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Asahi Industries Group
Company Profile 2020

Planning Section, Finance and Planning Department
Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.
Daiwa Higashi-Ikebukuro Building, 23-5, Higashi-Ikebukuro
3-chome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013, Japan
TEL : + 81-3-3987-4095 Email : ir@asahi-kg.co.jp

To create a sustainable society

The efforts that the Asahi Industries Group is making to build a sustainable

ManagementPrinciples

society are actually part and parcel of everyone's daily lives.

Being honest, fair, and respected by all,

Our activities now cover 3 areas.

both now and for generations to come.
Continuing to provide products andservices of high quality and value while
contributing to the global environment.

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CSR
Guidelines

Environmental
Guidelines

Focusing on appreciating andContributing to the environment bycontributing to the community.

decreasing environmental impacts,
preventing global warming andachieving zero emissions.

In the future, our work recycling valuable resources will inevitably
become even more wide-ranging.

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Asahi Industries

ThreeSectors

Asahi Industries Group’s Products Around Us

Steel BusinessAsahi Agria

Agribusiness

Jobu

Crushed Stone andMaterial Recycling
Business

Our products are comprised of items
that are essential to living securely and safely.
We will continue to create productsthat support urban and rural living.
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HISTORY

The Asahi Industries Story
In March 2019, Asahi Industries began a new chapter as a member of the Godo Steel Group, aiming for further development of its steelbusiness. As well, establishment of Asahi Agria Co., Ltd. that was spun off from Asahi Industries in April of 2020 has enabled us todevote our efforts to our speciality area. Asahi Industries and Asahi Agria share their corporate philosophy, both working towardrealization of a recycling society, each becoming a stronger enterprise and a more benevolent enterprise.

Asahi Chemical Fertilizer Co., Ltd. is established.
Predecessor of the fertilizer business(Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo Prefecture)

1935

Asahi Chemical Fertilizer Co., Ltd. takes over the steel division of Japan
Nickel Co., Ltd. and the company name is changed to Seibu ChemicalIndustries Co., Ltd.
Gives rise to an integrated business model: “steel and fertilizer”.

1936

1960

1970

Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.
is established.

1991

Entry into the Seibu distribution Group.
(later, Saison Group)Japan Nickel Co., Ltd. is established.
Predecessor of the steel business(Kodama-gun, Saitama Prefecture)

Asahi Industries leaves the Saison Group.

1995

2003

2005

Johnson Asahi Pty.Ltd. is established as a jointventure. (Victoria, Australia)

The company enters the Godo Steel Group following
a tender offer by Godo Steel, Ltd., and isdelisted from JASDAQ.
Kanto D-Bar Steel Corporation is established.

2019

2020

The company is listed on the JASDAQ Securities
Exchange.
(Currently JASDAQ on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.)Agribusiness is spun off from the company.
Asahi Agria Co., Ltd., which continues the agribusiness,
is established.

1935

2020

Asahi Chemical
Fertilizer Co., Ltd. Established

Merger
1936

1960

1970

1991

2003

2005

Seibu ChemicalIndustries Co., Ltd.

Entry into the Seibu
Ryutsu Group

Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.

Leaves the Saison Group

Listed on the JASDAQ
Securities Exchange

Japan Nickel Co., Ltd.
EstablishedCompany Name

Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.

Head OfficeDaiwa Higashi-Ikebukuro Building, 23-5,

Asahi Agria
Kansai Plant (Fertilizer)

Higashi-Ikebukuro 3-chome, Toshima-ku,
Tokyo 170-0013, Japan+81-3-3987-2161

URL

http://www.asahi-kg.co.jp/

FoundedAugust 16, 1935

Established

October 29, 1991

Parent Company

Godo Steel, Ltd.

Common Stock

2,190 million yen

No. of Employees

451* (consolidated base: 504) (As of the end of December 2019)

Main Business

Steel Business: production and sales of deformed bars (rebar)

Jobu
Asahi Industries
Saitama Office/Saitama Plant
Asahi Agria
Kanto Plant (Fertilizer)
Kamikawa Research Station(Seed, Fertilizer)

Asahi Agria
Osaka Office

TEL

Asahi Agria
Chiba Plant (Fertilizer)(including threaded deformed bars), structural steels

Asahi Industries Head Office
Kanto D-Bar SteelAsahi Agria Head OfficeJohnson Asahi Pty.Ltd.

* “451” is number of employees before division of Asahi Industries(Administration/steel div. 269, agribusiness div. 182)

Affiliated Companies

Saitama Office/Saitama Plant
222 Wataruse, Kamikawa-machi,
Kodama-gun, Saitama 367-0394, Japan
TEL: +81-274-52-2711 [Saitama Office]
TEL: +81-274-52-2713 [Saitama Plant]

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ASAHI INDUSTRIES GROUPDivision
2020

As of April 1, 2020

Corporate Information

Offices/Plants

Asahi Industries Co., Ltd.

Asahi Agria Co., Ltd.

COMPANY OVERVIEW
Company Overview

2019
Successful tender offer
by Godo Steel, Ltd.
Entry into the Godo Steel Group
Delisted from JASDAQ

Kanto D-Bar Steel Corporation (40%-owned subsidiary of Asahi Industries)
Main business: Intermediary sales of steel bar as well as associatedfinished products and supplementary products
10th Floor, Marunouchi Chuo Building, 9-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
TEL: +81-3-6267-0030

Subsidiaries: 3

1. Asahi Agria Co., Ltd. (wholly owned by Asahi Industries)

2. Jobu Co., Ltd. (wholly owned by Asahi Industries)

Main business: Manufacture/sales of fertilizer, development ofvegetable varieties, production/sales of seed, import/sale of hay

Main business: Crushed stone production andsales, processing of construction waste materials,
production and sales of recycled aggregate andwood chips

Daiwa Higashi-Ikebukuro Building, 23-5, Higashi-Ikebukuro 3-chome,Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-0013, Japan
TEL: +81-3-3987-2163 URL: http://www.asahi-kg.co.jp/agria/Offices/Plants/Research Farms
Kanto Plant (Fertilizer Plant)

Chiba Plant (Fertilizer Plant)

222 Wataruse, Kamikawa-machi,
Kodama-gun, Saitama 367-0394, Japan
TEL: +81-274-52-2712

13, Sakuradai 1-chome, Asahi-shi,
Chiba 289-0506, Japan
TEL: +81-479-68-1600

Kamikawa Research Station

Kansai Plant (Fertilizer Plant)(Fertilizer/Seed Research Farm)
863-2 Higashikitahara, Niisato,
Kamikawa-machi, Kodama-gun,
Saitama 367-0232, Japan

6776 Minakuchi, Minakuchi-cho,
Koka-shi, Shiga 528-0005, Japan
TEL: +81-748-62-8171

Osaka Office
12th Floor, Osaka JA Building, 2-5,
Nishitenma 1-chome, Kita-ku,Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0047, Japan
TEL: +81-6-6311-6215

3085-1 Kanezawa, Minano-machi, Chichibu-gun,
Saitama 369-1601, Japan
TEL: +81-494-62-1321
URL: http://www.jobu-sg.co.jp/

3. Asahi Business Support Co., Ltd.
(wholly owned by Asahi Industries)

Main business: Contracting, temporary staffing
222 Wataruse, Kamikawa-machi, Kodama-gun,
Saitama 367-0301, Japan
TEL: +81-274-52-6411
URL: http://www.asahi-kg.co.jp/abs/

Affiliated Companies

Johnson Asahi Pty.Ltd.
(equity method affiliate of Asahi Agria)

Main business: Production and export of hay
Lot 1 Plumpton Rd Horsham, 3400 Australia

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Saitama Plant

Forging strong steel to support the infrastructure for life.

Asahi Industries
Steel Business

Gaining a foothold in specialty sectors.
Asahi Industries uses electric-arc furnaces to turn steel scrap into rebar and structural steel, employing
environmentally friendly manufacturing facilities and strict quality controls.
We are working with Godo Steel, Ltd., to achieve still greater technical excellence and further improve
our sales capabilities, adopting innovation and taking on new challenges.

Threaded deformed bars

Structural steels (Special steels)

Deformed bars(rebar)

SPECIALT Y“Neji-A-Con” threaded deformed bars

The applications for deformed bars

Rebar that features a screw thread.

underpin our everyday lives andThis allows them to be joined together

include their use in the construction

using mechanical “couplers” instead offield in apartment blocks and officepressure welding, and demand for thisbuildings, as well as in the civil

product is growing due to theengineering field in expressways

advantages offered by shorter working

and railway bridge piers.

times and the fact that they can beassembled in any sort of weather.

Structuralsteels

SPECIALT Y

Special steels

Structural steels are steels used for

These are steels that have theirsecondary machining that areconstituent materials finely managed to

re-formed into products such asallow aspects such as rigidity, strength,bolts, nuts and steel braces. Theyand toughness to be adjusted. Special

are very widely used in sectors

steels are used in automobiles, work

such as construction, engineering

tools and components for construction

and machinery.

and manufacturing machinery. Our
facilities including those for inspection
were enhanced in FY 2018 and we areachieving a growing client base.

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Chiba Plant

Supporting food safety and security.
Succeeding in specialty sectors.

Asahi Agria

The only fertilizer manufacturer in Japan that deals with both seeds and hay.
We are collaborating with Japanese and overseas research institutions and Japanese government

Agribusinessagencies to achieve sustainable agriculture, working towards low-energy agricultural practices andmaking the best possible use of as-yet untapped resources.
Kamikawa Research Station

Kansai Plant

Fer tilizer
Business

SPECIALT Y

Organic Fertilizers*

Our production facilities in Saitama,

We have developed a wide range of organic fertilizers with a focus on safety,

Chiba and Shiga take into accountconvenience and the environment. Our principal products are granular fertilizers

environmental concerns such as

produced from materials such as livestock manure using our own granulation

odor, wastewater and gas

technology, and we also offer micro-organic materials, soil conditioners and liquidemissions, and it is from here thatfertilizers throughout Japan.

we manufacture fertilizers for a

Fertilizer for farmers

wide range of users, from farmers

Fertilizer for home gardens

through to gardeners.

*Organic fertilizers in this text refer to fertilizers containing 20% or more organic materials.

SPECIALT Y

Seed Business

Squash, rootstock, broccoli

Both in Japan and overseas, we sell

We have channeled our efforts

seeds for vegetable varieties that

into R&D and sales strategies

we have developed specifically withfor products with predicteddisease resistance, high yields anddemand growth, enhancing

ease of cultivation in mind.

our marketing to overseas
markets for squash androotstock in particular.

SPECIALT Y

Hay Business

Oaten hayThrough business operations in ourThe grass varieties produced byAustralian joint venture Johnson

Johnson Asahi under strict

Asahi Pty. Ltd., we provide a stabletraceability and quality controls

supply of high-quality hay tofeature high sugar content andJapan’s dairy and cattle farmers.

excellent palatability, making
them especially popular in thesummer months when cattle tend
to have reduced appetites.

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Jobu

Using both nature’s bounty andwaste products as key resources.

Crushed Stone and Material Recycling Business

Crushed Stone Business
Jobu Co., Ltd. owns high-quality greywacke mining
claims covering 1.3 million m2 in Saitama Prefecture(Minano-machi and Kamikawa-machi). The stone
mined from this area is used as the raw material for
concrete and asphalt and is used in construction
projects such as buildings, bridges and highways.
By supplying high-grade crushed stone and sand,we are helping to provide vital infrastructure.

Crushed stone for concrete

Crushed sand for concrete

Recycled roadbed material

Wood chips

Crushed stone for roads

Material Recycling
Business
By recycling the concrete debris from building
demolitions into roadbed material and waste timberfrom house demolitions and logging into woodchips, we are reducing waste products and helping
to build a sustainable society.

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thr ough our ordinary activities.
The Asahi Industries Group continues to contribute toward the achievement of SDGs not only through our environmental and social activities, but throughour core businesses as well, with an awareness that SDGs are a common global issue for the realization of a sustainable society, as we work under ourmanagement principle of “continuing to provide products and services of high quality and value while contributing to the global environment”.

Promotion of sustainable agriculture
Production and sale of organic fertilizer that can promote maintenance and improvement of the soil environment and promoteresource recycling research
Development of micro-organic materials in cooperation with municipalities and universities

Improvement in water quality, Conservation of ecosystems
in rivers and oceans, Efforts to deal with climate change
Activity with goals set for reduction of wastewater concentration and CO2 emissions based on
our medium-term environmental action plan
Production and sale of fertilizer contributing to decreased environmental burden

Supporting reliable and safe agriculture with organic fertilizer

Creating new possibilities for agriculture with micro-organism

Waste such as livestock manure, wastewater from beverage manufacturers,

Working together with prefectural research organizations and universities, weeffort is putting effort into alleviating environmental burdens such as by striving for environmentally friendly plants, setting voluntary management targets for exhaust

poultry feathers, and palm ash become fertilizer, which enriches the ground,carry out development of micro-organic materials derived from the soil andgas and wastewater emissions that are stricter than the standards stipulated by law, and as well as lowering our emissions, we are also making more effective use ofnurtures crops that make their way to our tables as delectable and safe grains,poultry manure.

our waste products though in-house recycling and the re-use of valuable materials.

vegetables, and fruit.

The effect gained from micro-organic materials in improving the soil allows

Development of environmentally friendly products is also our mission. Overproduction of livestock manure and excess application of fertilizer are exemplified as causes

Through organic fertilizer, we work toward sustainable agriculture and also

improvement in microbiota, so that soilborne disease is reduced, with theof groundwater contamination, and we protect our abundant water resources by delivering items such as organic fertilizer that uses livestock manure as well as

contribute to plentiful harvests and reliable and safe food.

expected benefit of reduced agricultural chemicals. This results in better rooting

slow-release fertilizer that enables reductions in amounts of fertilizer used.

We are moving ahead with energy-saving activities and actively take initiatives in reduction of amounts of CO2 emissions as measures against global warning. Ourof crops and promoted crop growth, leading to increased yields. We strive foragriculture that is environment and people friendly.

Changes in CO 2 emissions
On FY 1990 levels(kt-CO 2)

250

Feed
manufacturers

Producingcrops

Cooperative research into micro-organic materials

14650

2017

2018

（%）

6,000

158

158

171
4,000

100

0
Benchmark 2016year

150(Terajoules: amount of heat)

100
50
0
Benchmark 2016year

2017

2018

FY
(FY 2005)* Results calculated using the energy coefficient for each year

Emissions trading system utilized to sell reduction portions in excess
of our reduction allotment

98.5

99.2

3,228

3,287

100.8

105
100

3,446

95902,0008508020162017

2018
FY

Year-on-year change in specific energy consumptionof less than 100% deemed as improvement overprevious fiscal year

Legislated standards

10090
80
706050Gas emissions voluntary target

40

Wastewater emissions
voluntary target

30
201002016

2017

2018
FY

NOx (steel: RHF)
NOx (fertilizer: chemical drying furnace)
SOx (fertilizer: chemical drying furnace)
SOx (steel: RHF)
Wastewater (BOD)

Sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation
Management of corporate-owned forest to contribute to conservation of ecosystems
Management of green spaces at business locations giving attention to conservation of biodiversity

Improvement in work environments for activity by physically challenged persons
Expansion of areas of work where women can take an active part to enhance the ratios offemale employees
Hiring of foreign workers and development of their skills as future leaders in their countries

All the Asahi Industries Group plants are endowed with an

We strive to create working environments where individuals from many different backgrounds can exceed their personal and value differences and share a joy ofworking in mutual respect, and so actively employ those with physical challenges, create opportunities for activity by women, and accept foreign staff.
Women are also actively employed for research
positions and technical sales positions.

137

FY(FY 1990)* Results for each year calculated using the energy coefficientfor FY 1990

Employment of the physically challenged,
Women’s participation, Foreign worker acceptance

We use our initiative for physically challenged persons tolive independently and with pride.

134

Targets

206

Energy consumption

CO 2 emissions

Food150

Manufacturing
fertilizer

250200200

Changes in NOx, SOx, BOD(%)

Energy consumption
Year-on-year change in specific energy
consumption(kt-CO 2)

Targets

Experimentation with soybeans

Asahi Agria

Farmers252

CO 2 emissions

Manufacturing
feedConsumers

Experimentation with rice plant

Fermenting pig
manureChanges in energy consumption
On FY 2005 levels

Year-on-year change in specific energy consumption

LivestockfarmerNot only can foreign staff acquire skills, but they can also
work with purpose and pride within a supportive system.

abundance of nature. We carry out activities such as putting inplace plant green spaces and cleaning and conservation at nearby
waterways, parks, and roads as we work toward protecting
existing species and ecosystems. And through the conservationand cultivation of around 40 hectares of corporate-owned forest(Gunma Prefecture) which is the habitat of Japanese cypress andcedar, we promote absorption of CO2 in a contribution to bothpreventing global warming and protection of flora and fauna
ecosystems.

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