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Zeon Corporation – Takaoka Plant
Takaoka Plant Profile
Main Products
Specialty synthetic rubbers, semiconductor-related products
Established in 1956, Takaoka Plant is a leading Zeon Group plant producing specialty
synthetic rubbers and semiconductor-related products. The affiliated companies
Optes Inc. and Zeon Medical Inc. are also located on the Takaoka Plant grounds. The

Aerial view of Takaoka Plant

Takaoka Plant has an R&D focus, with the Precision Optics Laboratory, Production
Technology Laboratory, and Medical Research Institute operating within it. This
enables greater integration between research and manufacturing to shorten the product development timeline.

Plant Policy by the Plant Manager
To handle production for new business in Zeon’s future, Takaoka Plant aims toachieve visualization of stability, safety, and technology, build a cost-focused flexible
production system, and transform into an R&D-focused plant resilient to change.
Takaoka Plant will carry out the following activities in FY 2017 with the policy of “fullyinnovating production and achieving safety and process performance indicators.”
1. Achieve zero safety, environmental, and security failure indicators by ensuring
two-way communication, basic actions, and the “3S’s.”
2. Improve visualization to reduce environmental impacts and achieve process

Takaoka Plant Manager
Koichi Asanostability and cost savings.
3. Increase the capacity of existing facilities and develop production technologies for
new products.

4. Reform employee work styles, set personal health goals, and make improvements accordingly.

Safety Initiatives
Safety Policy
1. We are committed to achieving zero occurrences of safety accidents and irregularities.
The high-pressure gas and hazardous substances handled at our plant have the risk of leading to a major accident if
handled incorrectly. Regarding accident prevention, we are focusing on building the knowledge of all employees anddeveloping activities to ensure safety.
2. We undertake safety management activities with an awareness of our plant’s characteristics.
Our plant is located near residential areas in the local community, and the effects of one accident or irregularity would
not be contained to our plant grounds and customers but would cause great damage to neighboring residents as well.

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We aim to eliminate safety accidents and irregularities, create a workplace in which employees can work with peaceof mind, and be trusted by the local community as well as ensure that people can go about their daily lives with peaceof mind.
3. We comply with safety-related laws and regulations, agreements, and rules and regulations that we haveestablished ourselves.
We comply with safety-related laws and regulations, agreements Zeon Corporation and our plant have concluded,
and internal rules and regulations.
4. We implement an ongoing cycle of improvements.
From a Safety First foundation, we develop our technologies and management techniques and tactics on an ongoingbasis. For this purpose, we set safety targets, revise them annually, and always aim to achieve a higher level ofsafety.
Along with revising and improving our safety management activities, we periodically revise and improve our safety
management system and enhance its content.

Environmental Impact Reductions
Environmental Policy
1. We are committed to achieving zero occurrences of environmental accidents and irregularities.
The high-pressure gas and hazardous substances handled at our plant have the risk of causing serious environmental
contamination if handled incorrectly. We are focusing on building the knowledge of all employees and conducting
initiatives to prevent accidents and environmental contamination.
In addition, we are aiming to achieve zero emissions to protect the environment on a local as well as global scale.
2. We undertake environmental improvement activities with an awareness of our plant’s characteristics.
Our plant is located near residential areas in the local community and relies on the Oyabe River for industrial
wastewater, and the effects of one accident or irregularity would not be contained to our plant grounds andcustomers but would cause great damage to neighboring residents as well. We aim to eliminate environmental
accidents and irregularities, create a workplace in which employees can work with peace of mind, and be trusted by
the local community as well as ensure that people can go about their daily lives with peace of mind.
3. We comply with environment-related laws and regulations, agreements, and rules and regulations that
we have established ourselves.
We comply with environment-related laws and regulations, agreements Zeon Corporation and our plant haveconcluded, and internal rules and regulations.
4. We implement an ongoing cycle of improvements.
We develop economically feasible technologies and management techniques and tactics on an ongoing basis.
For this purpose, we set safety targets, revise them annually, and always aim to achieve a higher level ofperformance.
We also periodically revise and improve our environmental management system and enhance its content.

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Scope of the Environmental Management System(1) Organizational unit: Departments of Takaoka Plant, Zeon Corporation
Function: Manufacture of and pilot research on synthetic rubbers, manufacture of electronic materials
Physical boundary: Total area of Takaoka Plant, Zeon Corporation, 630 Ogino, Takaoka-shi, Toyama, Japan
In addition, buildings and grounds of Zeon Takaoka Group affiliated companies andlaboratories within the Takaoka Plant grounds are outside of the scope, but provide support
for environmental aspects.
(2) Organizational activities: Work processes of manufacturing from raw materials procurement, packaging, storage,and shipping
Products and services: Synthetic rubbers, synthetic latex, and electronic materials, providing information tocustomers, and response when complaints arise from customers and in the local community(3) Authority and capacity of managing and influencing organization: Head Office divisions (including design anddevelopment), partner companies (product logistics, disposal of industrial waste, etc.),
vendors (companies supplying raw materials, etc.)
Specific Initiatives
1. Reducing emissions of hazardous chemical substances
・With a target of zero emissions, Takaoka Plant has installed new equipment to recover organic solvents and isreducing emissions of organic chemical substances in phases.
2. Reducing industrial waste
・We study ways to recycle 100% of resources recovered from new facilities and maintain a record of zero tons ofindustrial waste sent to landfills for disposal.
3. Reducing impacts on air and water quality
・We are substantially reducing our CO2 emissions by operating high-efficiency boilers that use liquefied natural gas
as fuel.
4. Conserving resources and energy
・We are conserving energy by operating high-efficiency boilers.
・We avoid using electricity at peak times to reduce peak energy demand.
5. Environmental Data＊”0” indicates less than 0.5 tons, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.005 tons

Takaoka Plant
Substances

Consumption (tons)

subject toEmissions (tons)

the PRTR

FY 2012FY 2013

FY 2014

FY 2015

FY 2016

12516

21

1722

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

4,882

12,494

8,794

7,309

6,751

535

1,056437363

336

3.4

0.0

0.0

0.00.0Act
Industrial

Amount generated before

waste

compacting (tons)
Amount generated after
compacting (tons)
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Atmospheric

CO2 emissions (tons)

23,32922,546

20,82520,964

20,654emissions

SOx emissions (tons)

9.5

3.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

NOx emissions (tons)

1913

1.7

2.5

0.2

Soot emissions (tons)

00

0.0

0.0

0.0

－－－

47.6

0.6

4,052

3,732

3,8483,804

4,079

4,408

4,890

3,322

3,213

3,428

14.3

18.9

12.7

12.6

16.1

0.5

0.8

0.3

0.3

0.3

1920

14

14

15

8,868

8,986

8,290

9,380

9,605

103%

104%

92%

102%

116%

4,295

4,433

4,617

4,617

4,260

Fluorocarbon leaks (tons ofCO2)
Water resource consumption (1,000 m3)(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)

Wastewater

Total wastewater discharge(1,000 m3)
COD emissions (tons)
Total phosphorus discharge(tons)
Total nitrogen discharge (tons)

EnergyConsumption (crude oil
equivalent, kL)
Unit consumption index (FY 1990= 100)

Production equivalent (tons)

Relationship with Employees
PolicyAt the Takaoka Plant, we conduct human resource development with the aim of drawing out, developing, andmobilizing the potential of every employee.
Specific Initiatives
We established the Takaoka Plant education scheme, which covers basic education, environmental and safety
education, vocational education, and quality management education.
・Operator education: Education at the Monozukuri Training Center at Mizushima Plant for employees in their first to
third years of employment・Knowledge of plant operations: Operational skills education mainly through on-the-job training, practical education
using emergency response drills and drills simulating abnormalities, and chemical engineering education using CAI
to learn scientific principles

Relationship with the Local Community
Specific Initiatives
1. Contributing to the community through volunteering・Beautification activities in the area surrounding the plant・Himi coastal cleanup
・Fushikikokubu coastal cleanup
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2. Interactions with the local community・We hold the Zeon Takaoka Group Summer Festival for local residents, employees,
and their families to meet and interact
・We participate in local events, including the Futagami Manshou Kai
industry–academia–government association, the Takaoka Manyo Festival inTakaoka City, and the Toyama Marathon in Toyama Prefecture
Zeon Takaoka Group Summer
Festival

3. Plant tours
We give plant tours to introduce the plant’s production activities and initiatives.
・Plant tours for community residents and groups
・Plant tours for schools
・Plant tours for other companies
・Plant tours for employees’ families
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