FY 2018 CSR website Site Reports > RIMTEC Corporation

RIMTECRIMTEC Corporation
Business Description
Sales of RIM (reaction injection molding) compound and molded products
Established in 2003, Rimtec has an integrated production system startingfrom the raw material dicyclopentadiene to the final compound. We bring
together original compounding, molding, and design technologies to produce
and sell a wide variety of molded products such as homebuilder materials
and automotive bumpers.
Our head office is located in Tokyo. We have a research laboratory and thesubsidiary Zeon Rim in Zeon Corporation’s Mizushima Plant, and thesubsidiary Telene S.A.S. (France) with an R&D function in France. We also
have a U.S. sales office, Zeon Chemicals L.P.
No. of Employees
As of March 31, 2018: 17 (15 men, 2 woman)
Hiring in FY 2017: 0

Mizushima Plant
Examples of molded products

Bathtub unit

Truck bumper

Water purification tankCompany Policy (Executive Message)
RIM molding using the raw material dicyclopentadiene is an innovative
energy-saving, resource-saving technology for producing large molded
products. Its applications such as water purification tanks have directenvironmental benefits.
We aim to improve the global environment, contribute to employment at
production contractors and customers, and revitalize local communities byexpanding our RIM molding business with the priority environmental
management theme of providing environmentally friendly compound formolding and molded products.
President
Yoshio Umezawa

Safety Initiatives
PolicySafety First! Employees act responsibly and coordinate closely with production contractors and customers
to achieve zero accidents and disasters.
Specific Initiatives
1. Production quality meetings with production contractors (monthly)
We report on production and quality management, and provide education on chemical substanceregulations and accident case studies.
2. Mutual inspections with production contractors (twice/year)
Rimtec research laboratories, Zeon Rim, and production contractors jointly perform mutual 5S and safety
inspections.

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3. Customer safety education (once/year)
・Distribute safety education materials to all customers
・Visit new customers to give guidance
4. Corporate culture development (twice/year)
・Since FY 2015, we have been conducting mutual 5S safety activities with production contractors.
・Starting in FY 2017, we began carrying out productivity improvement activities for production contractors,
in collaboration with the NPS Promotion Group at Zeon’s Production Innovation Center.

Environmental Impact Reductions
Policy・Increase thermal recycling of waste plastic
・Reduce the environmental impact of substances in products based on the regulations in various countries
Specific Initiatives
1. Reducing industrial waste discharge
Through thermal recycling of waste plastic, we have substantially reduced thevolume of waste we send to landfills since FY 2015.
2. Compliance with the laws and regulations of applicable countries
We confirm the laws and regulations of various countries with our global
subsidiaries, and are targeting product development and sales expansion toreduce environmental impact.
Product reviews at Three-Region
Technology Meetings

3. Environmental Data＊”0” indicates less than 0.5 tons, and “0.0” indicates less than 0.05 tons

Rimtec Corporation
Substances subject
to the PRTR Act

No. of substances
Consumption (tons)
Emissions (tons)
Industrial waste
Amount generated
before compacting(tons)
Amount sent to landfills(tons)
Water resource consumption (1,000 m 3)

FY 201300.00.0

FY 2014000.0

FY 2015
000.0

FY 2016
000.0

FY 201700.00.049

2331

39

72.4

1.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

2.2

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.9

160
138

110
90

103
89

152
78

136
68

(industrial water + groundwater + waterworks)

CO2 emissions (tons)
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Relationship with Employees
PolicyWe strive to be a company that understands and welcomes the diverse
values and backgrounds of employees regardless of gender, age, nationality,
or other attribute, and where employees can take pride in working. We arefocused on developing world-class human resources.
Technical guidance by ouroperations staff for a new customer(People’s Republic of China)

Specific Initiatives
1. Development of world-class human resources
・Participate in overseas regulatory seminars
・Participate in international research conferences
・Overseas technical instruction for operations staff
2. Sharing our values
・Through the holding of Taimatsu (Torchlight) activities, we are working tostrengthen dialog within the RIMTEC Group, and to enhance thecollaborative relationship between Group member companies.
・We are encouraging all RIMTEC Group employees to challengethemselves to realize their goals for 2020.
・We are working to ensure that every individual employee is aware of theimportance of shared values.

Taimatsu (Torchlight) activities
conducted jointly by three regions

Relationship with the Local Community
Grow together with the community and contribute to community revitalization, leading to the sustained
development of Rimtec.
Specific Initiatives
1. Participation in Omoshiro Taiken (fun experience), a public event
held at Okayama Research Park
Omoshiro Taiken, which is organized by Okayama Prefectural Governmentand has been held every year since 2012, is an event where children canexperience the fun of science and technology first-hand. The RIMTEC
booth at Omoshiro Taiken enables children to see for themselves how raw
materials are transformed into plastic through chemical reactions.
(fun experience)

2. R&D through industry-university collaboration
The Rimtec research laboratory conducts joint research on fundamental
technologies with Okayama University and Hiroshima University.
3. Industry creation in the Chugoku region
We hold regular seminars with Okayama University, Hiroshima University,and the Chugoku Industrial Innovation Center (a public body).

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4. Presentations at international conferences
・We have given presentations on our research findings regarding hydrocarbon-based thermosetting resin
at international conferences organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) held
in India, China and Japan.
・We gave a presentation on the findings from resaerch that we conducted jointly with RWTH Aachen
University in Germany on high-performance resins for use in radar domes, at the JEC World trade show inParis.
・We have published three papers that were written jointly with Kyushu Institute of Technology, and two thatwere written jointly with Tokyo City University.

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