Rengo Starts up Shin-Nagoya Corrugated Plant in Kasugai, Japan
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The plant is fitted with many such leading-edge technologies and design innovations to help protect the global environment, such as the first seismically isolated automated warehouse at a Rengo corrugated plant. The warehouse was designed to improve safety during distribution work and to accomplish efficient inventory management.
In addition to further reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, Rengo is also implementing its "less is more" concept at the plant by producing high-quality products with significant added value using fewer resources. In addition, the plant will serve as a central base for the Rengo Group in the Chubu region.
Rengo will provide full support to the economy of the Chubu region, where increased development is expected due to the planned opening of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen, a high-speed train linking Tokyo and Nagoya.
The new Shin-Nagoya Plant has a total site area of 105,785 cubic meters, a total floor area of 36,991 cubic meters (building area approximately 29,295 cubic meters), and 120 employees. The plant has five stacker cranes and can handle approximately 4,000 pallets.
The new plant uses large lithium-ion storage batteries for power storage and gas boilers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. LEDs are used for all lighting (automatic lighting control that detects natural light), and all lifts are battery-powered and do not produce emissions. The plant’s corrugator is energy-conserving through innovations such as steam circulation systems, and the facility has a Corru-Air Duct system (air-conditioning ducts made of corrugated board). It additionally has a large-scale dust collection system that gathers and solidifies paper dust to reduce its volume.
