Group Environmental Report 2005

CO2 Reduction Activities by Improvement of Distribution, etc.

Targets of the Third Environmental Action Plan
Contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission
・Reduction of CO2 emission is promoted through improvement of logistics, recycled use of products and packaging materials, anddevelopment and purchase of energy-saving products.

As an important part of its production innovation activities, FDKGroup is involved in logistics innovation which includes improvement of product ﬂow from suppliers to FDK and FDK to customers. This will greatly contributes to improve production eﬃciency
in the group companies and is directly associated to reduce environmental burdens.

Route shipment ceremony

TP tray

Example of Enhancing
Load Eﬃciency
Packaging materials for
power supply unit for
inverters (CN264-00)
BeforeChange in Distribution Modes
Shuttle System

Capacity(liter)

Before（For 20pcs）530W×353D×321H

60

After（For 40pcs） 525W×348D×167H

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Ratio of per product of space in a package: Improved by approx. 25%

Reduction of CO2 Emission throughRecycled and Energy-Saving Productsservice) goes back and force between FDK to one supplier scattered around the plant.

Route Delivery System

A consolidated truck
carries products from
more than one supplier.

service covering more than one supplier, eﬃciency of distribution
will be enhanced.

Development of Dielectric Material Paste (Energy-Saving Type)FDK Group has developed a new type of dielectric material paste forits multi-layer inductors, multi-layer baluns and other high frequency
chip inductors. Use of the paste has enabled
drying and sintering at low temperatureand for a shortened time. Moreover, the heatfor sintering has been decreased by 20 to30% of that required for conventional
products. Currently the paste is used at
FDK Kosai Plant.

As a Global Citizen

Proposals : Using a regular consolidated truck of a ﬁxed route

FDK Group determined to increase the ratio of using recycled
products and promotes energy-saving product design in thefuture and will numerically monitor them to grasp the volume
CO2 emission reduced through these activities.

Promotion ofGreen Factories

Current Status : A shuttle truck (owned by FDK and charter

Measures for Global
Warming Prevention

Each truck goes andback from FDK to eachsupplier separately.

Size(mm)

After

Promotion of Environmental
Measures on Products

The mode of distributing products from suppliers to FDK has
been changed from conventional shuttle system to a route distribution system whereby a truck picks up products from morethan one supplier by making rounds.
FDK Group expects that this will
help not only decreasing delivery
lead time and work-in-process items,
but also shortening total traveling
distance of a truck by which total
CO2 emission volume is decreased.

Packaging materials used by FDK Group is designed highly
resource and space saving. Decreasing the size of a package will
increase the number of packages
that can be loaded onto a truck,
which helps decreasing CO 2 emission. The TP trays aiming at reuseof packaging materials are appropriately sized to increase the loadeﬃciency.

Promotion ofGreen Procurement

Reduction of CO2 Emission through Revision of Logistics Modes

Improvement of Load Eﬃciency and Reuse of Packaging Materials

Promotion of Environmental
Management

Reduction of CO2 Emission through Improving Logistics

Basic Policy for Environmentand Action Plan

Besides the eﬀorts for reducing CO2 emission from its production activities, FDK Group is enthusiastically addressing to reduce CO 2 emission in the entire corporate activities from procurement of parts and materials to transportation, use, disposal and recycling of products.

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