FY2012 CSR Website CSR > Site Reports > ZEON Group (Japan) > RIMTEC CORPORATIONRIMTEC CORPORATION is a wholly owned subsidiary of ZEON Corporation
headquarted in Tokyo. It has a subsidiary, ZEON Rim Co., Ltd., and laboratory
located on the premises of ZEON Mizushima Plant's plant No. 2, and also has threeoverseas sales centers, one at Telene S.A.S, a subsidiary in France with an R&Darm, one at ZEON Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, China, and one at
ZCLP in the U.S.
The company's core business is the global development and sales of PENTAM ®,President Masanori Sakurai

METTON®, and TELENE® liquid molding resins for reaction injection molding (RIM).
These products use high-quality dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) as their main ingredient,which is extracted from C5 fractions* using ZEON Mizushima Plant's proprietary
technologies.
RIM is an innovative means of producing large molded parts in which polymerization of DCPD and molding takeplace at the same time in the mold. Reaction injection molded DCPD-based plastics have a smaller environmental
footprint than thermoplastics as they can be molded using only half the energy.
*C5 fractions
Hydrocarbon molecules containing five carbon atoms. They are the byproduct of thermal cracking, or breaking down, of nap htha, and also include ingredients for raw materials ofsynthetic rubber and resin.

1. Energy Conservation
RIMTEC's Mizushima Plant is working with ZEON Rim to reduce their collective energy consumption. In 2011, thetwo sites were able to reduce their carbon footprint by 10% by turning off unused lights and devices, reducing
industrial waste, and taking measurements on a regular basis. They hope to contribute more to the global
environment through efforts like these.

2. R&D for the Global Environment
Since plastics created with RIMTEC products consume less energy thanthermoplastics, we will continue our contribution to the global environment throughactive research and development. This fiscal year, in Europe and Japan wecommenced development for product applications in the wind power field tocontribute more to energy conservation. The blades of the wind turbine depicted inthe photo uses a plastic produced by RIMTEC.

This wind turbine uses a RIMTEC plastic-1-FY2012 CSR Website CSR > Site Reports > ZEON Group (Japan) > RIMTEC CORPORATION

3. Environmental Data
RIMTEC CORPORATION
Substances
covered by PRTR
law

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Number of substances

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Consumption (tons)

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263

149

48

52

29

150

66

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3.6

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878

673

213

187

145

366

281

180

160

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Amount emitted (tons)
Amount generated (before volumereduction) (tons)
Industrial waste
Amount sent to landfill (tons)
Water resources (Industrial water + Ground water +3Waterworks) consumption (1,000 m )CO2 emissions (tons)
Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

1. Collaborating in Research with Academia
RIMTEC’s Mizushima laboratory has assigned a researcher to conduct joint
research at Okayama University. In fiscal 2011 we presented the results of our joint
research at the university’s “Knowledge Fair” where manufacturing innovation at
RIMTEC drew the interest of local stakeholders and students with a future inscience.
Exhibiting at "Knowledge Fair"

2. Creating New Industry in the Chugoku Region
To bring the results of our joint research with academia closer to practical
deployment, in fiscal 2011 we began holding regular study meetings with Okayama
University and the Chugoku Industrial Innovation Center. As we continue these
efforts in the coming years we hope to spur progress toward creating a new industry
founded on technologies developed in the Chugoku region, and in so doing
One of many study meetings to be held

revitalize the local economy.

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