Creating Value Beyond Materials and Expanding into New Areas

「In fiscal 2025, the Company established a joint venture in Japan to establish a melting recycling system for UBC (used beverage cans) and began operating the newly installed equipment.」

「In fiscal 2024, the Company proceeded in Japan with capital investment to establish a melting recycling system for used beverage cans, and in the United States with capital investment to increase can-stock production and expand scrap usage. In Thailand, equipment to expand scrap-processing capacity began operations.」

「The performance of UACJ Foil has continued to progress smoothly in line with plan, and looking ahead, the Company aims to continue growing and contributing to the expansion of this field within the Group through the supply of aluminum foil for lithium-ion batteries.」

「In fiscal 2023, the Group as a whole made progress in addressing climate change. Along with a target of reducing Scope 3 emissions by 30% by fiscal 2030, it announced the UACJ Recycling Rate, an indicator of the circularity of aluminum resources, and set a new target of raising it to 80% in fiscal 2030.」

「To expand business areas by adding value to materials through processing and recycling, rather than relying solely on the conventional business model, and to provide environmental value by promoting the circular use of aluminum products, we began working with 山一金属株式会社 to establish a melting recycling system that covers the entire process from used beverage cans (UBC) through melting. At UACJ (Thailand) Co., Ltd., we also began expanding the capacity of furnaces for processing recycled materials, leveraging the strength of its position as Southeast Asia's only state-of-the-art aluminum rolling mill with annual production capacity of 320,000 tonnes.」

「In the short term, we believe that making the production systems of the 2 operating companies more efficient will enable us to continue supplying more high-performance, high-quality aluminum foil made in Japan to meet customers' growing demand, particularly from manufacturers of automotive LiB and related products. To achieve this, with a view to the future listing of the integrated new company, we will welcome JICC as a new shareholder, formulate a growth strategy and, over the medium term, expand facilities, with the aim of achieving the technological development and production scale needed to compete internationally.」

「In addition to providing material products, we will work to create value from materials plus alpha across the value chain and supply chain, including by adding new value through processing and recycling. As new fields to be expanded toward 2030, we selected 3 areas in which aluminum will play an active role in society in 2030: mobility, lifestyle and healthcare, and the environment and energy.」