As trees start their life from a small sapling, the DOWA Group began as a mine in Akita in 1884. The company grew its trunk as a nonferrous metal business based on the technology and experience we have cultivated through mining and smelting. Various branches were spread out as we expanded our business fields to the manufacturing of high value-added products from metal production, and waste treatment and recycling. As time went by, as the trends and needs change, we have sprouted new leaves, such as the new businesses for deep ultraviolet LEDs and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) treatment, as well as expansion in overseas development.
DOWA currently has five main branches, namely, “Environmental management & recycling”,“ Smelting”, “Electronic materials”,“ Metal processing” and“ Heat treatment”. So that each of these segments can grow significantly by providing valuable products and services, such corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as governance, environmental consideration and human resource development are indispensable, and it could be said that they are the roots of the tree.While it might be difficult to see the growth of the roots in the soil, not only are we growing upward, but the roots continue to stretch firmly under the ground in order to support the branches and leaves. In addition, like a healthy tree that can withstand severe storms and drought, we would like our whole group to keep growing as a single big tree.