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Tokyo Zairyo Co., Ltd.

Introduction to Tokyo Zairyo Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Zairyo Co., Ltd. is a Zeon Group company that operates under the corporate
philosophy of “contributing to society as a specialized chemical trading business offering
unique functions and services.”
By operating our import-export business from a global perspective, in fiscal 2014 weestablished our local corporation in Mexico, which began operating in May 2015. InThailand, in fiscal 2014 we constructed our special rubber compound production plant incollaboration with the rubber compound manufacturer, Takehara Rubber Co., Ltd., with thePresident Shuichi Kakinuma

aim of becoming the largest operator in the ASEAN region. By further strengthening ourcooperation in the four regions of Japan, China, ASEAN, and the USA, we are working toexpand globally to help our customers.

Rubber compound production
plant in Thailand, establishedin collaboration with Takehara
Rubber Co., Ltd.

Sales expansion of environmentally sound products
Since acquiring ISO 14001 certification on December 1, 2006, Tokyo Zairyo Co. has viewed increasing sales ofenvironmentally friendly products as a key environmental objective.
Also In fiscal 2014, we tied 60 new environmentally friendly products in to sales (against our goal of 30), by cultivating
demand in this category. In addition, by reviewing our compound rubber commodities, we increased our sales ratio ofenvironmentally friendly products. We plan to expand sales of plastics, chemical products, and chemicals for fuel-efficienttires that use plant-derived raw material, while at the same time reviewing our lineup of environmentally friendly products.
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Promotion of Compliance
As a company that deals in chemical substances, we are reinforcing compliance systems
for observing laws and regulations on chemical substances in Japan and overseas.
1. Reconstruction of our system for information on chemical substance regulations
Accompanying our overseas expansion in Mexico, etc., from fiscal 2015 we began theintroduction of our external laws and ordinances information system to enable us to comply
with new and revised laws and ordinances.
2. We continued employee training programs in fiscal 2014. Basic training on chemical
substance regulations was conducted for all sales staff in Japan. Overseas, we provided

Chemical substancesmanagement system training
at the Bangkok officetraining on China's Regulations on Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals for
employees at our affiliated companies in China.

Global human resource development
As a part of our global human resource development, besides enhancing the training of our young employees andimplementing education and training aimed towards president candidates of our overseas local corporations, we
implement practical measures that aim to increase the number of overseas business trips which domestic sales staff take.
Promoting technological training
Staff with specialized technical expertise hold sessions for young employees andmid-career hires to deepen their technical knowhow, including basic properties of rubber
and resins, and compound agents. Our goal is to arm our employees with technicalexpertise so that they can make proposals that accurately match customer needs.

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