UK : Brother opens a new recycling facility in Slovakia
November
2006 Brother Industries Ltd,Nagoya,Japan announced that its subsidiary
in Wrexham, UK has opened a new recycling facility in Krupina,
Slovakia. The new Slovakian facility will recycle used toner cartridges
from Brother’s digital multi-function products and printers.
Outline of the New Recycling Facility
Name : Brother Industries (Slovakia) s.r.o.
Representative : Fumihiro Yamada
Location : Osloboditelov 963 01 Krupina Slovakia
Capital : 115 million Slovak Koruna(fully owned by Brother Industries(U.K.)Ltd.)
Business Description : Recycling of used toner cartridges for multi-function products and printers
No. of Employees: Approximately 70 (at the time of operation commencement)
Incorporation : July 28, 2006
Facility Opening : July 2007 (scheduled)
Property Space : Approximately 42,000 square meters
Floor Space : Approximately 9,000 square meters
In
2004, the Brother Group established a recycling center within the
premises of Brother Industries (U.K.) as the group’s main recycling
facility in Europe to recycle used toner cartridges. The group expects
that the amount of used toner cartridges that they collect will
increase in the future since its recycling network is currently
expanding throughout Europe. They also believe that increased sales of
digital multifunction products and printers will result in growth in
amount of used toner cartridges.The group had discussed measures to
handle increased amount of recyclable toner cartridges, and decided to
build a new recycling facility in Slovakia, which is close to major
cities in Europe, offers inexpensive operational cost, and good
transportation infrastructure, and has political and social stabilities.