Marketing Division

Vol.61JANUARY

Engineering Quarterly

2017
Domestic Sales

Construction of a Production Building Annex
for Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
Enhanced Production of Medical Equipment
We arecurrently
executing a project ofconstructing a production building annex asordered by Hitachi High-Technologies Corporationin March, 2016. (Note: The Omuta area operation
has been transferred to Hitachi High-Tech Kyushu
Corporation newly established on Sept. 1, 2016.)
This annex building project is intended to enhance
the medical equipment production as part ofHitachi High-Tech’s BCP program and involves
construction of a 5-storied, steel structuredbuilding of the total floor area of 8,000 m2 andeaves height of more than 20 m. We, Mesco, haveparticipated in the project since the very
beginning of the basic design stage, by taking into
account the significance of theneed for saving the construction
cost,
providingenvironmental
considerations, and improving theefficiency of the construction
equipment.

structure construction period, but we took suchmeasures to avoid the heat influence as adjusting
the work schedule by starting the operation earlyin the morning, etc. to minimize the extent ofdelays to be caused to the work schedule.
The equipment installation and electrical work
will start soon. We will proceed with the projectby expediting the work schedule and by placing
top priority on the safety aspects to make sure no
accidents will result, as well as on the quality of
the work to be achieved to the satisfaction of ourcustomers, by joining our forces together toward
the completion and handover of the projectscheduled for the end of March.

The groundbreaking ceremony washeld on June 1, 2016 and the pilingwork followed. Most of the mainsteelstructuralwork
wascompleted at the end of September.
The rainy season and the heavy
rain in Kyushu that hit the area inthe middle of our piling andfoundation work caused stop of theconstruction process. A hard work
followed to get the schedule backon track. Also, an extremely hotsummer season hit the steel

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Production Building Annex Construction

Mesco’s abundant track records and excellent technologies
have led to a high reputation gained in various fields.
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1International Conference“Copper 2016”
The First International Copper Conference Held in Asia
Hosted in KobeThe International Copper Conference was first held inChile in 1987 and has been regularly held in different
countries every 3 years. The 9th conference was held
this year at Kobe International Conference Center inJapan as “Copper 2016”. The main host was the Miningand Minerals Processing Institute of Japan and the cohost was Japan Mining Industry Association.
It was the first International Copper Conference heldin Asia and was open for 3 days from 14 through 16 ofNovember. A total of so many as 720 people from 34
countries participated in the conference. The visitors
included engineers and researchers both from theprivate industries and governmental organizations.

地鎮祭の様子Mesco’s Robotic Copper Stripping Machine

製煉所内
現場事務所

“Copper 2016” confirmed a good potential ofdevelopment of the copper industry to continue
through the 21st century, by demonstrating that theenvironmentally sustainable development of copper,
an indispensable material for our life, will contributeto the world economy.
The conference also offered an opportunity forindustrial, academic, and governmental specialists togather and exchange and share the latest opinions
and information and also to enhance the bond of thecommunities.

Mesco’s Exhibition BoothAt the general sessions, more than 300
papers were presented in 11 different
categories covering geology, survey, mining,flotation, pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy,
and so on, by the leaders of various
industries of both Japan and overseas
countries. Presentations by the Japaneseleading parties included most advanced
technologies on environment, recycling,
and other areas.
35 companies of the related industries set
up their booths at the exhibition hall.
Mesco was one of them and proudly
presented Mesco’s activities. Our exhibits
included illustrations of our plant
construction experiences and automatic
machine delivery references.

Electrolytic Copper CathodeWe would like to take this opportunity tothank you again for visiting our booth. We
appreciated your attention and theresponses received from you.

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A Variety of Smelting & Refining Equipment Manufactured
byand Operating throughout the World
Follow-up with Full After-Sales Services
by Our Supervisors Dispatched to Site
Mesco’s stripping machines for copper and zincelectrolytic plants have gained a good reputation for
their unique technologies and high quality, and arebeing delivered constantly to the users not only inJapan but also overseas.
Our recent customers include Yunnan Copper in
China, Kazzinc in Kazakhstan, Nord Resources in
the USA, Zhuzhou Smelter Group and Bayannaoer
ZiJin Non-Ferrous Metal in China, and a number ofother mining companies in Africa.
Our services do not end as the equipment isdelivered. Our follow-up supervisory services for
installation and commissioning as well as ourtraining services for the local site staff areindispensable. To support our customers in the world,
Mesco’s engineers with abundant knowledge, skills,and experience are dispatched to all the corners of
the world and are actively engaged in their missions.
Our service engineers have received high levels ofappreciation from our customers not only for their

Anode Reforming Machine (Kazakhstan)

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Copper Stripping Machine (China)
skills and expertise in carrying out the projects
but also for their ready fitness to new customs
and environments unique to those respective
local sites.
We, Mesco, will continue to actively develop
equipment that will meet our customers’
demanding needs, with our such technologicaland engineering expertise.

Mesco’s engineer serving in aharsh condition of -40 deg C

Our engineers areoften mistaken forlocals in China andtalked to in Chinese

3New Year’s Greetings by Our President for 2017
A happy new year to our customers and partners !!!
I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words at the start of 2017.
First of all, please let me comment on our forecast
for the fiscal year ending in March 2017. The resultof our performance is expected to hit the best 5 since
2000, when we got listed in the Tokyo Stock
Exchange II, but there are some indications showing
departures from the originally set plans for thisfiscal year, which leaves some issues to be settled toachieve the 3-year mid-term plans launched thisyear. We will see what best we can do during theremaining 3 months of this fiscal year so as to catch
up with the targeted goal toward the next fiscal year.
Last year, a number of disasters and serious
accidents hit our land. Those include the greatearthquakes of Kumamoto, a cave-in of a road in
Fukuoka, a large fire in Itoigawa, etc. Outside thecountry, there came in big news such as the changesin political scenes in the USA, Korea, the Philippines,and Myanmar, intensified conflicts in the Middle
East, Brexit, and the Panama papers leak. “Gold” iswhat was selected as the Chinese character of theyear 2016, symbolizing gold medals for the Olympics
in Rio de Janeiro, but perhaps “Tension” (having thesame sound in Japanese) should have been chosen

Jun’ichi Araki
President &Managing Director

instead. A new regime by President Trump willsoon start this year. The Chinese character forthis year should be “Dynamism” rather than“Copper” (referring to bronze in Japanesesymbolizing bronze medals and having thesame sound in Japanese as “dynamism”).
Under the circumstances as such, we, Mesco,
will continue to provide our customers with thebest of our technologies and services to assure
implementation of their equipment investment
plans at reasonable costs and within the timesof delivery as contracted to make sure that noloss of their business opportunities will result,by placing one of our management philosophies“Putting our Customers First” as the basis.

Finally
Meet Our New Colleague.
Hi, I’m Kentaro Kon. I joined
the Domestic Marketing &Sales Dept. in Sep., 2016.
Before joining Mesco, I worked
for a valve manufacturer. I
trust that my experience there
shouldhelp
serve
ourcustomers better with ourproposals worked out to best
suit their applications.

Engineering
Quarterly
Vol.61

issued on Jan. 05, 2017
Authorized by: So’ichiro Kimura(kimura_s@mesco.co.jp)
Produced by:Kazuki Horie(horie@ mesco.co.jp)

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As highlighted in this issue, the “Copper 2016”conference attracted a large number of visitorsfrom the copper-industry and other related areas.
Some of the papers presented at the conference
cited a forecast of the LME copper price to increase.
Many of Mesco’s customers are in the copperindustry. We anticipate that implementation of
their equipment investment plans will follow.
Meanwhile, Tokyo Olympics is to be held in 3 years.
The domestic economy will thus be stimulated andwe look forward to serving our customers in various
fields with delivery of our equipment. We wouldappreciate your continued support and attention.
So’ichiro Kimura, GM
Domestic Marketing & Sales Dept.

Mesco, Inc.
Supporting the Technologies for TomorrowHead Office: Arca East 14 Fl., 3-2-1 Kinshi, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-8531, Japan
Phone +81-(0)3-5610-7839, Fax +81-(0)3-5610-7863
URL: http://www.mesco.co.jp
Overseas Offices: in Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines

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