Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Iwaki Factory

Recycled LiB materials

Asaka Riken’s reason for taking part in LiB recycling

Circulate the possibilities Rediscover resource possibilities and circulate the process

Non-ferrous Metal Manufacturing

Area Onahama・Izumi
Industrial ParksOnahama Rinkai Industrial Park

Products & Services

Materials
Measurement / Analysis
Other

Processing

Casting
Other Processing

Related Fields

Energy / Environmental Recycling

Company Overview

Asaka Riken is a recycling manufacturer that collects and recycles valuable metals from urban mines in a committed effort to make effective use of resources. With techniques honed since our foundation, our company’s primary focus today is recycling lithium ion batteries (LiB) such as those installed in electric vehicles. Aiming to reduce the environmental impact of CO2 emissions, we work along with other companies with the same goals to help build a circular economy

Primary Products / Services

Precious Metals Business: Using proprietary solvent extraction based methods, we extract valuable metals from disposed electronics and production scrap and sell them as ingots and precious metal materials.
Environmental Business: Collecting used etching solutions from circuit board manufacturers, we both recycle them into new liquids and recover and sell the copper by-products.
Systemization Business: We sell the product quality assurance system Mr. Manmos, tailored to the needs of customer’s manufacturing facilities.

IP & Licenses, etc.

Intellectual Property
●Methods of Extracting Lithium from Lithium Ion Batteries (Patent No. 6651115, No. 6647667)
●Lithium Recovery System from Waste Lithium Ion Batteries (Patent No. 7060899)
●Method of Lithium Recovery from Waste Lithium Ion Batteries (Patent No. 7084669, No. 7097130)
●Lithium Carbonate Manufacturing Device (Patent No.6533859)
●Lithium Carbonate Manufacturing Method (Patent No. 6861446)
Certifications / Licenses
●ISO9001, ISO14001, KENKO Investment for Health (2022)
Awards / Commendations
●2021 Fukushima Minpo Presents Fukushima Industry Awards Governor’s Award, Winner of Koriyama City’s 2021 Koriyama SDGs Award

Company Strengths & Characteristics

Asaka Riken has employed its environmental business and precious metals business to protect the environment and make effective use of resources. Both of these fields of business contribute to society through the reimagining of value offered by recycled resources. By collecting and reusing valuable resources found in urban mines, our company helps reduce the environmental impact associated with traditional deforestation and mining. Bolstered by our years of experience, we work to contribute to a more ustainable society today through our resource recycling model propositions to meet modern needs.

Future Prospects & Areas of Interest

Our latest venture is in our new LiB recycling business. We collect rare metals from used lithium ion car batteries and recycle them into reusable LiB materials. In response to the popularization of new-age vehicles in the push to move away from carbon fuels, the LiB market is expanding rapidly. However, the acquisition of and mining for rare metals used heavily in LiBs and other modern devices is causing new environmental problems. Our LiB recycling business seeks to recycle these problematic materials and aid in solving the environmental problems they present. By not only aiding the spread of clean energy and helping to curb CO2 emissions, but establishing a recycling process for valuable rare metals, we aim to further reduce our environmental impact.

Circulate the possibilities Rediscover resource possibilities and circulate the process