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“Save the Energy” Project

In addition to supplying environmental measuring instruments and industrial equipment that reduce
environmental loads, we also intend to strengthen our lineup of products that contribute directly to
establishing a low-carbon society. In January 2010, we announced, both within and outside Shimadzu, the
“Save the Energy” project, which we established to strengthen our lineup of energy-saving products. This
project promotes the development of products that offer the potential of significant energy savings and are
consistent with a low-carbon society by achieving energy savings of at least 25 % through lower power
*1
consumption by the customer and lower operating costs. The project has resulted in reducing the power
consumption of many products, and products with power savings of at least 25 % were identified as
This product is certified compliant with
energy-saving products and certified under Shimadzu’s ECO-label system. By the end of fiscal 2013, this
Shimadzu ECO-label standards.
project resulted in developing and selling 34 energy-saving models. Among these, 27 models were Energy savings: XX % lower energy
analytical and measuring instruments, six were medical diagnostic imaging equipment, and one was an consumption than previous Shimadzu models
industrial machine. *1 Energy saving rate = a−b
a
Shimadzu ECO-Label (Power Saving) Certified Products a: Power consumption of previous model
Analytical and Measuring Instruments b: Power consumption of new model
Energy Energy
Type Model saving Type Model saving
rate(%) *2 rate(%) *2
Analytical GC-2025 gas chromatograph 29.3 Analytical DSES-1000 45.2
and LC-20AP solvent delivery unit 41.0 and long-stroke displacement gauge for soft materials
Measuring for preparative liquid chromatography Measuring ECU1 series 59.4
Instruments SIL-30ACMP autosampler Instruments energy-conservation unit for Servopulser hydraulic units
for ultra high performance liquid chromatographs 27.9 ECU2 series 41.9
energy-conservation unit for Servopulser hydraulic units
SPD-M30A photodiode array detector for HPLC systems 35.4
EZ Test EZ-LX compact tabletop testers 57.8
GCMS-QP2010 Ultra 26.2
gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer EZ Test EZ-SX compact tabletop tester 63.8
GCMS-QP2010 SE gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer 27.3 MOC63u moisture analyzer 32.8
GCMS-TQ8030 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer 26.2 Radiography-specific 17-inch FPD 79.2
Medical
GCMS-TQ8040 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer 26.4 Diagnostic DAR-9000 digital subtraction angiography 73.7
IRTracer-100 33.5 Imaging X-ray image processing unit
Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer Equipment SDR-100 image processing unit 56.3
PDA-8000 spark optical emission spectrometer 43.3 (component in FLEXAVISION series systems)
Direct-conversion type 9-inch flat panel X-ray detector
EDX-8000 44.1 65.2
energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (component in BRANSIST safire angiography systems)
Direct-conversion type 17-inch flat panel X-ray detector
EDX-7000 44.1 (component in SONIALVISION safire X-ray R/F systems) 75.8
energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer
K-17 main panel assembly
SMX-800 microfocus X-ray fluoroscopy system 26.1
BRANSIST alexa angiography system 32.9
TOC-LCSH total organic carbon analyzer 36.4
Industrial
UH-200kNXh universal testing machine 81.3 Machinery MCXS anti-reflective coating system for solar cells 68.1
UH-300kNXh universal testing machine 81.7
*2 Energy savings rates were calculated based on operating products under the
UH-F300kNXh universal testing machine 54.0 same conditions as the previous Shimadzu model. Actual energy savings
UH-500kNXh universal testing machine 81.9 may vary depending on operating conditions. Therefore, the indicated data
is not intended as a guarantee of performance.
UH-F500kNXh universal testing machine 54.3
UH-1000kNXh universal testing machine 81.8
UH-F1000kNXh universal testing machine 61.6
The total power consumption of the energy-saving models sold in fiscal
2013 was 44 % less than the energy that would have been consumed if
the previous models had continued to be sold. Therefore, results far
exceeded target savings. The energy-saving models sold in fiscal 2013
*3
also reduced customer CO2 emissions by about 3,500 t-CO2. This is
equivalent to about 8 % of the Shimadzu Group’s total CO2 output of
44,472 t-CO2 in fiscal 2013. Considering all the energy-saving models
sold globally between fiscal 2010 and 2013, this project has reduced
CO2 emissions by over 10,000 t-CO2.

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