Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing Obtains
ISO14001 Certification Further enhances integrated recycling system
in Asia-Pacific region
October 6, 2005
| Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (FXEM),
a base for Fuji Xerox's integrated recycling system in the
Asia-Pacific region, has obtained environment management system
ISO14001 certification. |
| As part of its corporate societal responsibility
(CSR) efforts, Fuji Xerox has been promoting an international-resources-recycling
network called the Asia-Pacific integrated recycling system,
under the company's product recycling policy that aims at
achieving "zero-landfill." |
| FXEM collects used products, including
copy machines/printers and cartridges, from nine countries/regionsNote
in the Asia-Pacific region and completely disassembles and
classifies the parts into a total of 64 categories, such as
iron, aluminum, lenses, glass and copper, for recycling. |
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Australia, New Zealand, South
Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong
and Thailand |
| FXEM completed the creation of an environment
management system within a short period of time with the aim
of early acquisition of ISO14001. This aim was realized just
six months after it started preparations in March 2005, which
was also soon after launching operations in December 2004. |
| The British Standards Institutions (BSi),
which is based in Britain and has offices all over the world,
was in charge of examining FXEM's application for ISO certification.
A preliminary examination began in September 2005, followed
by a series of full-scale examinations. The outcome was that
our environment management system was rated highly, and ISO14001-2004
certification was granted on September 26. |
| In August 2000, Fuji Xerox became the first
Japanese company to realize "zero-landfill" for
recycled products. And as a step forward, Fuji Xerox, as a
global company, launched an integrated recycling system at
FXEM in December 2004, aimed at diffusing the system-similar
to the one introduced in Japan-in the Asia-Pacific region.
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| The integrated system has a number of distinctive
characteristics compared with the employment of separate systems
in each country, as it (1) was founded in cooperation with
and trust among the nine Asia-Pacific countries and regions;
(2) facilitates collection and disassembly, and detoxification
of hazardous materials of used Fuji Xerox products from different
countries without the need for any intermediaries; (3) aims
for "zero-landfill" by steadily improving the recycling
rate; (4) supports the fair and equal allocation of costs
among local sales subsidiaries; (5) boosts productivity by
creating a pool of used products at an integrated recycling
center; and (6) helps to reduce waste (from approx. 25 percent
to zero) and creates a new industrial system in Thailand.
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| The resources, which are completely disassembled
and classified into 64 categories at FXEM, are processed into
useful materials (99.6% recycled) to achieve the "zero-landfill"
target in cooperation with Mitsui & Co. (Thailand), as
well as 12 recycling partners in Thailand and other Asian
countries, including four companies in Japan. FXEM is capable
of handling 20,000 to 30,000 used products and 500,000 cartridges
a year. |
| [ Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing Co.,
Ltd. Overview ] |
| Company Name |
: |
Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing
Co., Ltd. |
| President |
: |
Hiroyuki Hasegawa |
| Capital |
: |
300 million yen (Fuji Xerox
Co., Ltd. 100%) |
| Date of establishment |
: |
January 2003 |
| Location |
: |
Chonburi Industrial Estate,
Sriracha, Bo Win, Chonburi, Thailand |
| Employees |
: |
250 |
| Business |
: |
Integrated collection, disassembly
and separation of used Xerox office equipment |
| Main business partners |
: |
| Local integrated management partner |
: |
Mitsui & Co., (Thailand) Ltd. |
| Recycling partners |
: |
16 companies (12 in Thailand/Asia; 4 in Japan) |
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| Capacity |
: |
20,000-30,000 machines/year;
500,000 supplies/ year |
| Site area |
: |
10,400m2 |
| Factory wing construction area |
: |
3,900m2 |
| Total factory wing floor area |
: |
6,600m2 (reinforced concrete:
two floors) |
| [Environment policy measures taken by Fuji Xerox
and related companies ] |
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| Fuji Xerox and its affiliates have been
striving to obtain ISO14001EMS certification as part of efforts
to improve environment management under its basic environmental
strategy. As of August 2005, the company has obtained certification
at 53 sites in Japan, including centers and organizations,
and 21 overseas sites, including organization, research and
development facilities, and manufacturing and sales divisions.
Fuji Xerox is committed to realizing the creation of a sustainable
society, while endeavoring to achieve world-class environmental
management. |
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