Sustainable Solutions (Environmental Initiatives)

• Contributing to a circular economy
• Initiatives for Renewable Energy

The traditional economic model of mass production, mass consumption, and mass disposal has created numerous challenges, including climate change, natural resource depletion, and plastic pollution. In today's world, companies can no longer afford to ignore what happens to the products they create after they are used.

The SMFL Group is actively engaged in the purchase and sale of used machinery and equipment, including the sale of machinery and equipment returned on the expiration of lease terms. In particular, the SMFL Group has a proven track as a leading player in the sale of used semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Moreover, we have provided customers with waste compliance management ASP services and actively advanced 3R activitiesincluding entering the equipment and plant disposal general contracting business.

• Property ownership and management through various means, including leases, rental, and subscription
• Buying and selling of used equipment (such as semiconductor manufacturing equipment and machine tools) [Forward Logistics Domain]
• Demolition and disposal contracting for equipment and plants [Reverse Logistics Domain]
• Waste management services and circular economy consulting [Forward Logistics Domain] [Reverse Logistics Domain]
• Business matching [Forward Logistics Domain] [Reverse Logistics Domain]
• Traceability of goods utilizing digital technology [Forward Logistics Domain] [Reverse Logistics Domain]

Property ownership and management through various means, including leases, rental, and subscription

SMFL boasts expertise in the management of equipment across the entire lifecycle, including contract data management and the collection and disposal of products. By having the lease company bear the burden of owing the equipment, companies are able to concentrate use. Against this backdrop, we support efforts aimed at realizing Product as a Service (PaaS), which is indispensable for bringing to fruition a circular economy in which products are used only when needed and for as long as needed.

Purchase and sale of used equipment (semiconductor manufacturing equipment, machine tools, etc.)

SMFL has established a website to buy and sell used machinery and equipment in order to address the selling and purchasing needs of customers.

Buying and Selling of Pre-owned Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Our support encompasses the need for short delivery times and customers with low budgets. We also address the needs for the sale of owned equipment.

Buying and Selling of Used Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

In 1994, we pioneered the buying and selling of used semiconductor manufacturing equipment in the industry. We operate globally and now have one of the world's largest handling scales. Leveraging our financial company's "funding power" and the "assessment ability" cultivated over many years in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry, we secured all three major large-scale projects for semiconductor manufacturing line releases in Japan in 2021. In recent years, we have also focused on technical service operations associated with used equipment trading. Our specialized engineers and partner companies are meeting various needs at our customers' factories.

• ※The used semiconductor manufacturing equipment purchase and sale as well as ancillary technical services businesses were transferred to SMFL MIRAI Partners Co., Ltd. on October 1, 2024.

Collaboration with manufacturers

Restoring a grinding machine scheduled to be scrapped to like-new condition

SMFL purchased a grinding machine that had been used by a customer in the manufacturing industry for 30 years and was earmarked for disposal. Okamoto Machine Tool Works Ltd. and GIKEN CORPORATION LTD. overhauled and restored the machine to like-new conditions for secondary use.

Improving the reuse rate by adding manufacturer maintenance and inspection service for used machines

SMFL engages in the sales of used machinery that it has leased or purchased from customers. In supplementing these activities with the maintenance and inspection services of Makino Inc. at our used machinery and equipment machining centers, we have witnessed an upswing in the number of customers.

General contracting for equipment and plant dismantling and disposal

SMFL's strategic subsidiary, SMFL MIRAI Partners Co., Ltd., established the joint venture company, SMART Incorporated, with ARBIZ Corporation in April 2019. In response to customers' business restructuring, consolidation and reorganization, and plant closure needs, we are contributing to the realization of a circular economy by facilitating the reuse of machine tools and recycling of scrap metal, including steel frames, rebar, electric wires as well as stainless steel and aluminum piping through plant dismantling work.

SMART Incorporated

Video introducing the equipment and plant dismantling and disposal general contracting business

Contributing to a circular economy through the 3Rs of industrial equipment; Redefining the dismantling business and also accommodating large-scale construction work

Waste management services and circular economy consulting

SMFL’s strategic subsidiary, SMFL MIRAI Partners Co., Ltd., established the joint venture company, Circular LinX Co., Ltd., to focus on the waste management business with AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD. in April 2024. Through this new company, we provide integrated services by combining the waste management system business and BPO business offered by SMFL and AMITA CORPORATION.

https://www.circularlinx.co.jp/

Services provided by Circular LinX

Sustainable BPO「Linx BPO」

Outsourcing total waste management operations to increase sophistication and efficiency

Waste management system「LinX Management」

Enhancing statutory and regulatory compliance and centralizing waste management operations through the use of management systems

Cyano Project

Developing new businesses and promoting innovation related to the realization of a circular economy through accompanied and support-type consulting

• ※The Cyano Project is a service of the AMITA Group.

Corporate matching

In order to realize a circular economy, its is vital not only to collaborate between forward and reverse logistics companies, but also a wide variety of partners.

SMFL maintain an extensive network that transcends industry boundaries. In leveraging this strength, we assist in bringing circular design to fruition by introducing best-fit partners in a bid to resolve customers' issues.

Traceability of products using digital technology

Ensuring the traceability of products and materials is vital to realizing a circular economy. SMFL engages in the lifecycle management of products while sharing accompanying data among multiple companies.

assetforce

Developed by SMFL in-house, assetforce® is a cloud services that enables the centralized management of the lifestyle of products. Many companies are using this service for a variety of purposes, including sharing information on the status and usage history of assets owned as well as improving the efficiency of management operations.

Circular economy webinars

Webinars held in the past are as follows.

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