E HS Report

Environmental Initiatives in Transportation
The Tokyo Electron Group is committed to reducing the environmental impact caused by the transportation of its products throughenergy saving and effective use of resources.

■ Our Approach to Environment-FriendlyTransportation■ Changes in Product WeightIn April 2006, Japan’s Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy

example, our FPD production equipment weighed approximately(“Energy-Saving Law”) was revised and regulations on transportation

11 metric tons about 15 years ago and could be transported onwere strengthened, reflecting an increasing demand for reduc-four trucks. The total weighttions in the environmental impact caused by transportation to preventof our latest model, however,global warming.

is approximately 170 metric

The Group’s products have been getting larger and larger. For

In response, the Tokyo Electron Group has been actively

tons, requiring a special truck

reducing the environmental impact caused by the transportation

and a lot of other vehicles toof its products. For example,

transport the product. The

we introduced low-emission

product

trucks to transport our prod-large because of the increase

ucts and started to use return-in the size of FPD circuit

able containers for their deliv-boards manufactured usingery. Also, we give first priority

the product.

hasbecomethisto driving safely in delivering
Introducing a low-emission truck

products to customers.

Special truck for transporting
FPD production equipment■ Environmental Impact of Transportation
The revised Energy Saving Law designates shippers who transport 30

TOPICS

million ton-kilos or more a year as specified shippers and demandthat they reduce CO2 emissions from the transportation of their cargos.
The amount that the Tokyo Electron Group transports (in freight ton-

Reducing the Use of Packaging Materials atShipment and Reusing Casters

km: weight of major products transported multiplied by their trans-

In the past, we placed each product accessory to be delivered

portation distance) as a whole has been increasing over the years,

to the customer in a separate plastic container and thenalthough it has slightly decreased in FY 2006 over FY 2005, because of
an increase in the number of shipments and an increase in the weight per
product (see “Changes in Product Weight” shown on the right).

packaged each of the containers. Now, however, we place
the plastic containers on a rack, package the entire rack, anddeliver it to the customer. As a result, we have reduced the useof packaging materials by half and the use of buffer material toThe Group delivers precision machines to customers and has to

one-tenth. We were also able to shorten the loading time attransport them carefully. We will measure the transportation

shipment. In addition, the space that the customer needed foramount and distance and CO2 emissions from the transportation ofstoring the cargo was also reduced and it has become easier

our products in a more accurate manner, while examining mea-for the customer to keep the cargo in good order.
Furthermore, we now remove the casters attached tosures to reduce our CO2 emissions, including a modal shift. In FY

the body of an etch system for delivery and reuse them for

2006, we started to identify the use of gasoline and diesel oil by vehi-

subsequent deliveries.

cles owned by Group companies in Japan.

Freight Transportation Amount(10,000 ton-km)

4,028

3,837

0405

2,934003(Year)

Delivery rack

Container for reused casters(Calculated for major domestic products and based on a given load per vehicle)

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