Yamaha Motor First in Japan to Adopt Low-Carbon Recycled Steel for Motorcycle Packaging Frames
30 Julio 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Expanding the scope of use for steel sheets produced by electric
furnaces to progress toward our goal of carbon neutrality with raw
materials
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announces that it will
begin using low-carbon, recycled steel sheets produced in electric
furnaces as a raw material for the packaging frames used to ship
motorcycles, and will be gradually expanding the scope of use of
the material going forward. This is the first time in Japan that
steel sheets from electric furnaces have been used for packaging
frames for motorcycles (according to Yamaha Motor research as of
July 2024).
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Low-carbon, recycled steel produced in
electric furnaces is used for some of the packaging frames for
shipping motorcycles (Photo: Business Wire)
These steel sheets are recycled materials produced by melting
scrap iron in an electric furnace and then rolling them into
sheets. Compared to conventional materials made from iron ore and
coke that are smelted in a blast furnace, these materials produce
significantly less CO2 during their production. Starting in October
2024, Yamaha Motor will begin to use these recycled steel sheets
from Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Steel) for its
packaging frames for motorcycle shipments, with plans to gradually
expand the scope of their use in stages going forward, thereby
increasing the ratio of recycled materials used in its packaging
frames.
The steel is made primarily from scrap iron acquired from
demolished buildings, discarded home appliances, scraped
automobiles, and the like, and its material characteristics,
quality, and suitability for use in packaging frames has been
trialed and proven through a collaborative effort between Tokyo
Steel and Yamaha Motor.
Yamaha Motor, in line with its Yamaha Motor Group Environmental
Plan 2050, is working toward being carbon neutral* throughout all
of its supply chains, including the company’s business activities
by 2050. As the Company works toward achieving this goal and
eventually switching to 100% sustainable materials, Yamaha Motor is
pushing to adopt and further expand its use of green and recycled
materials.
*Emissions as a direct result of business activities (Scope 1
and 2) and emissions outside of these (Scope 3)
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Yayoi Tokutome Corporate Communication Division Global PR Team
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. TEL: +81(0)538-32-1145
ymc_pr@yamaha-motor.co.jp