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Energy and Resource Saving Results

SMK is working to improve its energy efficiency as part of its efforts to prevent global warming, an important management goal for the company. We are also working to reduce industrial waste discharge amount and to realize zero emissions (zero landfill waste), in an attempt to use our resources more efficiently.

 

Energy-Saving Results

 SMK recorded an increase in CO2 emissions per production when viewed in terms of unit of nominal production value (112% against the previous fiscal year), while the amount of CO2 emissions recorded a slight decrease (96% against the previous fiscal year) for fiscal 2011, as indicated under the heading Environmental Preservation Activities. (See page 4)

 We have been working to progressively increase our level of in-house processing of parts (molding, stamping, etc.) rather than outsourcing since our base year (FY2005) towards the achievement of greater efficiency through integrated manufacturing. If we analyze trends in our total CO2 emissions (trends in substantive CO2 emissions) except the amount of increase due to this in-house processing by unit of actual production value (calculated with the effect of commodity prices and exchange rate change minimized), levels are almost equivalent to those for our base year. When we take into consideration the fact that we have expanded our production of touch panels, which requires the use of energy-intensive clean rooms, we can actually point to an improvement in our emissions trends. (See graphs below)

  Year on Year
Japan Overall SMK Group
CO2 emissions per unit of production value
(nominal production value)
104% 112%
CO2 emissions 88% 96%
 

Resource-saving Results

 Industrial waste discharge per unit of production value was almost the same as the previous year (101%), while the amount of industrial waste discharge decreased by 13%.
The main reason for this is curbing waste by improvements of manufacturing processes, as discussed in "Environmental Preservation Activities" on page 4. We project an increase in the amount of industrial waste discharge in FY2012 as a result of increased production, and we intend to push ahead with further efforts to realize improvements.

 As a result of these activities, SMK has also achieved a significant reduction in our volume of landfill waste (74% against the previous fiscal year), especially the quantity of glass slag (a difficult material to recycle) from overseas operations decreased. We will continue to make improvements in future, looking towards becoming a zero emissions company.

  Year on Year
Japan Overall SMK Group
Industrial waste discharge per unit of production value
(nominal production value)
86% 101%
Overall industrial waste discharge amount 72% 87%
Recycling amount 71% 96%

Landfill waste am ount

- 74%

*Scope of calculations
Reporting period:FY2011(April 1,2011-March 31,2012)
Site in Japan
Head Office (Togoshi)
Gate City Office (Osaki)
Osaka Branch
Nagoya Branch
Ibaraki Sales Office
Hokuriku Sales Office
Fukuoka Sales Office
Toyama Works and Toyama Technology Center
Hitachi Works
Ibaraki Works
Yamato Works

Subsidiaries in Japan
Toyama Showa Co., Ltd.
Showa Denshi Co., Ltd.
Ibaraki SMK Co., Ltd.
 
Overseas Sites
ASIA
SMK High-Tech Taiwan Trading Co., Ltd.
SMK Electronics (H.K.) Ltd.
SMK Trading (H.K.) Ltd.
SMK Electronics (Dongguan) Co., Ltd.
SMK Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
SMK Electronics Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
SMK Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.
SMK Electronics (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
SMK Electronics (Phils.) Corporation
EUROPE
SMK Europe N.V.
SMK (U.K.) Ltd.
SMK Hungary Kft.
NORTH AMERICA
SMK Electronics Corporation U.S.A.
SMK Manufacturing, Inc.
SMK Electronica S.A. de C.V.

*CO2emissions

Conversion coefficients are subject to the standards of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan for domestic sites, and the GHG Protocol for overseas sites.