JARA NEWSfrom
Japan Automotive Recyclers Alliancewww.jara.co.jp

JARA Group announces its
business policy for FY2018
focusing on further
expansion of parts
distribution and sales
Japan Automotive Recyclers Alliance(JARA) Group recently adopted “expansion ofparts distribution,” and a “group-wide sales
increase” as key foci in this business policy
beginning in fiscal year 2018 and ending inMarch 2019. The latter of the two goals wasimplemented and lead by the new JARA Groupchairman, Yukiyoshi Domon.
The business policy was announced inJARA Group’s 4th General Meeting. The
group also announced its slogan of “Be in thesame boat”. Domon emphasized that “we wantto share the same business mind to raise ourcapability”.
In FY2018, the group will establish a newcommittee in four areas as follows: front-desk,parts production, exports, and materials
recycling. The purpose of the move is toincrease the whole value of recycled parts andmaterials derived from an end-of-life-vehicle(ELV), thereby increasing sales and profit. The
new committees also reflect group members’
voices with goals such as “want to strengthen
specific division,” and “want to share ourstrengths with other members.”
Under the new business policy, the groupwill also facilitate activities in its sevendepartments. In the block department, thegroup will further assist thecommittee activities andincrease memberships. In theeducation department, as partof skill development focusing
on an automobile’s advanced
technologies, it will conduct
basic workshops for scan tools
and diagnostic workshops forhybrid cars. In the quality
control department, it will
establish JARA Quality
Standards through the review
of work related to thepackaging quality of recycledthatmeet customers’
requirements forparts
safetytransport
to provide
them with peace of mind. It will also make aneffort to reduce work processes.
In the system department, it will promote
artificial intelligence (AI)-compatible system
improvement, system creation for genuine
parts retrieval, as well as front-desk work
assistance. In the general affairs department, it
will accelerate public relations activities forend users through the use of Facebook. In thenext-generation department, the group will hostfactory tours and seminars. Finally, the newly
created planning and liaison department will beinvolved in the sales and promotional activities
for rebuilt parts in addition to recycled parts.
(Daily Automotive News, March 22 issue)

Toyota Tsusho joins aproject utilizing ELVderived resin
Toyota Tsusho Corporation announced that itentered a verification project jointly with resin
reclamation and processing specialist ISONO
Co., Ltd., regarding the recycling of resin takenfrom ELVs. The three-year project runs fromfiscal year 2017 to 2019: the planning stage wasunderway in January 2018. Beginning in March2018, resin parts will be collected from ELVs toverify the extent of their deterioration. Ifrecycled resin is available in the amount desired,it could help reduce the burden of car users who
must pay a recycling fee.
The project is a consignment business fromthe Japan Foundation for Advanced AutoRecycling.
Regarding parts used in the cars, steel,April 2018, No. 122

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DaikoCorporation
President
Yukiyoshi
Domon takes thepost of JARA
Group Chairman
JARA Group held its 4th General Meetingin Nagoya city on March 9 and appointed Mr.
Yukiyoshi Domon as its new chairman. Thecurrent chairman, Yuji Imai, will serve as anadviser. Domon said, “We want to share thesame business mind to raise our capability”.
He also chose the group’s new slogan, which is“Be in the same boat”.
A total of 56 companies and total 73 JARA
members attended the general meeting. A
report on the FY2017 financial results andactivities was announced to the attendees.
Business plans and the budget for FY2018
were also examined and subsequently
approved. (Daily Automotive News, March 13issue)
aluminum, and tires are mostly reused. In
contrast, the cost of recycling resin is highbecause of deterioration. Therefore, most resin isburned and used as energy.
In the verification project, Toyota Tsusho
collects data from approximately 1,000
dismantled ELVs, which are recycled by partner
dismantlers in the Chubu Region. The target
parts are selected by the carmaker. Toyota
Tsusho and ISONO will verify the extent ofdeterioration of resin taken from ELVs andanalyze the derived data. Yano ResearchInstitute will participate in compiling the report.
(Daily Automotive News, March 1 issue)

CO2 Reduction Effect(based on JARA System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

2,264 tons of CO2 emissions
in February 2018
The reference figure represents the difference of carbon
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.

JARA NEWS No. 122 April 2018 Page 2President Junichiro
Kawashima Co., Ltd.:"We cannot surviveunless we provide an
employee-friendlyworkplace."

Ms. Nakanishi is fitted with HAL during
packaging work. Even female workers caneasily transport heavy goods.

JARA requires a robot suit asa safe working measure

A robot suit has been recommended by
JARA Corporation as a measure for preventing
industrial accidents and encouraging
occupational safety and health. The robot suit
was developed by Cyberdyne Inc. to reduce
the physical burden on workers for recycledparts production and product packaging.
Cyberdyne makes robots for the medical
equipment field. Currently, JARA Corporation
promotes Cyberdyne’s “HAL (hybrid AssistLimb) Lumber Type for Labour Support” torecyclers. HAL was previously introduced toKawashima Co., Ltd., as a test project.

The company’s president, Junichiro
Kawashima, gave the reason for introducing
the robot suit: “We want to sweep away
negative images (hard work, dirty workplace,and danger) of our automotive recycling
businesses so as to improve the working
environment and attract more youth andfemale employees.”
In the production of recycled parts,workers transport various types of heavy
goods inside the factory. Many suffer fromlumbago. Moreover, workers tend to become
deconditioned because of the temperature
conditions in the large factory. To reduce theburden on employees, JARA Corporation isactively promoting the HAL to its member
recyclers.
It is the first time for HAL to be usedin the automotive recycling scene, though
it is used widely in logistics, airports,construction sites, and factories. In Januaryof this year, Kawashima Co. introduced
HAL to its workforce. A female worker,
Shoko Nakanishi, wears the robot suit during
packaging activities. Nakanishi observed, “TheA sprIngboard for the 2018 Japanese domestic market

Interview with industry
leaders
Yasuo Sakai
President of Japan ELVRecyclers AssociationThe move toward a complete merger
between the Japan ELV Recyclers Association(JAERA) and Japan Automotive Parts
Recyclers Association (JAPRA) is steadily
moving forward. Although the market is now
in the midst of an upward trend, recyclers arestill facing an unpredictable situation because
the generation of end-of-life-vehicles (ELVs)
is expected to decline in a mid- to long-term
timeframe. Organizational changes inside theautomotive recycling industry would need tobecome more active to revitalize the industry.
Q: How do you see the current market
status?
Sakai: Last year, recyclers as a whole haverun on an upward trend, thanks to recovered
scrap steel prices and stable acceptance ofELVs. However, the business performance ofeach company is different. In the mid-term

projection, risks increased last year due to thetechnological advancement of automobiles,
including electrified vehicles. Various newtechnologies and IT-oriented advancements
are progressing one day at a time. Until
now, carmakers made cars, dealers soldthe cars, and then our recyclers dismantled
the cars. From now on, newcomers fromother industries will enter the automotive
industry to work with electrified vehicles:
therefore existing work processes will change
drastically. I felt crisis our business would
have vanished 10 years later if we stay in our
comfort zone.
Q.: How recyclers should cope with therisks.
Sakai: Our work is handling things after
today’s car becomes ELV. Roughly put, it
will be 15 years later. For that situation, oursensitivity should not be dull so much. We
should not fear that situation either. To ensure
our ability to make a balanced in the future,
we need to think in an interdisciplinary ways
and not depend on biased information.
Q: Your association saw the final
agreement for a merger with the Japan
Automotive Parts Recyclers Association(JAPRA)
Sakai: Changes in the business

Kawashima Co., Ltd.'s factory uses HAL

fatigue is not felt the next day.” HAL’s sensor
detects the potential biological signal that istransmitted from the brain and assists with theworker’s behavior and intentions. This action
may reduce the risk of developing lumbago.
President Kawashima is optimistic about
the robot suit: “It can be used in every work
process, and is not limited to packaging.”
The support rate for HAL is 40 percent
maximum. It works for three hours at themost. “I don’t mind the weight during work,”said Nakanishi about the three-kilogram robot
suit.
President Kawashima said, “In order tosurvive in the recycling business, we needto invest in human resources.” He added,“Customer satisfaction will not improve
unless employees’ satisfaction is raised.”(Daily Automotive News, March 1 issue)
environment
are not the only
reasons for ourmerger talks. Ourorganization,JAERA, is a groupof automobile
dismantlers,
whereas JAPRA
is a group ofrecycled parts
makers and distributors. It is not productive
for the industry for two recycler groups tosimply collaborate. A single association in therecycling industry is the least we can do tocollect necessary information and analyze tosend it. Soon, we will review the fundamentalsof the organizational structure.
Q: Will change in the businessenvironmental help the merger?
Sakai: Things are becoming tough forhandling by an individual recycling company,as the powertrains and materials of cars areadvancing rapidly. The merger goes alongwith the development of next-generation
technologies. As an industry group, we needto invite all licensed recyclers to the newassociation to respond to the needs of society.
The appearance of next-generation vehicles
is a sign of the times, whereas the appropriate
processing of ELVs reflects the needs ofsociety. We should build a structure to respondto these needs.

JARA NEWS No. 122 April 2018 Page 3

Dismantling process flow chart
How the Car Dismantling machine works
1. Receiving andevaluating cars
Incomingvehicles tested
on dynamometerto check engine
condition

3. Parts collection

4. Collecting
undercarriage
parts and engines

Efficiently collectreusable parts

The car is turned to safely
collect engine, exhaustsystem and suspension parts

Remove fluids such as fuel, various types ofoil and chlorofluorocarbon gas

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Tyres

Batteries

Doors

Seats

Bonnets

ExhaustEngine Suspension

After treating, the scrap cars
are cut up and crushed orpressed into materials thatmeet industry needs

After pre-processing,
the car is sorted into raw
components such as
ferrous, non-ferrous andplastics
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2. Collecting fuel, fluids andchlorofluorocarbon gas

6.Volume
reduction
processes

5. Car dismantlingprocess

Harnesses

MotorsRadiator

26.982Blocks of material can then be
distributed to smelting plants
for recycling

5. Processes
after removing
parts
Once thoroughly
cleaned, the parts
become good quality
recycled parts

The Evolution of car dismantling industry by Kobelco
Four times* the vehicle dismantlingcapability compared with hand dismantling.

EngineCatalytic
AgentsBody SteelSeats

Improved recovery
rate of rare earth metals
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FeAl

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Iron

Aluminium

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Separation of these valuable
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