At DOWA group, we are developing a global recycling business comprising of 5 core businesses.
In “Smelting Business”, we extract useful metals from various recycled materials in addition to natural resources. The metal that is extracted is processed in several ways by "Electronic Materials Business", "Metal Processing Business", "Heat Treatment Business", made highly functional and incorporated into final products such as automobiles and electronic devices. Furthermore, in the “Environment & Recycling Business”, we render the waste harmless, separate metals from used products and collect them. The recovered metal is used again as a refining raw material.
Through the development of such a recycling business, we are providing high-quality products and services and are working on solving social issues such as environmental conservation and resource problems.
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 8,900 persons (As of March 31, 2016) |
FY 2015 Financial Highlights
We have been implementing measures in accordance with the basic policy of the medium-term plan that began in fiscal 2015 by expanding the overseas business further and developing the growth markets and peripheral areas thereby expanding business and continuously strengthening business competitiveness. Consolidated sales in FY2015 decreased by 12% to 406.5 billion yen, consolidated operating profit decreased by 10% to 35 billion yen, consolidated ordinary profit decreased by 17% to 35 billion yen, Consolidated net income attributable to parent company shareholders decreased by 18% to 21.8 billion yen.
(Hundred million Yen))
| Business Results |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
| Sales |
3,924 |
4,193 |
4,439 |
4,642 |
4,065 |
| Operating profit |
220 |
245 |
317 |
390 |
350 |
| Recurring profit |
209 |
272 |
350 |
420 |
350 |
Each mentioned year represents the fiscal period from April 1 to March 31 of the next year.
Business-wise Status
The business environment of the Group in fiscal 2015 saw a decline in automobile production in Japan and Asia as a result of partial demand for automobile related products, and was affected by the inventory adjustments by customers for smartphones. On the other hand, energy-related products continued to remain steady.
Business-wise business overview and the business situation of 2015
are as follows.
Net sales of each division include 67.8 billion yen eliminated by consolidation adjustment.
Environment and Recycling Business DOWA ECO-SYSTEM CO., LTD.
Sales constituent ratio
21.2%
Operating profit constituent ratio
18.6%
- Waste treatment business
- Integrated services from collection and transportation to intermediate and final processing of municipal and industrial waste
- Soil remediation business
- Total support from survey to remediation and monitoring of soil contamination
- Recycling business
- Collection of valuable metal from used products such as scrap generated from factories and production processes, electrical appliances and automobiles
Smelting business DOWA METALS & MINING CO., LTD.
Sales constituent ratio
46.4%
Operating profit constituent ratio
39.3%
- 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
- Recovery of platinum group metals such as platinum from used automobile exhaust gas catalysts
- Zinc business
- Recovery of platinum group metals such as platinum from used automobile exhaust gas catalysts
Electronic materials business DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Sales constituent ratio
10.4%
Operating profit constituent ratio
23.7%
- Semiconductor business
- Leading 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 high-capacity recording tapes, carrier powder for copiers, printers etc.
Metal processing business DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.
Sales constituent ratio
16.7%
Operating profit constituent ratio
14.5%
- Metal processing business
- Manufacturer of 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, high-speed rail, wind-power generation, and solar power
Heat treatment business DOWA THERMOTECH CO., LTD.
Sales constituent ratio
5.2%
Operating profit constituent ratio
4.0%
- 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
- Application specific surface treatment that aims at the improvement of abrasion resistance, fatigue resistance and heat resistance in metal gearbox and engine of automobiles, etc.
