DOWA has developed five business segments originated from the mining and smelting of copper, zinc, gold and silver.
FY 2016 Financial Highlights
In the FY 2016 financial results, consolidated sales rose 1% year on year to 410.5 billion yen, consolidated operating profit fell 3% to 33.9 billion yen, ordinary profit rose 4% to 36.5 billion yen and consolidated net profit attributable to parent company shareholders rose 20% to 26.1 billion yen. With regards to the business environment for the group, demand for automobile-related products remained comparatively steady both in Japan and overseas, and demand for electronic components and new energy-related products grew mainly in East Asia. As for the market environment, metal prices rose for precious metals and zinc.
(100 million yen)
| Business Results |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
| Sales |
4,193 |
4,439 |
4,642 |
4,065 |
4,105 |
| Operating profit |
245 |
317 |
390 |
350 |
339 |
| Recurring profit |
272 |
350 |
420 |
350 |
365 |
Net profit attributable to
parent company shareholders |
152 |
233 |
265 |
218 |
261 |
Each mentioned year represents the fiscal period from April 1 to March 31 of the next year.
Status of Each Business Segment
The DOWA Group has developed a global recycling business consisting of five core business segments.
In the “Smelting business”, in addition to natural resources, we extract useful metals from various recycled materials. The extracted metals go through various processes and are given enhanced functionality in the “Electronic materials business”, the “Metal processing business” and the “Heat treatment business”, after which they are included in final products such as automobiles and electronic devices. The “Environmental management and recycling business” detoxifies waste and separates and recovers metals from used products. The recovered metal is used again as raw material for smelting. Through the development of such a business cycle, in addition to providing high-quality products and services, we are working to resolve social issues such as environmental conservation and resource problems.
Business-wise business overview and the business situation of 2016 are as follows.
Sales
composition ratio* (2016)
Operating profit composition ratio* (2016)
DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
- Waste treatment business
- Processing in an integrated system from collection and transportation of general and industrial waste to intermediate treatment and landfill
- Soil remediation business
- Provide total support from survey of soil contamination to purification work and monitoring
- Recycling business
- Collection of valuable metal from used products such as scrap generated production processes in factories, electrical appliances and automobiles
DOWA METALS & MINING CO., LTD.
- Precious metals and copper business
- World's leading recycling and smelting that can collect a variety of metals such as gold, silver, and copper
- Rare metals business
- Recycle of platinum group metals such as platinum from used automobile exhaust gas purification catalysts
- Zinc business
- Akita smelting boasts to be the largest zinc smelter in Japan, having an annual output of 200,000 tons, and deploys consistent business development from resource development to metal production and sales of processed items
DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
- Semiconductor business
- Top manufacturer of high-purity gallium indium semiconductor materials, compound semiconductor wafers, and high luminance and high output LED
- Electronic materials business
- Manufactures silver powder used in new energy applications, copper powder used in electronic components, zinc powder and silver oxide used in batteries etc.
- Functional materials business
- Manufacturer boasting of world's dominant market share of ferrite powder used in metal powder for archive data-tapes, carrier powder for copiers, printers etc.
DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.
- Metal processing business
- Manufacturing copper, brass, and copper alloys used in terminals and connectors for automobile and semiconductor, and brass bars and forgings
- Plating business
- Precious metal plating processing of components such as connectors and switches of automobiles
- Circuit board business
- Manufacturer of metal-ceramic substrates used in power control equipment such as industrial machinery, railway, wind-power generation, and solar power
DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD.
- Industrial furnace business
- Provides total service from design and erection of furnaces to maintenance, leveraging the know-how of heat treatment processing
- Heat treatment processing business
- Surface processing operation to increase the abrasion resistance, fatigue resistance and heat resistance of a metal in vehicle engine and gearhead
*Component ratios exclude adjustments
