Company Outline
Company Name
Established
Business Activities
Capital Stock

We’re doing our part for resource recycling
through our home appliance recycling business.

Kansai Recycling Systems Co., Ltd.
December, 1999
Recycling of used home appliances
300 million

Investing Company

Sharp Corporation (43.3%), Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (40.0%), Sony Corporation (3.3%), Hitachi Appliances, Inc. (3.3%),(Investment ratio)

Fujitsu General Limited (3.3%), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (3.3%), Kansai Recycling Systems Co., Ltd. (3.3%)

Representative
Directors(Permanent)

President and Representative Director: Hatsuo Kuroshima

Factories

Managing Factory Director: Shinji Nagashima

Main Factory & Head OfficeSecond Factory

Kyoto
Prefecture

Hyogo
Prefecture

Shiga
Prefecture
シャープ
Sharp
Kameyama
亀山事務所
OfficeMitsubishi
Materials Corporation
三菱マテリアル
Sanda
Factory
三田工場

Mie シャープ
Prefecture
三重事務所

Mitsubishi Materials
Corporation
三菱マテリアル
Sakai
Plant
堺工場
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
三菱マテリアルNaoshima Smelter & Refinery

直島製錬所

HandledProduct Lines

Corporation
Osaka Sharp
シャープ
Development Sharp Mie
PrefectureTenri
天理総合開発 Office
シャープCenter
Sharp Yao
センター
八尾事務所
OfficeNara
Prefecture
Wakayama
Prefecture

conditioners, Refrigerators/Freezers,
Used home appliances Air
Washing machines/Clothes dryers(CRT, Liquid crystal andUsed home appliances Televisions
Plasma flat panel displays)

Locations2-28-1 Kasugakitamachi, Hirakata City, Osaka

8787 Shimagahara, Iga City, MieStart of
Operation

April, 2001

December, 2006

Access●Main Factory & Head Office[By train]●Second Factory[By train]

Get off at “Hirakata-shi” station on the Keihan line. 15 minutes by taxi or 20 minutes by bus(Bus stop 1 by the south exit. Get off at “Yotsutsuji” bus stop), then a 10 minute walk.
Get off at “Tsuda” station on the JR Gakkentoshi line. 5 minutes by taxi or 10 minutes by bus(Bound for Hirakata-shi station. Get off at “Yotsutsuji” bus stop), then a 10 minute walk.

Get off at “Iga Ueno” station on the JR Kansai Main Line. 20 minutes by taxi.
Get off at “Ueno-shi” station on the Iga Railway. 20 minutes by taxi.
(There is no taxi service at JR Kansai Main Line “Shimagahara” station)[By car][By car]
Go north along Route 1 from the “Moriguchi” I.C. on the Hanshin Expressway. Turn right at
the “Hoshigaoka 2” intersection.
Go west along Route 307 from the “Hirakata Gakken” I.C. or “Hirakata Higashi” I.C. on theDaini Keihan Road.
Turn left on the Ikenomiya 4 East crossing.

To Kyoto

Gotenyama

１１８Main Factory & Head Office

Hirakatashi
Ikenomiya-Kita

Ikenomiya 4

JR Gakkentoshi Lineain Line

Deyashiki-Minami

KeihanM

13

To Kyotanabe
Kizu
Daini Keihan RoadTo Tanbabashi
Keihan Sanjo

N

Go 10 minutes towards SHIMAGAHARA CC (golf course) from Shimagahara bypass on
Route 163.
Go 10 minutes towards KOMA CC (golf course) from Route 25 (Meihan Expressway).

To Hirakata

To Tsukigaseguchi
Kamo

Hirakata Park Amanokawa

To Kyobashi
Yodoyabashi
To Osaka

Kawaminami

Kinki Partners Co., Ltd.

Second Factory

To Nagoya

３０７

Ikenomiya 4 East

Murano Water
Purification Plant GS

１６３

Hirakata
Higashi I.C.

KOMA CC

Yotsutsuji〒○

Convenience store

Hoshigaoka

Hirakata
Gakken I.C.

Tsuda

Ikenomiya

JR Kansai Main LineTo IgaShimagahara CC

Miyanosaka

Hoshigaoka 2

To Iga Ueno
Tsuge

Shimagahara Station

２５

Shirakashi I.C.

Murano168

To Kisaichi

２５N

To Shijonawate
Kyobashi

To Osaka

Hatta I.C.

KANSAI RECYCLING SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Main Factory & Head office: 2-28-1 Kasugakitamachi, Hirakata City, Osaka 573-0137
TEL 072−808−9888 FAX 072−808−9889
Second Factory:
8787 Shimagahara, Iga City, Mie 519-1711
TEL 0595−59−9120 FAX 0595−59−9121
http://www.krsc.co.jp

KANSAI RECYCLING SYSTEMS CO.,LTD.

KANSAI RECYCLING SYSTEMS CO., LTD.

ISO 14001 Certified Company●This pamphlet’s paper is made from eco-friendly plant trees.

●This pamphlet is printed with environmentally friendly soy bean oil ink.

April 2022

As an advanced recycling plant that contributes to a

History

recycling-oriented society, we aim to become “a valuable

FY 1999
FY 2001highly recycling company for people and the earth”.
Contributions to a recycling-oriented society

FY 2002
FY 2003
FY 2004
FY 2005
FY 2006

Promote closed-loop material recycling of home appliances and circulate high quality recycled materials to society.

Promotion of environmental management
Increase added value of recovered materials, thoroughly reduce waste and improve recycling rate.

FY 2007

Contributions to DfE (Design for Environment) of new products
Feedback the information and know-how obtained at the recycling plant to the design and development department
FY 2008

to improve the recyclability of new products.

Contributing to society through environmental education
We actively engage in social contribution activities, including “environmental education” focusing on a factory tour.
FY 2009

Closed-loop plastic material recycling (CMR)
With the closed-loop plastic material recycling (CMR) technology developed with Sharp Corporation, we promote
repeated usage of recovered plastic from used home appliances to Sharp’ s new home appliances.

FY 2010
FY 2011
FY 2012

New home appliances

FY 2013

Used home appliances

Customers

FY 2014

Product use

FY 2015

Sharp Corporation
Component
mold & Assembly

Closed-loop plastic material recycling

KANSAI
RECYCLING
SYSTEMS
Disassembly/
recover

Recycled pellets

FY 2016

FY 2017
FY 2018

Crushed plastic

Recycling andprocessing
manufacturers
Recycled material
generation

FY 2019
FY 2020

FY 2021Micle
The mascot for KRSC

Pelletization

ペレット調整Melting & Extrusion

溶融・押し出しMixing with additives

添加材混合- Established.
- Started operation as a home appliance recycling plant.
- Acquired ISO 14001 certification.
- Implemented operational CFC management system.
- Installed tub unit dismantling equipment.
- Installed salt water recovery equipment.
- Installed water sprayer to the crushing and sorting process.
- Installed waste compressor conveyor.
- Installed infrared radiation thermometers to the crushers. Introduced a monitoring
system to the crushing and sorting process equipment.
- Installed pulsator coring equipment.
- Started operation of Plant 2. (Plant for TVs only. Shimagahara, Mie Prefecture)- Installed automatic conveyor of recovered air conditioner components.
- Installed an indoor unit disassembling line.
- Installed a plastic sorting line.
- Installed a non-ferrous and color separator.
- Installed a pulse air type stem dust collector in Plant 2. (* (1))- Acquired OHSAS18001 certification.
- Installed a CFC monitor. (* (2))- Installed a large-sized dust collector.
- Installed automatic conveyor of air conditioner outside units.
- Installed LED lighting equipment (3F process).
- Installed back cabinet stamper, automatic band winder, front cabinet conveyor,
2-axis crusher, and panel crusher in Plant 2.
- Automated recovery and conveying in the washing machine line.
- Installed a recovered material conveying line, a board compacting machine, and alarge-sized dust collector in Plant 2.
- Installed automatic temporary refrigerator storage equipment.
- Installed a back cabinet conveying system in Plant 2.
- Received a total of 20,000 visitors.
- Automated conveying in the refrigerator pre-disassembling line.
- Installed a refrigerator pre-disassembling yard. Installed an HC refrigerant recovery
machine.
- Installed urethane suction equipment and harness collection equipment.
- Installed a urethane particle separator.
- Installed mixed plastic shipping equipment.
- Installed air conditioner unloading equipment. (* (3))- Installed refrigerator compressor function destruction equipment.
- Started human-resource exchange training with other companies.
- Installed automatic motor core cutting and extraction equipment.
- Installed automatic crushed material conveyor in the plastic sorting line. (* (4))- Introduced safety sensory equipment.
- Installed a flat-panel display board crushing and sorting system in Plant 2.
- Installed automatic transformer disassembling equipment.
- Renewed the refrigerator line.
- Renewed automatic washing machine salt water recovery equipment.
- Introduced refrigerator sealing material crushing and sorting equipment.
- Completed a warehouse building.
- Won the Iwatani Naoji Memorial Prize.
(for industrial contribution through home appliance waste polypropylene recycledmaterial remaining life evaluation technology using the deterioration induction period
method / high quality material supply)- Renewed the washing machine line.
- Installed a refrigerator transparent tray crusher.
- Installed a color separator in Plant 2. (* (5))- Installed refrigerator compressor storage and forwarding equipment. (* (6))- Installed VR safety simulation system. (* (7))- Installed an additional lines for drum-type washing machine dismantling.
- Installed air conditioner outside unit forwarding equipment. (*(8))- Underwent transition from OHSAS18001 to ISO45001.
- Installed zigzag pneumatic separation equipment.
- Installed air conditioner filter crushing equipment.
- Renewed air conditioner outside unit dedusting equipment.

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(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Cabinet

Circuit boards

Motors

Aluminum fans

Copper pipe

Heat exchangers

Harnesses

Transformers

Filters

Supply air conditioners

Indoor unit

Automatic recovery line
Automatic conveying line

Automatic recovery line
Circuit boards

MotorsHarnesses

Copper pipe

Heat exchangers

Aluminum heatradiation plates

Transformers

Compressors

Brass valves
Check the home
appliance
recycling ticket

Outdoor unit

Charge to a crusher (to the crushing and sorting process)Air conditioner processing flow

Refrigerant CFC
CFC recovery
equipment

Refrigerant machine oil* to the plastic sorting and crushing process

Outside Unit Dismantling LineThe form of outside unit dismantling work has beenchanged from cell system to line system, raising
operational efficiency by putting the limit on theamount of tools to be used and the space taken up
for the work.

Outside Unit Dedusting Equipment
In order to enhance the processing capacity ofdedusting equipment introduced in 2008, the air blow
system and blowing positions have been improved,
making the equipment work more efficiently in asmaller space.

Outside Unit Dismantling Line

Outside Unit Dedusting Equipment

Supply refrigerators

Automatic deodorantand spraying equipment
Refrigerator

Net racks

Vegetable cases

Aluminum trays

Transformers

BoardsHarnesses

Door sealing material
Transparent trays

Automatic recovery line
Automatic conveying line

Check the home
appliance
recycling ticket

Function destruction
equipment
Automatic warehouse fortemporary storage

Compressors

CFCs recovery
equipment

Steel tubes

Charge to a crusher (to the crushing and sorting process)Refrigerator processing flow

Refrigerant CFCs
Refrigerant machine oil* to plastic sorting and crushing process.

Door sealing material crushing andsorting equipment
Door sealing material is crushed, and the vinyl
chloride on the surface and the soft magnet used as acore are separated and recovered.

Crushing and recovery of transparent trays
Clear trays recovered from refrigerator chambers arecharged directly to a dedicated crusher.

Door sealing material crushing andsorting equipment

Crushing and recovery oftransparent trays

Top cover(Printed) Circuit boards

Pulsators

Harnesses

Cabinets

Aluminum heatradiation plate

MotorsSupply washing machines

Transformers
Washing machines

Automatic recovery line
Automatic conveying line

Check the home
appliance
recycling ticket
Tub

Reducer

Dehydration tub

balance water

Aluminum die cast

Automatic copper
wire cutting andextraction equipment

Charge to a crusher (to the crushing and sorting process)Washing machine processing flow

Tub unit disassembling equipment
Salt water recovery system* to the plastic sorting and crushing process.

Tub unit dismantling equipment
This equipment separates metal parts and plastic
from the washing machine tub unit (which is difficult
to disassemble manually).

Drum-type washing machine dismantling line
To cope with the rise in number of wasted drum-type
washing machines, detached tubs are automaticallyforwarded on an exclusive conveyor line andprocessed by press crusher.

Tub unit dismantling equipment

Drum-type washing machinedismantling line

Plastic sorting and crushing process

Air conditioner cabinet
Refrigerator vegetable caseWashing machine tub
Washing machine dehydration tub
Pulsator coring
equipment

Washing machine top cover

Washing machine housing

Plastic

Plastic sorting and crushing process

Plastic crusher

Washing machine pulsator

Plastic sorting line
This process removes metal from plastic parts torecover polypropylene (PP).

Pulsator coring equipment
This equipment separately recovers plastic and metal
removed from pulsator, which is a washing machine
agitator.

Plastic sorting line

Pulsator coring equipment

Crushing and sorting process

Supply flat-screenTVs

CRT TV and flat-screen TV processing flow

Check the home
appliance
recycling ticket

Cabinets(Printed) Circuit boards

Speakers

Harnesses

Flat panel TVs

Liquid crystal panelorBack lightplasma panel module

Disassemble plasma and liquid crystal modules* to the plastic sorting and crushing process.

Recover back lights* to the crushing and sorting process.

Iron
Magnetic separator

Magnetic separator
Color separator

Vibrating feeder

Vibrating feeder

Aluminum

Eddy current separator

Flat-screen TV
board crusher

Crushed boards

Back light recovery workbench
A workbench with local exhaust ventilation is provided toprevent operators and the environment from being affectedin case of a breakage when recovering liquid crystal
television fluorescent tubes.

Flat-screen television hydraulic cutting machine

Overturning
equipment

Back light recovery workbench

Check the home appliancerecycling ticket

Flat-screen television
hydraulic cutting machineElectron gun

Cabinets (front / rear)

Harnesses

Degaussing coil

Explosion proof band

Transformers(Printed) Circuit boards

Deflection yoke

Speakers

Supply CRT TVs

Automatic conveying line

P/F separation process

CRT TVs

Pulse air type
dust collector

Automatic band winding equipment

to the P/F separation process

As flat-screen television units grow larger, it has become
more important to ensure safety of workers while reducing
their work burden to maintain higher efficiency in dismantlingwork. Our plant’ s solution is this machine, which cuts
televisions with a flat screen of 50 inches or larger, enabling
the process to be handled by a single operator.

* to the plastic sorting and crushing process.

F: Funnel glass

P: Panel glass

Full automatic brushing equipment

P/F separation equipment

Shadow masks

P/F separation equipment
This equipment separates panel glass (P) from funnel glass (F), by applying a heater wire to Brauntubes.

P/F separation equipment

Crushing and sorting process
Eddy current separator

Washing machine crusher
Magnetic separator

Color separator

CopperCrushing and sorting process

Harness collection equipment
Crushed ironNon-ferrous metal

Mixed plastic

CFC

Purified air(outdoors)

Urethane
Urethanerecovery cyclone recovery bag filter

Refrigerator crusher

CFC recovery
bag filter
Zigzag pneumatic
separationequipment
CFC

Mixed
plastics

Air separator
Urethane molding
machineInsulator CFC
recovery machine

Urethane molding
machine bag filter

Insulator CFC

Urethane

Insulator CFC recovery machineThis machine recovers CFC contained in the insulator
used in refrigerators.

Color separator
This machine detects red copper color in non-ferrous
metal mixtures using a CCD camera, and thenautomatically sorts and recovers it by blowing
high-pressure air.

Insulator CFC recovery machine

Color separator

Zigzag pneumatic separation equipment
While crushed refrigerator insulator pieces go througha zigzag passage in this equipment, plastic andurethane fragments are efficiently separated andrecovered. This process contributes to higher plastic
recycling rates.

Zigzag pneumatic separation equipment

Crushed iron

Crushed and sorted copper

Mixed plastic