Environmental FootPRINT
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KYOCERA MITA (UK) Ltd
Environmental FootPRINT
01 Introduction to Kyocera
100 offices worldwide
over 61,000 employees worldwide
A global enterprise
Ranked 460 in FT Global 500
Ranked 235 in the World by Industry Week
Repeatedly acknowledged in The Worlds
Best Managed Companies list
Financials
End of 31st March 2007: US $11 Billion
Profit before Tax ratio: 10.5%
Share price at an all-time high
Kyoceras R&D focus can be divided into two broad categories products whose primary aim is environmental
protection, such as solar cells or heat exchangers, and products which offer an environmentally-gentle
alternative to an established technology. Kyoceras Worldwide operations are extremely diverse, but all share
the common thread of ceramics, our core technology. This diversification has been enormously beneficial in
ensuring financial stability in an increasingly volatile global economy.
The company makes everything from costume jewellery and home karaoke machines to replacement hip
joints and various types of components. In fact, 80% of the Worlds silicon chips are embedded on Kyocera
silicon so if it has Intel inside, theres likely to be Kyocera inside the Intel. And in Japan, Kyocera is a major
player in the telecomms industry, supplying everything from handsets to exchanges.
The breadth of the businesses varies widely from country to country, however, and Kyoceras UK activities are
limited to a semiconductor subsidiary, Kyocera AVX, and Kyocera Mita, which distributes Kyocera printers and
copiers.
Kyocera Mita Corporation embodies Kyoceras desire to improve on the environmental impact of an
established technology.
Fifteen years ago Kyocera introduced Ecosys, the first and still the only alternative to the traditional
cartridge-based printer designed and originally patented by Canon. This approach sits firmly in the Reduce
category of the Three Rs mantra.
By designing a drum and developer which were durable enough to last the whole life of the printer, we
removed the need to replace them every time the toner runs out. Of course we manufacture to ISO 14001 and
comply with all relevant environmental standards, but the greatest benefit is derived from designing a totally
different type of print engine. This not only delivers tangible benefits to the customer, it also provides a solid
point of differentiation in an increasingly commoditised market. This makes it more sustainable in
commercial terms a well as from the environmental perspective.
R&D spend is about 8M per month developing more efficient and reliable printers and multifunction copiers
for general business use.
KYOCERA MITA (UK) Environmental FootPRINT 2007 Step ONE 01
Environmental FootPRINT
01 Introduction to Kyocera
100 offices worldwide
over 61,000 employees worldwide
A global enterprise
Ranked 460 in FT Global 500
Ranked 235 in the World by Industry Week
Repeatedly acknowledged in The Worlds
Best Managed Companies list
Financials
End of 31st March 2007: US $11 Billion
Profit before Tax ratio: 10.5%
Share price at an all-time high
Kyoceras R&D focus can be divided into two broad categories products whose primary aim is environmental
protection, such as solar cells or heat exchangers, and products which offer an environmentally-gentle
alternative to an established technology. Kyoceras Worldwide operations are extremely diverse, but all share
the common thread of ceramics, our core technology. This diversification has been enormously beneficial in
ensuring financial stability in an increasingly volatile global economy.
The company makes everything from costume jewellery and home karaoke machines to replacement hip
joints and various types of components. In fact, 80% of the Worlds silicon chips are embedded on Kyocera
silicon so if it has Intel inside, theres likely to be Kyocera inside the Intel. And in Japan, Kyocera is a major
player in the telecomms industry, supplying everything from handsets to exchanges.
The breadth of the businesses varies widely from country to country, however, and Kyoceras UK activities are
limited to a semiconductor subsidiary, Kyocera AVX, and Kyocera Mita, which distributes Kyocera printers and
copiers.
Kyocera Mita Corporation embodies Kyoceras desire to improve on the environmental impact of an
established technology.
Fifteen years ago Kyocera introduced Ecosys, the first and still the only alternative to the traditional
cartridge-based printer designed and originally patented by Canon. This approach sits firmly in the Reduce
category of the Three Rs mantra.
By designing a drum and developer which were durable enough to last the whole life of the printer, we
removed the need to replace them every time the toner runs out. Of course we manufacture to ISO 14001 and
comply with all relevant environmental standards, but the greatest benefit is derived from designing a totally
different type of print engine. This not only delivers tangible benefits to the customer, it also provides a solid
point of differentiation in an increasingly commoditised market. This makes it more sustainable in
commercial terms a well as from the environmental perspective.
R&D spend is about 8M per month developing more efficient and reliable printers and multifunction copiers
for general business use.
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02 ECOSYS
Kyoceras ECOSYS concept-based manufacturing has created 15
years of drastic reduction of both newly input resources and
industrial waste.
The revolutionary amorphous silicon drum has incredible long life
properties - typically 10 times longer life than a conventional
organic photoconductor drum. Because the manufacturing
process requires only a single coating process of the
photoconductor layer it reduces C02 emissions by one third.
CO2 Reduction in The Production CO2
CO2 CO2
Undercoat layer (UCL) Aluminum tube (AL)
Aluminum tube (AL)
Charge transport Photoconductor layer
Charge generating
layer CTL Reduce by
1
3 (PCL)
layer (CGL)
Conventional OPC drum PSLP drum
CO2 reduction [comparison with conventional negative-charged layer OPC drum (with 3 layers of coating) in the production facilities of comparable scale]
Green Purchasing
To comply with the EU Reduction of Hazardous Substances Directive, Kyocera Mita conducted surveys and
measurements of chemical content of 16,000 parts. Kyocera Mitas Green Purchasing System was set up in
April 2006 and at this time about 70% of items met the green criteria further improvements are planned. For
example, lead has been completely removed from printed circuit boards and the exterior material is made
from a non-halogen combination (no chlorine, fluorine, iodine or bromine).
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03 Reduce Reuse Recycle
Patent Applications that are Environmentally Related
ECOSYS Concept Technology
(Technology for the longer life of supplies and parts) Recor d of patent applications in relation to a-Si and OPC drums
Long-life amorphous silicon (a-Si) drum- (Number of applications)
Target
related technology and long-life 200 180
170
technologies for parts
159
Energy Conservation Technology 150
(Technology for saving energy)
115
Low energy fixing
100
Low temperature fixing toner
A fixing unit structure that greatly reduces power loss
Low power control 50
36
Controls that shut down unnecessary operations
in the display and machine control system 0
Low-Emission Technology 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Fiscal year
(Technology for reducing the harmful effects of ozone,
NOx, dust and other substances on the environment)
Positive charged OPC drum, dust countermeasures
Waste reduction
.
Kyocera
Toner Cassette Cartridge technology
5 x components uses over 60 parts
per unit
More Consumable Parts = More Environmental Impact
More parts are manufactured, transported, discarded
Cartridge Recycling is a poor description of what is actually a remanufacturing process. A toner cartridge
cannot be recycled like a sheet of paper. It has to be broken apart then the parts separated, replaced or
re-worked, re-assembled, refilled, repackaged and returned to the supply chain. It might be better than not
recycling at all, but can that process really be described as environmentally-friendly?
Reuse and Recycle
Optical parts, the imaging section, paper and fixing related materials are all designed for reuse.
Some housing units are made from the recycled resin of plastic drinking bottles - a genuine application for
discarded bottles.
Packaging is from pulp mould made from recycled paper.
To promote recycling, parts are labelled with the raw material name.
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04 Emissions
Energy Saving Power Consumption
. Kyoceras ECOfuser is a smaller, thinner fuser that
All Kyocera products are Energy
roller heats up and cools down faster using less
Star compliant.
power and reducing energy consumption. The
EcoFuser, developed with Kyocera Mitas own
temperature control technology enables the
machine to be ready for printing after 12 seconds
from standby or 16 seconds after power ON. This
reduces power consumption during standby to 6W
Energy Star products have a feature that allows them or by 45% compared with aconventional machine.
to automatically turn off after a period of inactivity,
ensuring night and weekend shut-off. This auto-off Kyocera Mita has reduced the power consumption in
feature can reduce a copier's annual electricity costs standby mode since1995 to 2007 by 98%
by over 60 percent. In addition, high speed copiers
can be set to automatically make double-sided
Transition of power consumption by Eco Fuser
copies. Just one ENERGY STAR copier can reduce an FS-920 Conventional model
organisation's paper costs and the volume of paper Power consumption
sent into the waste stream.
Print
In fact, a large machine uses less energy than many Standby Print
small ones and therefore staff should be encouraged Standby
to use the departmental or workgroup Sleep
Standby Standby
multifunctional devices for copying / printing /
faxing / scanning to e-mail or PC and for long print Time
runs.
It takes 10 times more energy to manufacture a piece of
paper than it does to copy an image onto it. Therefore,
using less paper also means decreased energy
Noise
consumption. If everyone used ENERGY STAR copiers,
the amount of paper used would amount to a savings of Low noise design mean that products are perfectly
1 million tons of paper, enough to go around the world suited to placement in close proximity to desks and
1400 times. workspaces
Source: Energy Star
Printer parts are selected to keep decibels down
A clutchless drive system using a fine controlled
stepping motor has reduced the operating noise
level by 3dB compared to conventional machine.
Ozone
Ventilation systems have been designed that take air
Our fifth generation printers boast the worlds first flow inside the machine into consideration.
positively charged roller. This means no ozone is
produced. The roller is charged directly so electrical In sleep mode, the fan shuts off completely
charges are not lost in the air. As a result, no ozone is
created, and therefore there is no requirement for an Timing along the paper path has been tightened to
ozone filter on the outward fan. A fine brush that minimise paper feeding noise
automatically cleans the roller on every pass takes
care of the longevity and high print quality of the The entire device is constructed with sound-trapping
system. seams from top to bottom and side to side
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05 Reliability
Kyocera MFPs have three times been ranked as most reliable by Office Products Analysts.
Please ask for a copy of the leaflet.
Reduced Total Cost of Service
The technological innovations that Kyocera offer extend preventative maintenance intervals
so the cost of supporting these products is significantly lower than for comparable products
from other vendors.
See example below and ask for a copy of the KM-4050 comparison leaflet
Kyocera KM-4050 scheduled maintenance
2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Chart Key
Drum
2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Dec Replacement
Developer
Replacement
Ricoh Aficio scheduled maintenance
2006 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Dec
2007 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
I can honestly say that Kyocera copiers are the most
reliable machines Ive seen in twelve years...They just
sit there and get on with it.
Dave Whiteley
Facilities Manager
Northumbrian Water
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06 Use 100% recycled paper
Because Kyoceras long life drum is more resistant to abrasion, coarser paper can be used without damage to
drum or to warranty.
M-real Ltd, who manufacture 100% recycled paper,
and Kyocera Mita UK have been working together
for a number of years.
The EVOLVE recycled paper production process
diverts 180,000 tonnes of waste paper from landfill
every year.
M-real Office Papers is always looking for innovative
ways to reduce their impact on the environment and
help their customers improve their own green
performance. The Evolve Business box is just one
example of their success: a 100% recycled white
paper, delivered in a box that can be re-used and
recycled.
More information can be found at
www.evolve-papers.com
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07 Green Activities in the UK
Education
Reducing the impact of business
upon the environment requires
Local Activities changing habits and the most
important aspect of this is education.
We believe that Kyocera in the UK Businesses need ways of improving
has a unique position in which to environmental performance that
fulfil its responsibility towards the have a neutral or positive impact
community and the environment. on the bottom line. In 2001 Kyocera
As a company that has nailed its UK identified a need for a forum that
environmental credentials to the would enable private and public
mast for fifteen years, we can sector organisations to share
generate truly comparative information and best practice
information that demonstrates examples of environmental activities.
how far the UK has come on its
environmental journey, and how
far there is to go.
The Green Card Network
3,200 Corporate and public
sector members
WEEE Compliance 1 Web portal to
environmental information
The advent of the WEEE and Annual programme:
RoHS legislation governing 12 Informative e-shots
waste and hazardous substance
3 Issues of GreenLight
has ensured that theres been a
environment magazine
lot to discuss over the past
six years.s 1 Green Card Conference
4 GreenLight awards
recognising environmental
business advocates
Kyocera WEEE Compliance
Kyocera fulfils its WEEE obligation
via specialist management
company B2B Compliance.
www.b2bcompliance.org.uk. Kyocera Mita (UK) Ltd
Tel: 01691 676124
The UK headquarters of Kyocera
Mita has been based in Reading
since the company first came
to the UK in 1985. The Business
Management system adopted is
structured to comply with the
requirements of MQA01 BS EN ISO
9001:2000.
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KYOCERA MITA (UK) Ltd
8 Beacontree Plaza, Gillette Way, Reading RG2 OBS
www.kyoceramita.co.uk
Contact : Pat Pascoe@kyoceramita.co.uk
TEL: 0118 931 1500 FAX: 118 931 1108
KYOCERA MITA (UK) Ltd . Published in July 2007
