ASUKA ALUMINIUM NEWS NO. 661 JUlLY 2016
UBC recycling rate declines to 77.1% in F 2015
On June 7, the Aluminum Can Recycling Association (Chairman, Mr. MasahiroEndou) revealed the used beverage can recycling rate in fiscal 2015, started in April
2015 and ended in March 2016, which declined 10.3 points to 77.1 per cent. It showed
the lowest level in past ten years.
The association pointed that the revised real recycling rate after the addition ofexported volume of used beverage can is 90.1 per cent. The export volume of aluminum
scrap began to increase in the latter half of 2012. In fiscal 2015, the export ofaluminum scrap amounted to 159,000 ton, in which 52,800 ton, or 33 per cent, wasused beverage can.
The chart on page one shows various changes in past ten years. The upper line isrecycling rate and the below line is can to can rate. The light is the consumption ofbeverage can and the dark shows recycled volume. Unit is 0.1 billion.
School recognition for used beverage aluminum can collection
The Aluminum Can Recycling Association has rewarded some leading schools
which contributed used beverage aluminum can collection every year since 1973. Theassociation recently opened the proposal of recommendation in 2016 as follows.
(1) Target: elementary school and junior high school.
(2) Closing date: July 31.
Asuka Industries, Inc. is appointed as one of recommenders by the association, andthis is one of the best opportunities to campaign aluminum recycling against younger
generation.
Import of aluminum and silicon metal dwindles in F 2015
The Ministry of Finance recently revealed the customs clearance report of primaryaluminum ingot, aluminum alloy ingot, aluminum and aluminum alloy scrap andsilicon metal in fiscal 2015, started in April 2015 and ended in March 2016.
According to this report, the comparison with the previous same period is asfollows.
primary aluminum ingot 79.4%
aluminum alloy ingot 92.6%
aluminum and alloy scrap 65.2%
silicon metal
94.0%
The declines of primary aluminum ingot and aluminum and alloy scrap stand out.
As the consumption of primary aluminum didn’t show a big change, it is thought thatthe stock at every stage would curtail thoroughly reflecting the weaker market
through the year.
Also it is thought that the abundant origination of aluminum scrap prevented theimport of aluminum scrap. The import of silicon metal decreased as same as theproduction decline of aluminum alloy ingot. A sudden increase of silicon metal fromAustralia stands out.
The table on page two shows customs clearance volume in metric ton in fiscal 2015,
left side, and in fiscal 2014, right side.

Notes for table on page twoA. Primary aluminum ingot(1) Australia (2) Russia (3) Brazil (4) South
Africa (5) U.A.E. (6) New Zealand (7) Saudi Arabia (8) Argentine (9)Malaysia (10) Oman (11) others (12) total
B. Aluminum alloy ingot(1) China (2) Russia (3) U.A.E. (4) New Zealand(5) Australia (6) Qatar (7) Nigeria (8) Canada (9) Ukraine (10) Vietnam(11) others (12) total
C. Aluminum and aluminum alloy scrap(1) U.S.A. (2) Thailand (3) Taiwan(4) U.K. (5) Australia (6) Malaysia (7) China (8) Israel (9) Hong Kong (10)Singapore (11) others (12) total
D. Silicon metal(1) China (2) Norway (3) Australia (4) Brazil (5) SouthAfrica (6) France (7) Malaysia (8) Korea (9) Sweden (10) Taiwan (11)others (12) total
Shareholders meeting is held
The annual shareholders general meeting of Asuka Industries, Inc. was held on
June 17 at the assembly room of head office, at which time the annual financial
statement was approved.
President Takashi Amano explained the annual report and the progression ofbusiness as shown on the above photo on page three.
Safety Week has
has come
One week from 1 to 7 July is the Safety Week in whole Japan, during which time
the job safety is strongly campaigned. Every company does job training to eradicate
accidents. This year’s slogan is,

Do you see any danger around yourself ?
Let’s find it, and let’s get it under control.
Nishio Summer Festival opens
The greatest summer event, Nisho Summer Festival, is going to be held on July 15,
16 and 17 on large scale as follows.
July 15, Friday
traditional dancing show
July 16, Saturdayparade of portable shrine, as shown on the below photo on
page three / time-honored parade of feudal lord train
July 17, Sunday
all citizens’ great dancing show
It has 400 years’history, and whole Nishio City is filled with joy and excitement on thevery days.
Company news
On May 29, the wedding ceremony and reception of Mr, Motoo Suzuki, Production
Dpt. and Miss Shizuka were held gorgeously at Granshel in Okazaki City. New couple
was celebrated by many colleagues as the photo on page four shows.
On June20, a staff convivial meeting was held , where long service seniors wereawarded. Mr. Shigeo Tsuge(40 years) and Jelson Iida(25 years). Congratulations!