Measures to Counter Dust at Kakogawa Works

As part of its environmental management policies, the Kobe Steel Group is committed to environmentally friendly manufacturing. We pursue this commitment on a variety of fronts—including improvements to sustainable manufacturing processes, updates to equipment, introduction of efficient state-of-the-art equipment, and introduction of pollution control equipment—to reduce environmental impact from soot and other sources.

At Kakogawa Works, voluntary targets for dustfall in three neighboring locations have been set at 3 tons/km²/month or less, with a variety of measures set in place to maintain this goal.

In addition, in the current fiscal year we installed elevated sprinklers at property boundaries and at the sources of dust generation. In fiscal 2018, the voluntary targets were met for all months.