Aluminum is the second most widely used material in automobiles after steel, which is why industry must reduce CO_{2} emissions during its production, in addition to reusing and recycling aluminum. Aluminum scrap is almost entirely only used for low-purity products (cascade recycling), however, because it contains many impurities. We are therefore working to enable the remanufacture (upcycling) of primary aluminum products with few impurities by automatically sorting aluminum scrap using image recognition technologies and by realizing higher quality through the removal of impurities without the use of regulated substances. As a result of returning aluminum scrap resources to a state similar to that of virgin materials, we will reduce waste to zero and contribute to efficient circulation.
Concept of aluminum utilization today and upcycling