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The first site tour for individual shareholders in fiscal year 2019 was held.


This time, we conducted a tour of the Funabashi Northern Cleaning Plant, which has the “industry's first” automatic crane system equipped with garbage identification AI, with the aim of getting individual shareholders to further understand our environmental plant business.

Date and TimeTuesday, December 17, 2019, 14:00~16:20
LocationFunabashi City Northern Waste Disposal Plant
Number of participantsApprox. 30 persons
Explanator* Company overview
Governance Promotion Department Manager Matsushita
*Explanation of the facility overview of Funabashi City Northern Waste Treatment Plant
Hoshino, Director of Funabashi North Management Office, EBARA Environmental Plant Co., Ltd.
Questions1. Incineration system of incinerator
2. Facility management system
3. Treatment of water used within the facility
4. Electricity selling price
5. Impact of breakdowns, etc. on electricity sales revenue

Tour Schedule

Mr. Matsushita, Director of the

Governance Promotion Department, gave opening remarks.
Afterwards, we explained our company profile.

EBARA Environmental Plant Co., Ltd. Funabashi Northern Management Office Director Hoshino explained the facility overview.

<Platform>
We visited a “platform” where garbage trucks throw garbage into garbage pits.


<Air Curtain Experience Exhibition>
I simulated an air curtain installed to prevent odors generated from garbage from leaking out of the facility.

<Garbage Crane/ Garbage Pit> Industry's First! The garbage situation in the pit captured by the camera was identified with AI, the operation decision of the garbage crane was made, and the garbage was automatically stirred and put into the incinerator.


<Steam Turbine Power Generation Facilities>
We visited steam turbine power generation facilities that generate electricity using steam generated by boilers and the actual power generation status.

<Central Control Room>
We visited the “central control room” that monitors and operates the equipment in the facility.

16:00 Q&A session about our company and the cleaning plant

I returned to the meeting room and held a question-and-answer session. After that, you completed the questionnaire.

16:20 Closing Remarks and Dissolution


Participants' impressions (from the survey)

① Overall satisfaction with the tour

90% of those who attended the tour rated it as "satisfactory."

② Main comments

* The fact that they burn garbage rationally and that they make and sell electricity left an impression on me.
*The explanation was very easy to understand, and I enjoyed the tour.
*It was great to be able to see a part of EBARA Corporation's corporate activities.
*Thinking about EBARA, I was surprised to see that such equipment was created and managed, considering the image of a pump.

In the “Desired Disclosure of Information and Activities” section, “Enhancement of tours” was the most common result.
Going forward, we will continue to meet the expectations of our shareholders and enhance our tours.