About DOWA group
Our resource-recycling business consists of
five core business areas deployed globally.
The DOWA Group is engaged in our Nonferrous Metals business where we extract useful metals from natural resources. In our Metal Processing and Heat Treatment business we add value to the extracted metals. In our Electronic Materials business we further improve the functions of metal materials and, in our Environmental Management & Recycling business we detoxify waste, separate and collect metals from waste.
We are committed to resolving social problems such as global issues of the environment and resources through our unique resource-recycling business-from production of non-ferrous metals, highly value-added products and to their recycling.
Corporate Profile
Name | DOWA Holdings, Co., Ltd. |
Incorporated | March 11, 1937 |
Head Office | 22nd Floor, Akihabara UDX Bldg, 4-14-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 JAPAN |
President and Representative Director | Masao Yamada |
Common Stock | 36,437 million yen |
Employees | Approximately 5,700 persons |
2013 Business Results
In 2013, we implemented a variety of measures for improving productivity and increasing orders including sales expansion of new products and investment in equipment and facilities, as demand for automobiles, multi-functional mobile devices and renewable energy sources has increased. Outside Japan, we enhanced our competitiveness in expanding overseas markets by expanding waste disposal business in South East Asia and the starting up of a heat treatment business unit in Indonesia. Yen devaluation favorably contributed to our non-ferrous metals business, resulting in consolidated net sales of \443,985 million, 6% increase, consolidated net operating profit of \31,794 million, 29% increase and consolidated current income of \35,055 million, 29% increase from the previous year.
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