JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RECYCLE NETWORK NEWSVol. 78

METI holds meetingfor standardization ofrecycled replacement
parts

AUGUST 2014

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regular members, while METI
officials attend as observers.
At the fifth meeting, members
discussed: “The scope of reuse andrebuilt parts”, “How to securereliability”, “How to display suchparts and make them recognizablefrom one another”, and “How toprovide information on such parts.” Inorder to make sure recycled parts arereliable, members confirmed that they
will consider the operationalorganization needed forstandardization, as well as basic
standard specifics.
Standardization issues include how
to develop an information-retrieval
system by which mechanics canprecisely determine the recycled parts
that meet the specifications and theyear of manufacture of the vehicle tobe repaired and how to make sureparts exported overseas are reliable.
With more-concrete discussions tobe held on each topic starting from thenext meeting, one participant stated:“Even today, we are doing businessfully relying on the current levels ofreliability of recycled parts.” As such,discussions on the specifics areexpected to proceed with care. (Daily
Automotive News, July 24 issue)

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Owners and Staff Joint Seminar at a
training facility in Shirakawa Village,Gifu Prefecture. The seminar featured
a special lecture by Toyota Motor
Corporation.’s Environmental Affair
Division, and the automaker’s Toyota
Shirakawa-Go Eco-Institute served as
the venue. A total of 30 people from
16 JARA member companies
participated.
The Toyota lecture was titled“Market Forecasts of End-of-LifeVehicles” and touched on such things
as detailed calculation methods forestimating ELV volume and an ELV
volume estimate for fiscal 2014. The
lecturer said, “Collection of ELVs is
unlikely to sharply increase in thefuture. On the other hand, we don’t
expect it to drop sharply, either. We
forecast an annual ELV collection ofaround 3.4 million units.”
Following the lecture, owners andstaff attended separate meetings. At
the owners’ meeting, attendees
reported on recent businessenvironments and their companies’
activities, and then exchanged ideasand opinions. (Daily AutomotiveNews, July 17 issue)

On July 15, the Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry held thefifth convening of the Study Meetingon Establishing Standards for
Recycled Automotive Replacement
Parts in Tokyo. At the July 15
meeting, members agreed to step
forward to aim for common standards
for such parts, as was discussed at thefour previous meetings, as they
confirmed the direction in each area tobe resolved.
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- IRT 2014 Overview -IRT 2014 to take place inKushiro, Hokkaido

The 8th International Roundtable on Automotive
Recycling 2014, Kushiro
Date: Oct. 1 (Wed.) – 4 (Sat.), 2014
Venue: Kushiro Prince Hotel, 7-1 Saiwaicho, Kushiro
City, Hokkaido (Phone: 0154-31-1111)
Organizer: NPO Japan Automotive Recyclers
Association (NPO JARA)
Scheduled program:

Message from Satoshi Takahashi,
NPO JARA Vice Chairman
As a member of the automotive recycling industry, I amvery happy that the 8th International Roundtable on
Automotive Recycling (IRT) will take place in Kushiro
City, Hokkaido. But, at the same time, I am feeling thepressure of holding such an international conference. As I
think that IRT will help us create national standards forautomotive recycling systems, I hope many people will
join the Kushiro conference.
Looking back now, I realized that we had repeatedly
visited the developed recycling businesses in the U.S. andEurope, and repeated trial and error that led theacceleration in developing Japanese automotive recycling
systems. In the beginning, IRT was attended by several
companies from one or two countries. But now it attracts,
as an annual event, so many people from variouscountries. IRT provides a platform for presenting opinions
and reports on automotive recycling from eachparticipating country. Various ideas and case studies
provided by professionals are seriously discussed there. I
believe that IRT will further help participants if they canadopt suitable ideas from it for their own country, andrepeat trial and error to contribute to the development oftheir own automotive recycling industry.
I hope that those helped build our recycling industry, as
well as related associations and groups, will provide as
much support as possible for a very successful conclusion
to this year’s IRT!.
Satoshi Takahahasi,
President of Takahashi Shokai Co.

Oct. 1 (Wed.): Registration and IRT welcoming reception
from 18:00~
Oct. 2 (Thur.): Recycler’s yard tour and Kobelco multi-nibbler
machine demonstration at Takahashi Shokai Co. Bus tour toKushiro-shitsugen (Marshland) National Park. Dinner andevening ceremony hosted by NPO JARA.
Oct. 3 (Fri.): IRT meeting: Opening Speeches, Guest
Speeches, Keynote Sessions, Country Reports, Roundtable
Discussions Part 1, Networking DinnerOct. 4 (Sat.): IRT meeting: Roundtable Discussions Part 2,Ending Speeches. By 12:00
Optional sightseeing tours to scenic viewpoints are alsoavailable after IRT ends.

For details and registration,please visit http://irt2014.kushiro.jp

Partners and supporting companies ofIRT 2014 welcomed!
1. Event partnership: Minimum 10,000 yen (Partnercompanies’ names will appear in companies’ list in the IRT
2014 Guidebook)2. Advertising opportunity: 150,000 yen for full page ad /80,000 yen for half page ad in the Guidebook
Contact: Yamaguchi / Kato, IRT 2014 Secretariat Phone:+81 3-3548-8338, FAX: +81 3-3548-8338 / email: irt2014@
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About JARA:
Since it was established in 2004, the Japan Automotive
Recyclers Association, a non-profit organization ofdismantlers, has been actively promoting, jointly withoverseas partners, the proper process of automobile recyclingfrom a global viewpoint, thereby contributing to global
environmental conservation.

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