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Zeon Medical Inc.

Introduction to Zeon Medical Inc.
Zeon Medical Inc. was established in 1989 to continue Zeon Corporation's medical
business as its wholly owned subsidiary.
Since then the company has developed medical equipment that uses new materials,
particularly biocompatible materials, produced by combining ZEON's various proprietary
technologies. Zeon Medical acquired approval to manufacture supplementary artificial
hearts from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour andWelfare) in January 1990. This was a world-first technology at the time and a typical

President Muneki Sawa

example of the company's success in this field.
In January 1990, Zeon Medical commenced operations to market its supplementary
artificial heart. In July 1996, it took over operation of exports, research and developme nt,
and manufacturing divisions from Zeon Corporation, the final addition in Zeon Medical'sbecoming a fully integrated medical equipment business in both name and substance.
Since then the company has developed, manufactured, and marketed predominantly
cardiovascular and gastrointestinal medical equipment in an effort to expand its businessdomain as a domestic manufacturer in Japan.

Zeon Medical's research
center and plant

The healthcare field has been evolving dramatically in the wake of continuing advances inmedical technologies. With the sense of responsibility and purpose that comes with being
stewards of health, we are continuing to develop and improve our innovative medical equipment, and provide systems andservices that satisfy our customers.
We will continue to deliver safe, high-quality products that can be used with peace of mind by doctors, technologists,
nurses, and other healthcare practitioners to maintain the well-being of their patients.
The research lab is within the Takaoka Plant. From the design stage, the research lab
works together with the manufacturing department and partakes in development aimed atdevising design and assembly methods that ensure efficient production and consistentquality.

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1. Efforts to Reduce Environmental Impact
We are continuing to implement existing initiatives to reduce emissions of chemical substances subject to the PRTR Law,
but we now also possess four sterilization machines, and we are reducing the number of machines operating to the extent
possible according to the production situation, which has a strong effect on emissions.
In fiscal 2013, we consumed 1,618,486kWh of electric power, an increase from the fiscal 2012 level. Although we arecontinuing to reduce our power usage, we believe the level increased due to the changing climate effect from having aclean room, and because of the increased production output.
2. Environmental DataZeon Medical Inc.

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY2013

Number of substances

11

111Consumption (tons)

1.5

2.3

2.2

1.6

1.6

Amount emitted (tons)

1.5

2.3

2.2

1.6

1.6

5.4

7.6

21.9

10.4

9.2

5.3

7.6

11.2

5.0

4.3

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11.7

14.3

17.8

CO2 emissions (tons)

969

970

969

1,143

1,123

Energy consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)

472

462

431

511

539

Substances
covered by
PRTR law

Amount generated (before volume
Industrial waste

reduction) (tons)

Amount sent to landfill (tons)

Water resources (Industrial water + Ground water +3Waterworks) consumption (1,000 m )One activity undertaken by the Zeon Takaoka Group is participation in neighborhood clean-up efforts along the nearby
Kokubun-hama shoreline and the Himi Coast.
Also, to contribute to the development of the medical device industry in Toyama Prefecture as an administrative member ofthe West Toyama Prefecture Medical Device Development Council, we conducted a business matching program in which
we spoke with local Hokuriku companies and followed up with individual meetings to examine business opportunities.
In R&D, we participated in a research meeting held by the Toyama Industrial Technology Center and are moving forwardwith development in collaboration with local companies.

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