ASUKAALUMINIUMNEWS NO. 651 SEPTEMBER 2015
Mr. Suguru Takeda, the 52nd Asuka Seminar’s Speaker
Recently it was revealed that the the52nd Asuka Seminar is going to be held onOctober 9 and 10 at the Kira Kanko Hotel in Mikawa Bay National Park, andmoreover the speaker and the subject of seminar were fixed as follows.
speakerMr. Suguru Takeda
Senior Advisor
Ahresry Corporationsubject
The ABC of aluminum diecast
The speaker, Mr. Suguru Takeda, graduated from Tohoku University Metals Dept.,and since then has served in the Ahresry Corporation, one of the greatest diecsters inJapan. He is a specialist on aluminum and magnesium diecast engineering and thematerials.
As well as an engineer, he served as the President of Ahresty India. We expect hisinteresting speech with his various experiences on diecast engineering from theTIndia.
As Asuka Seminar has been one of our biggest annual events, we, all of Asuka , areproud of the successive performing during past 52 years. We owe our successive andmagnificent opening to all our friendly customers. We are in anticipation of the coming
Asuka Seminar. The photo on page one is the Kira Kanko Hotel.
The27th Asuka Golf Competition
In the morning of October 10, the 27th Asuka Golf Competition is going to be heldat the Kira Country Club for golf devotees. Right now we are accepting the registration, and expect many players will attend and enjoy the competition.
The secondary aluminum alloy production in the first half of 2015 dwindles 7.8%
The Japan Aluminum Alloy Refiners Association recently revealed the production
and the shipment of secondary aluminum alloy in the first half of 2015. According tothe nnouncement, the production decreased 7.8% to 383,031ton, and the shipment also
decreased 7.1% to 383,576ton.
The association points that both figures show the lackluster demand caused by theincrease of consumption tax and mini car tax.
Classifying the section of demand, the main demand, diecast, declined 8.9%, which
decrease was three successive period. The cast declined 4.4%, , two successive period.
Each smaller demand, sheet, extrusion, steel and alloy, was stagnant, too.
The association expects the economic activity would recover in the latter half of thisyear, and the demand of aluminum alloy would improve.
In these circumstances at Asuka Industries Inc., the output in the first half of 2015rose some percent from the previous same period, and furthermore the orders areincreasing.
The chart on page two shows the production, shipment and comparison, from top,
total production, total shipment, cast, diecast, sheet, extrusion, steel and alloy.

Top season of “Can to can” has comeOwing to an awfully hot summer, a big number of used aluminum beverage canoriginates, and we are receiving and recycling a pile of those every day. The used can isremelted with our newest facilities, and shipped to aluminum sheet producers.
The Aluminum Can Recycling Association says the consumption of aluminum
beverage can will be 20.2 billion, the highest, this year, Our “Can to can” business will
be busy within this year.
The photo on page two shows the recycled ingots waiting the shipment toaluminum sheet producers.
Tokai City sends an observation party
Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture, has been executing various recycling educations, oneof which is “Parents and children expedition for recycling”. As one of program, the citysent us an observation party, two instructors and 20 children, on August 5.
At first they watched a video on aluminum can recycling, and then observed theactual aluminum recycling process. We think they had a valuable day in their longsummer holidays. The below photo on page three is the Expedition.
Hawaiian Festival at Kira Waikiki Beach opens
On August 24 ~30, the Hawaiian Festival was held at Kira Waikiki Beach in Nishio
City, where Hawaiian pro dancers team from Hawaii U.S. performed their proper Hula,and at the same time 1,000 dancers of Japanese pro and amateur enjoyed Hulaperformance themselves with so many spectators to full.
The photo on page four is the stage show of Hula dance at Kira Waikiki Beach.
Company news
On July 27~30 we received two students for internship from Nishio Kakujogaoka
High School. Mr. Naonari Hayashi, left in the above photo on page three, and Mr.
Osamu Sakabe, right, experienced various actual job training at each section with us.
In July our production activity kept a very high level supported by a very favorable
demand, and as a result, the output in July hit a record high in past every July. We
thank our all users and scrap suppliers for a great cooperation.
The Japan of today
Thousands of young people rallied on August 23 throughout Japan, protesting thesecurity bills that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to pass during the current Diet
session. Demonstrations and gatherings took place at more than 60 locations around
Japan – in response to a call by a group called Students Emergency Action for Liberal
Democracy, or SEALDs.
The bills would significantly expand the scope of Self-Defense Forces missions
overseas. In Tokyo, about 6,500 protesters gathered to march toward the popular
Shibuya shopping and entertainment district, chanting slogans such as No War” and“No Change in the Law”. Other groups set up young protesters also rallied on the sameday, responding to SELDs’ call.