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Environmentally Friendly and Contributing Products 2025
While contributing to global environmental conservation and reduction of environmental impact through our products and its applications, we have promoted development of new technologies and sales of products to reduce such impact from the products themselves based on our guidelines for "Environmentally Friendly and Contributing Products" as follows.
Environmentally Friendly Products
Products that are designed to have less impact on the environment, such as by reducing the amount of waste or designing products that are easy to recycle, and that have improved one or more of the following compared to conventional products.
- Smaller, thinner and lighter
- Power saving
- Longer service life
- Products with reduced or eliminated hazardous substances (hazardous substances: RoHS 10 substances, the environment-related substances to be controlled set by us, etc.)
- Reusability (reuse)
- Recyclability (recycling)
- Ease of disposal (ease of disassembly in case of equipment)
Environmentally Contributing Products
The products themselves or the final products using them that contributes to and are used for applications such as the conservation of the global environment.
- Prevention of global warming, diffusion of new and renewable energy sources
- Prevention of ozone depletion, air pollution, water pollution, and soil contamination; analysis of pollutants
- Analysis of chemical substances contained in products, evaluation of toxicity of chemical substances
- Reduction, separation and disposal of waste
Case Studies
Every year, we develop new environmentally friendly and contributing products. Here are some typical examples from the current fiscal year.
● Flow control unit C16877-01, C17077-01/02
A flow module and controller are developed capable of stable sample delivery for optical measurement applications utilizing microfluidic channels. Using microfluidic channels reduces the required sample volume, minimizing the burden on the human body. Furthermore, since testing can be performed with a minimal amount of blood, it also reduces waste such as syringes.
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● EB-ENGINE ® Low energy electron beam source L16379
Water-based and solvent-based inks are commonly used for printing on food flexible packaging films. However, these inks require significant energy during the drying process. In addition, solvent-based inks cause problems such as air pollution and odor caused by volatile organic compounds (VOCs). As a solution to these issues, EB ink technology has been attracting increasing attention. The CE marked L16379 is a low-energy electron beam irradiation source that are compatible with EB inks and enable instantaneous ink curing. Compared with the previous model, the L12978, it delivers more than four times the output. As a result, it significantly reduces power consumption during the printing and drying processes and enables an environmentally friendly printing process with zero VOC emissions.
● InGaAs area image sensors G16561 to G16564-0909T
Plastic recycling utilizing InGaAs area image sensors is expected to contribute to the realization of a recycling-oriented society in addressing the challenge of plastic waste, one of the environmental issues. Sorting high-quality waste plastic requires high-precision (high-resolution) and high-speed analysis using a hyperspectral camera. This product features high resolution (640 x 512 pixels), wide wavelength detection range, high frame rate, and multi-line readout.
● Si photodiode S16495
Hydrogen combustion in pure water conditions produces essentially only water (H₂O) and emits no carbon dioxide (CO₂), making it an energy source attracting attention for its low environmental impact. However, hydrogen flames are difficult to visually confirm, so the Si photodiode S16495 was developed to detect one of its emission spectra at 310 nm. While sensitive to 310 nm, it suppresses sensitivity to infrared radiation, which is prone to cause noise*, making it expected to be effective for detecting hydrogen flames.
* Depending on environmental conditions, the device may still respond to infrared wavelengths.
● LCOS-SLM (Optical phase modulator) X15223-03CL
X15223-03CL is LCOS-SLM designed for industrial equipment, featuring sapphire glass for superior light resistance compared to conventional products. It is particularly expected to be used in metal 3D printers, which have seen increasing momentum in recent years. By incorporating this product, it is possible to create hollow shapes and hollowed-out shapes that cannot be achieved by cutting. This contributes to the conservation of metal resources, reduction of cutting waste, and reduction of waste disposal.
● ORCA®-Quest IQ qCMOS® camera C15550-23UP
C15550-23UP is a camera that supports Camera Link output compared to the standard product C15550-22UP. By optimizing performance and functions based on the C15550-22UP, the power consumption has been reduced from 84W to 64W, resulting in a more environmentally friendly product.
● NanoZoomer ® S540 Digital slide scanner
NanoZoomer S540 is equipped with an AI-based sample detection function, automating and streamlining the pathology image scanning process. The previous AI-based sample detection function has been improved to increase accuracy. This reduces the number of rescans, and reduces data storage capacity and power consumption. These technologies contribute to resource and energy conservation in medical settings, thereby reducing the environmental impact.
● Cooled CMOS camera C17448-01
Most cameras for photo emission require the use of water circulation units to cool the camera. The cooled CMOS camera C17448-01 developed for PHEMOS-X emission microscopy achieve air-cooling system, eliminating the need for water-cooling systems, contributing to power savings and reduced CO2 emissions.
● Universal streak camera C16910 series
The universal streak camera is a system for observing ultra-high-speed photodynamics in the ultraviolet to near-infrared range. Previously, the high-voltage power supply and deflection coil components contained Dechlorane Plus, the chlorine-based flame retardant. Because Dechlorane Plus is persistent, highly bioaccumulative, and has long-term toxicity, its manufacture and use are generally prohibited from 2025 onwards under the Stockholm Convention and the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. (Chemical Substances Control Law). This product has been redesigned with components that do not contain Dechlorane Plus, successfully reducing environmental impact while maintaining high time resolution.
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