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The Kawasaki Plant is located in Yako in southeastern Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
If you take the Keihin Kyuko Daishi Line and get off at Kojimashinden Station, the last stopon the line, you will also notice the very conspicuous ZEON logo in addition to ZEON's R&D
Building No. 10, the highest-standing building in Yako. The Kawasaki Plant is situated on
the south side of the R&D center.
While the name Yako (literally “night light”) seems to suggest the bright lights and torches of
the Keihin Industrial Zone, this interpretation is in fact incorrect. The true origin of the word
relates to the construction of the Kawasaki Daishi temple, and comes from a phrase

Aerial view of the Kawasaki
Plantmeaning “ocean emitting a strange light at night.” Kawasaki Daishi is said to have originatedat a time when, long ago, a fisherman, heeding the instruction of a Buddhist monk who appeared in his dream, cast his net
where light was shining and pulled out a small statue of Kobo-Daishi, the founder of the Shingon school of Buddhism. TheKawasaki Plant was built here in 1959 and, for more than 55 years since, has built mutual relationships of trust with the localresidents. For example, its neighborhood clean-ups, summer festivals, and discussions with local residents at neighborhood
association meetings have helped the Kawasaki Plant to function as an intimate and integral part of the local community.

The Kawasaki Plant makes various efforts to increase interaction between itself and local residents as it aims to be a civicallyengaged plant. One such activity is that we publish information on The Information Center for Energy and Environment
Education “Facility tours guide” website, and we always take requests for plant tours. Along with Kawasaki City and other local
companies in Yako, nearby Tonomachi and Chidori, we also participate in regular joint cleaning activities for theTonomachi-Yako Route, which is a main road that acts as an artery for the area. We will continue to plan to harmonize with local
communities through such activities.

1. Reducing toxic chemical emissions
The Kawasaki Plant is working to reduce emissions of butadiene and acrylonitrile, the main materials in our products, byinstalling recovery equipment. Stabilizing operations and improving the operational rate of recovery systems has allowed us toincrease the amount of acrylonitrile we process. As a result, atmospheric emissions of butadiene and acrylonitrile in fiscal 2013
were 2.4 tons and 11 tons, respectively. We will continue to improve our technologies so that someday we can achieve zeroemissions.

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Substances subject to PRTR law

2. Reducing industrial waste
We have maintained efforts throughout the plant to reduce the volume of plant-generated industrial waste by separating it forcollection and reusing or recycling it (including heat recovery). The volume of waste sent to landfills in fiscal 2013 was less than
1 ton as in the previous year, as a result of our diligence in reducing waste and introducing facilities to improve and stabilize
waste treatment. In fiscal 2014, we will continue to reduce industrial waste through separation and recycling and by reducing
waste.
Amount of Waste to Landfill3. Reducing air and water pollution
By carefully managing the waste we put in our incinerator we are making steady progress in the reduction of nitrogen oxides(NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), soot, and other atmospheric emissions from our operations.
We are also decreasing our environmental impact on water quality by reducing nitrogenous compounds in waste liquid andimproving removal rates by ensuring that our treatment facilities are operating efficiently. We are determined to improve ourtechnologies to bring about less total nitrogen discharge and better removal rates.

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CO2 emissions

SOx and NOx emissions

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4. Saving resources and energy
In fiscal 2013, Co-generation* (CGS) units No.5 and No.6 were newly installed and unit No.2 was removed to due its
deteriorated condition. The installation of two units resulted in a surplus of power, which enabled us to make an even greatersocial contribution than before by stably supplying the energy externally.
Units 5 and 6 are also expected to conserve energy and resources due to the use of a cutting-edge gas engine system thatachieves a high level of thermal efficiency and low NOx emissions.
* Co-generation
A new type of energy supply system that uses waste heat from internal combustion engines, external combustion engine, and other sources to extract power, heat, and refrigeration while
improving overall energy efficiency.

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5. Environmental Data
Kawasaki Plant

FY2009FY2010FY2011FY2012FY201321,75826,61323,054

22,841

20,372

2.3

4.8

2.6

2.7

2.4

Acrylonitrile consumption (tons)

9,556

12,034

10,67010,872

9,653

Acrylonitrile emissions (tons)

1215

12

13

11

44,101

51,781

46,18644,70940,203

2130

26

25.6

26.1

Amount generated (before volume reduction)(tons)

30,163

44,13247,71850,87848,039Amount generated (after volume reduction)(tons)

3,136

5,315

5,3835,037

4,024

13

0.4

0.4

0.9

0.0

CO2 emissions (tons)

33,90036,47827,60927,96820,917

SOx emissions (tons)

0.6

0.7

0.1

0.1

0.2

NOx emissions (tons)

18

10

7.6

8.0

7.4

0.8

0.6

0.8

0.8

2,719

2,575

2,963

3,313

3,092

1,602

1,836

1,793

1,904

2,031

COD emissions (tons)

35

41

40

42

45

Total phosphorus discharge (tons)

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

Total nitrogen discharge (tons)

74

93

89

115

93

15,167

16,23916,22016,552

13,58192%

78%90%

91%75%

74,803

94,34081,79082,757

73,834

Butadiene consumption (tons)

Toxic
substances

Substances
subject to
PRTR law

Industrialwaste

Butadiene emissions (tons)

Consumption (tons)
Amount emitted (tons)

Amount sent to landfill (tons)

Atmosphericemissions

Soot emissions (tons)
Water resources (Industrial water + Ground water +3Waterworks) consumption (1,000 m )3

Total waste water discharge (1,000 m )Waste water

Total consumption (crude oil equivalent, kL)
EnergyUnit consumption index (1990 = 100)
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In line with ZEON's Mid-Term Management Plan, SZ-20, including the Enterprise Blueprint for 2020: “ZEON creates the future
today through the power of chemistry,” the Kawasaki Plant strives to produce the world's highest-quality products and supply asteady stream of those products to customers.
Quality as stated here includes cost, quantity, delivery period, and reliability. Consistently providing the high quality that ourcustomers require is both the mission and raison d'être of the Kawasaki Plant, which takes satisfaction in being harmoniously
integrated in urban surroundings. We also believe that our employees' pride in producing the best products in the world can bea driving force for further quality improvements.
VOICE Toward Higher Quality and More Stable Production
In its over 50 years of operations, the Kawasaki Plant has supplied its customers withoil-resistant synthetic rubber, used in key automotive components and more, and synthetic
latex, which has various uses, including coated papers, nonwoven fabrics, and rubbergloves. We see the stable production of high-quality products as an important requirementfor delivering these products to our customers for many decades to come.
At the Kawasaki Plant, we are embarking on measures to further advance these efforts andwork to enhance our capacity in processes that are critical to product quality. In other words,
we will reduce variations and aim for quality right in the middle of our standards. To this end,
we will identify factors that lead to changes in attributes critical to quality and modify ourToshiaki Saya, Kawasaki PlantManager(as of April 2014)

production equipment and revise manufacturing conditions to ensure that those factors are controlled. Through these efforts wewill create systems with which anyone following a standardized method can easily produce products with consistent quality. To
reduce quality variations between product lots, we will improve management of raw material quality and seek to build flexible
production systems where seasonal and other variations have no impact on quality.

Becoming a plant that is open and transparent
To stay open and transparent as a manufacturing operation, the Kawasaki Plant invites
schools, companies, business associations, and other groups to visit and take a tour.
Recently, overseas visitors have come from China, Taiwan, and Thailand. By introducing
our products and our environmental and safety activities, we are doing our best to help thepublic better understand our operations.

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