automotive News, Nov. 1
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Nissan Serena fitted withautonomous driving technology

JARA joins precisionengineering working groupto participate in joint research on
remanufacturing of used goods

JARA Corporation is planning joint
research on remanufacturing of used goodsby joining a working group formed by theJapan Society for Precision Engineering(JSPE). In October, JARA President Sosho
Kitajima made a presentation on recycledparts networking at the first meeting of
the working group, the members of whichcome from a wide range of fields andinclude representatives from the Japan
External Trade Organization and makers
of household electric appliances. JARA’s
aim is to improve its services by actively
exchanging opinions with parties outsidethe automotive recycling industry.
The working group was set up within
the JSPE’s Life Cycle Engineering subcommittee. It is steered by MitsutakaMatsumoto, chief researcher at the National
Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology. Waseda University
Professor Shozo Takata and Universityof Tokyo Professor Keijiro Masui serveas advisors. Members include JARA andShin-Etsu Denso Co. from the automotiveindustry and Panasonic Corporation fromthe household electric appliances industry.
At the first meeting, JARA’s president
presented an outline of the current status ofCO2 Reduction Effect(based on Super-Line System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

3,345 tons of CO2 emissions
in October 2016
The reference figure represents the difference ofcarbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the vehicle repair
using genuine (new) parts and recycled parts.**: Based on "Green Point System", which was jointly
developed by the Japan Automotive Parts Recyclers
Association and Waseda University Environmental
Research Institute using a life cycle assessment (LCA)
technique.

the auto recycling industry and issues to beresolved. The company’s big data of partstransactions attracted keen attention fromother attendees.
Joining the working group, “allows usto come to know things that we could notby only staying inside the auto recycling
industry,” according to the company.
JARA is going to extend its big data-basedservices. At the same time, it aims to help
build a recycling-oriented society throughjoint development of remanufacturing withother industries. (Daily Automotive News,Oct. 6 issue)

Insurers accelerate
response toautonomous driving
Can existing auto insurance coverautonomous driving? As autonomous
driving cars begin to appear, such as singlelane driving of highways, moves are active
among the general insurers.
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance
Co. has developed a special provisionattached to insurance contracts that outlines
victim compensation in accidents involving
autonomous driving. The special provision
allows the commencement of efforts tocompensate a victim immediately after an
accident, even if locus of responsibility isunknown.
The company’s conventional auto
insurance offerings do not cover payment if
the error of the driver (the person insured)is categorized as “unknown” or “none”.
In accidents involving vehicles equipped
for autonomous driving, it is expected thatmuch time will be needed to determine
the cause of such accidents and the locus
of responsibility, as well as to determine
the ratio of responsibility. This is due tothe fact that, in case of accidents involving
autonomous driving, parties that could
be held liable are numerous, ranging
from the driver to carmaker and softwaredeveloper, as well as parties related to roadinfrastructure.
The company thus developed the special

provision as “a safety net for quick supportof victims”, with an eye on new types ofaccidents associated with the future widespread use of autonomous driving technology.
Still, the company says almost all accidents
will be covered by its conventional auto
insurance offerings without the specialprovision. The special provision will be
automatically included in every auto insurance
contract (new or renewal) with no additional
premium from April 1, 2017.
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.
“We can still provide coverage throughour current insurance products without
introducing a new one.” It added, “If an error
by the manufacturer, tele-communications
company or other party other than the driver
were to be found, we would pay the driver
first, from the perspective of victim relief, andthen ask the responsible parties to absorb theburden in line with the ratio of responsibility.”
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. says, “Ourpremise is that, when an accident occurs,
the driver is also responsible. Our current
insurance offerings can cover most accidents.”
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance also commented
that its existing system can be applied to suchaccidents. The General Insurance Associationof Japan pointed out that it sees no problemwith existing approaches being applied up to“level 3 autonomous driving”.
Insurers’ new product development towardautonomous driving technology is meant
to secure the diffusion of safe and secureautonomous driving. For car dealers who sellautonomous driving cars, such insurance is
expected to offer buyers peace of mind. (Daily
Automotive News, Nov. 28 issue)

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