Concluded 'Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement' with Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture

Concluded "Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement" with Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd. (President: Hirotsune, Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) signed a "Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement" with Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture (Mayor Hiroshi Kaneko) on June 30, 2022. ..

Under this agreement, the Company and Sano City will closely cooperate on the following items, such as recycling the waste materials generated in Sano City as a raw material for cement production and heat energy as much as possible at our cement plants. Is to do.

(1) Thing about early recovery from disaster
(2) Thing about material procurement in case of disaster
(3) Recycling of waste materials and other reduction of environmental load
(4) Thing about safety and security of area
(5) Thing about healthy upbringing of youth, environmental learning, etc.
(6) Promotion, utilization and development of Sano City products, etc. and improvement of Sano City's name recognition
(7) Thing about tourism promotion
(8) Other matters related to regional revitalization and improvement of citizen services

We are contributing to the formation of a sustainable society by recycling waste materials and by-industrial by-product during cement manufacturing, and we can also treat disaster waste materials generated by earthquakes and floods at cement plants. I am accepting things.

So far, disaster waste materials in Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture due to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the collapse of the Kinugawa embankment due to the heavy rains in the Kanto and Tohoku regions in September 2015, the Kumamoto Earthquake, the heavy rains in July 2018 (heavy rains in western Japan) and the typhoon Hagiwara We have a track record of accepting disaster waste materials generated by large-scale disasters such as (Typhoon No. 19).

The Tochigi Plant was established in April 1938 as the Katsuo Factory of Fukoku Cement Co., Ltd., and through a merger with Iwaki Cement Co., Ltd. in 1940, Iwaki Cement Co., Ltd. was established as a Katsuo Factory Tochigi Plant After the name change to Sumitomo Osaka CementTochigi Plant, we are now in charge of cement manufacturing mainly for the northern Kanto region. Since our founding, we have built cooperative relationships with the local community, such as promoting local employment and actively participating in various regional activities.

Regarding disaster waste materials when typhoon No. 19 occurred, the Tochigi Plant accepted earth and sand, wood and waste tatami mats from Sano City, as well as waste materials from Tochigi City and neighboring prefectures, and cement. In addition to recycling resources as raw materials for manufacturing and heat energy, we cooperated in early recovery from disasters in the affected areas.

With the conclusion of this comprehensive cooperation agreement, it will be possible to realize early acceptance of disaster waste materials to cooperate with the local community in various ways. Going forward, we will continue to strengthen our cooperative relationship with Sano City and work to form a sustainable society and further develop and improve the region.

Photo (Conclusion ceremony, Yutaka Kaneko, Mayor of Sano, Hirotsune, President of Sumitomo Osaka Cement)

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