Message from CEO

Restructuring our business portfolio to
contribute toward sustainable circular economy

Since our founding in 1969, we have continued to conduct business aimed at environmental conservation and the effective use of resources even before recycling was widespread in society. Our company creed: "Contributing to the Society through our flexible creativity" has been the driving force of such activities. Today, after half a century of growth, we are focusing on the following three businesses that drive the Company.

• Precious metal business, which recovers valuable metals from urban mines using proprietary recovery and regenerating technologies

• Environment business, which recycles used etchants into new etchants and recovers copper in the process

• Software business, created from the above two businesses and is mainly engaged in the development of quality control software

We were listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange in 2008 (listed in the standard market from April 2022). We believe that establishing new business pillars and restructuring our business portfolio are challenges we must overcome to ensure our continued growth. As such, we are currently focusing on the LiB recycling business, which regenerates minor metals from used LiBs.
Minor metals are nonferrous metals with limited reserves or difficult to extract due to technical or economic reasons. LiBs are quintessential for electric vehicles and other next-gen vehicles and IT products. We are taking on the challenge of recovering and regenerating these minor metals and believe in the social significance of a closed loop for them.

Our four pillars of business, including the LiB recycling business, are in line with one of the SDGs: "Responsible Production and Consumption". We will contribute to the circular economy of LiBs by leveraging our unique technological capabilities cultivated over the years as well as agility. We will restructure our business portfolio to create social and economic value.