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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.”
The company has recently been conducting import and export operations from a global
perspective and is aggressively expanding its operations overseas through affiliatedcompanies in a total of 11 locations, including the United States, China, and Southeast

President Shuichi Kakinuma

Asia. In Thailand, we are constructing a special rubber compound production plant incollaboration with the rubber compound manufacturer, Takehara Rubber, with the goalof expanding business in ASEAN.

Image showing the expectedcompletion of the production
plant with Takehara Rubberin Thailand

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. In fiscal 201 3, we launched 45 new environmentallyfriendly products (against our goal of 30), by cultivating demand in this category. We plan to increase sales of plastics,
chemical products, and chemicals for fuel-efficient tires that use plant-derived raw material, while at the same timereviewing 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. Global shared system for information on chemical substance regulations
We built a trilingual (Japanese, English, Chinese) system that allows sales staff in Japanand overseas to confirm information on chemical substance regulations. By inputting theCAS registry number, the user can confirm information, such as whether the substance is a
UN-classified dangerous good, or an existing chemical substance, etc. We are also putting
effort into training at affiliated companies in China and ASEAN.

Chemical substancemanagement system training
at the Bangkok Office

2. We continued employee training programs in fiscal 2013. Basic training on chemical
substance regulations and training on Japan's Export Trade Control Order was conducted for all sales staff in Japan.
Overseas, we provided training on China's Regulations on Safe Management of Hazardous Chemicals f or employees at
our affiliated companies in China.

Global human resource development
As a part of our global human resource development, our young employees participate in technological training conductedby major overseas suppliers. At the same time, we also implement practical measures that aim to increase the number ofoverseas 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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