JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWS

Vol. 100 JUNE 2016

JARA News marks
Celebrating the 100th issue!
Time flies so quickly and our JARA
News is now celebrating its 100th issue.
This publication has been popular withpeople not only in Japan, but also in the
United States, Canada, Australia, China,
South Korea, Malaysia, India, Mongolia
and others. I would like to express myappreciation for support from so many
people.
Since its first issue in February 2008 as“SPN News”, the publication has reportedon matters related to vehicle recyclingaround the world and on the drasticallychanging vehicle recycling in Japan,
covering such events as International
Roundtable on Automotive Recycling(IRT) and the Asian Automotive
Environmental Forum (AAEF). Just as our

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issue
JARA Corporation merged with the former
Ecoline Corporation, the recycling
business in Japan has entered a big andcontinuing change, highlighted bycorporate reorganization and integration
and by Japanese companies’ overseas
expansion.
To put this news into publication, many
persons provide supports, including Mr.
Hijiri Ito of JAN Corporation. I’d like toexpress my deepest appreciation again for
their support. We will continue to makeour best efforts to make this news
information-exchange platform one thatfurther helps people in the world
automotive recycling business.
June 2016
JARA Corp.
President Sosho Kitajima

Okano Shoukai's headquarters relocated to a
2,800 square-meter site

250 units and supplies used parts to both thedomestic and overseas markets.
Although its headquarters was once
located in Ise City and its plant in Tamakicho, it has now integrated both, along with awarehouse, at a single 2,800 square-metersite in Tamaki-cho..

Selection according to region
One of the biggest achievements of therelocation is improved working efficiency.
The production method features a process
new layout has been employed focuses on that selects parts from the same vehicle for
JARA Members Topics on Focus
efficient transport of vehicles and parts. sale in Japan and overseas. While most other
Moreover, the layout reduces worker burden. companies roughly divide vehicles intoOkano Jidousha renovates
With enhanced productivity at the new site, those from which parts will be retrieved for
its headquarters
the company aims to strengthen used parts the domestic market and those from whichparts will be retrieved for overseas markets,
New plant focuses on efficient traffic sales both in Japan and overseas.
Okano Shoukai’s parts selection method
flow and strengthening sales at home andselects parts from the same vehicles
Integration of headquarters and plantabroad
Okano Shoukai sells used parts in Japan according to region (domestic or overseas).
Despite taking more time and effort, theOkano Jidousha Co. in Tamaki-cho, Mie and in four overseas markets, including
method enables the company to effectively
P r e f e c t u r e , r e c e n t l y r e l o c a t e d i t s Malaysia and Myanmar. Domestic parts
sell its parts in response to customers’
headquarters. Domestic and overseas sales account for roughly 50 percent of total
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Ishikawa demonstrates ecology
through automotbie recycling
Ishikawa Auto Parts Recycle Co. in
Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, wasestablished in 1959 as a cleaning andindustrial waste disposal service provider.
Later, Masaki Ishikawa, the successor to
the founder, opened an auto parts center.
Currently, the company’s main businesses
are selling used parts and purchasingvehicles. Under its corporate slogan of“Contribution to ecology through autoparts”, it pursues in daily operations “joyin receiving ELVs from customers”, “joyin recycling vehicles”, and “joy in selling
recycled parts”, with an effort to reflect suchjoy in its dealings with customers.
One-man start to recycling business
After graduating from school, Masaki
Ishikawa joined Showa Metal Co. inSaitama Prefecture, where he learned for
two years the ins and outs of automobile
recycling. Realizing that he wanted to joina growing business, he decided to enter theautomobile recycling industry. At Ishikawa
Co. he set up a parts center. It was a oneman initiative, as he dismantled vehicles
and took care of sales, packaging andInside the parts center

Stockyard

delivery all by himself. Understanding that
it was first important to help customers
become aware of recycled parts, he visitedcompanies and groups of auto recyclingin the prefecture and promoted such parts.
Finally, he succeeded in gaining customers
and then began to expand sales routes forexports. His efforts bore fruit when hiscompany posted sales of 35 million yen inits first year in the recycling business in
2003. Annual revenue has expanded to 1
billion yen at present.

essential for achieving company goals. Thecompany uses daily morning gatherings, sales
meetings, person-in-charge meetings, andexecutive meetings to make clear its intent
for achieving goals. In addition, two general
meetings will be held this year. With thesestep-by-step efforts, Ishikawa Co.’s parts
sales and ELV acquisition are rising despitedifficult business conditions throughout theindustry. “What’s important is that employees
are moving in the same direction,” thepresident said.

Thorough quality management
The pillars of the company businessare ELV acquisition, dismantling andused parts sales. Quality management isthoroughly implemented. For example, oldand yellowish headlamps are polished toa good-quality level that allows customers
to use them as is. As for its dismantlingbusiness, the company keeps more than
3,000 vehicles in an approximately 6,600
square-meter stockyard, making it possible
to meet various customer needs. Safety andenvironmental regulations are observed,and, because workers produce parts while
taking responsibility and with clear targets
in each process, the result is the obtainmentof high-quality parts.

Environmental consideration
Meanwhile, how to address noise andenvironmental concerns is a standing issue.
The company is planning investment infacilities, such as a new dismantling plant onsite that features safety and environmental
solutions. “It is quiet around here, especiallyin the daytime. So even small sounds easily
carry through to the neighborhood,” saidpresident, expressing his worries about thenoise from his plant. And because injuries
in the industry are common, the company
thoroughly implements safety measures.
Recently, scrap steel prices have fallen,causing keen competition in ELV acquisition
among recyclers. “We want to show that there
are merits in bringing ELVs to dismantlers,such as our own, rather than in taking themto auctions,” the president said. By raisingmonthly sales in each of its businesses by 1520 percent, the company hopes to achievemonthly sales of 100 million yen. (Daily
Automotive News, May 19 issue)

Motto: Sympathy and Sharing
The company currently has 40
employees, with an average age of 30.
Because the workforce is relatively younger,
creating a sense of unity is important and isOkano Shoukai

CO2 Reduction Effect–Continued from Page 1percent.
Before parts production,
staff members of both thedomestic and overseas parts
divisions discuss which parts
will be sold where and thencreate a production order. For
Connecting production andthis, coordination between
inventory on the same line
the domestic and overseas
sales teams is important. The operations more efficient. Fromcompany’s relocation has vehicle arrival to dismantling, partss t r e n g t h e n e d s u c h production and inventory, all steps
are set in a single flow. The capacity
cooperation. .

of the inventory warehouse has also
been increased. By using sliding
Inventory increases 70%
The plant layout has been s h e l v e s , t h e n e w w a r e h o u s ef u l l y r e d e s i g n e d t o m a k e accommodates 1.7 times the number(based on Super-Line System)

The use of Reuse Parts saved

Using shelves that slide to increase
space for inventoried enginesof engines compared to the previouswarehouse. President Isao Okanosays, “You don’t want to simply
increase the inventory if you have abigger warehouse. We would rather
apply ourselves to selling parts whileachieving a high sales rate.” (DailyAutomotive news, April 28 issue)

3,152 tons of CO2
emissionsin April 2016

The reference figure represents thedifference of carbon dioxide (CO2)emissions at the vehicle repair using
genuine (new) parts and recycledparts.**: Based on "Green Point System", which was
jointly developed by the Japan Automotive
Parts Recyclers Association and Waseda
University Environmental Research Instituteusing a life cycle assessment (LCA) technique.

JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWS No.100 JUNE 2016 < 3 >コベルコが提案する
新しい考え方
1979年世界初の自動車解体機の発売以来、30年以上にわたって金属リサイクル分野で常にリードし、環境負荷の低減に貢献してきました。
マルチ解体機
使用済み自動車の解体以外にも廃家電などの金属製機器の解体およびさまざまな複合廃棄物の解体・分別作業が可能です。

New ideas comefrom KOBELCO
Since launching the world’s first car-dismantling machine in 1979,
KOBELCO has continued to take the lead in the metals recycling industry.
For over 30 years, we have contributed to reducing environmental impact.
Multi-Dismantling Machine

Car-Dismantling Machine

In addition to dismantling end-of-life cars,Multi-Dismantling Machine can break down
various metal products and equipment
such as used household appliances andcan separate and sort various composite
material wastes.

Car-Dismantling Machine efficiently
separates and sorts raw materials in
end-of-life cars and is able to recoverrare earth metals.

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新构想源于神钢
1979年世界第一台汽车拆除机发售以来，
30多年来一直引领金属再生领域，
在降低对环境压力方面功不可没。

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새로운 발상은KOBELCO에서
1979년 세계 최초로 자동차 해체기를 출시한 이래,30여 년에 걸쳐 금속 재활용 분야에서 항상 앞장서서환경 부하 저감에 공헌해 왔습니다.

多功能拆除机

汽车拆除机멀티 해체기不仅可以拆除不再使用的汽车，还可以可快速进行报废汽车内素材的分类作业，용도 폐기된 자동차의 해체 외에도 폐가전제품 등 금속제 기기의

拆除废家电等金属制机器以及各种复合

能够回收稀金属资源。

해체 및 다양한 복합 폐기물의 해체 • 분리작업이 가능합니다.

废弃物品的拆除、分类作业。

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