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Yamaguchi* Green Materials Cluster(YGC) Profile

* located in westernmost part of main island

Open session on “ Latest Trend in European Green Material Clusters and Possibilities for EU-

Japan Cluster Cooperation” At Green Innovation EXPO 2012

November 14th 2012, Tokyo Big Site

Dr. Mitsuhiro Kurashige Project Director, YGC

[email protected] (Yamaguchi Prefectural Industrial Technology Institute (local incorporated administrative agency))

Biography Dr.Eng. Mitsuhiro Kurashige

• 1942 Born • 1965 Graduated from Kyusyu university,(1984 PhD degree, Engineering) • 1965~1999;NHK(Japan broadcasting corporation),mainly engaged in researches on

HDTV at the technical labs. After serving as Director of Material Science and Devices div., Director of Image Devices div., in 1994, moved to NHK Engineering service Co. as the secretary-general., HDTV-consortium. 1999 Executive Research Engineer, NHK Labs.

• 2000~2007,Panasonic as an adviser • From 2009 April, present post 2000 Co-established Entrepreneur Engineering Research Group and after

secretary-general and chairperson, now advisor. Currently he serves as a visiting professor, Kochi University of Technology & Osaka Electric-Communication University

• Major publication:｢Shock! Plasma TV can change society(Jitsugyo-no Nihon)<2008>｣,｢After market strategy(Hakuto-Syobo)<2012>｣

• Award: Journal Paper Award. J. IEICE,SMPTE Journal Award, Achievement Award IEICE etc. Member of IEICE, ITE(Fellow), and SID.

2012/11/14 2 EU Green Material Cluster Mission Open Session

Outline

1. Introduction

2. Brief Overview of Yamaguchi Prefecture

3. The Vision to Conform Yamaguchi Green Materials Cluster(YGC)*1

4. YGC’s R&D Themes and Innovation Creation Scenario

5. YGC’s Innovation Management

6. Brief Overviews of The Interim Achievements

7. Conclusion

*1 Driven by one of MEXT’s*2 publicly offered programs to promote strategic regional innovations

*2 MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology


1. Introduction

Why now the green technologies Society growth should be limited by various and

intertwined complicate factors such as population, food

supply, pollution, finite natural resources, and industrial

output, which should impose a limit to the growth of

society including regional developments as well.

Green technologies must be one of important solutions to

this limitation.

The Rome Club founded in 1970s gives us thought-

provoking arguments even nowadays.


1900 2100

Foods/person

A Simulation for Global Growth Model （Source:”The limits to Growth, Rome-Club report entitled “ Human Crisis ”, Diamond Press (1972)

Industrial output/person

Pollution

Population

Natural resource Rough

birth rate

Rough death rate

Service /person


Year

Feedback Mechanism to Affect Population Growth and Industrial Capital Growth

Source:”The limits to Growth, Rome-Club report entitled “ Human Crisis ”, Diamond Press (1972)


Industrial capital(factory, machine)

Industrial Output

Capitalconsumption

(Annual obsolescenceor consumed capital )

Investment(Annually

invested new capital)

Investment income ratioAmplifier－＋

Electronic feedback circuit to stabilizethe output

Input Output

Population(Total population)

(+) (-)

Annual births

Birth rate

Death rateExpected life

Annual deaths

(+) (-)

• 1.43 million Population • Inland mild climate • Three sides surrounded by the seas • Birth place of the Meiji Restoration

to trigger Japanese modernization

2. Brief Overview of Yamaguchi Prefecture

• Previously, rich resources such as salt, rice and paper, so-called “three whites”

• Rich natural resources such as coal, limestone, and soda induced modernization of industries in the 20th century

• Recently, the chemicals and petrochemical complexes prospers


【Prefecture GDP】【Industrial Sector Breakdown】

Small/Mid-sized Enterprises

Large-sized

Enterprises

Tertiary

Ind. Sector

Secondary Ind. Sector

【Company Size Breakdown】

Base Material Industries

Fab/Assembler Industries

Ube/Onoda

Region Complex

Shimonoseki

Region Complex

Shunan Region

Complex

Iwakuni/Ohtake

Region Complex

Primary Ind. Sector

Industry-Based Province Base Material Industry Leading Global Expansion led by Large-sized Enterprises

Schematic illustration of Yamaguchi Pref. Industries


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Primary, 0.9

Secondary, 33.9

Tertiary, 65.1

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Industrial sector break down (2010)

Yamaguchi

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Prefectural GDP Change Source: “Yamaguchi Prefecture's Industry” (2012)


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Particularly Notable Features of Yamaguchi Prefecture’s Industry Source: “Yamaguchi Prefecture's Industry” (2012)

Basic material industries support Yamaguchi prefecture In Taisho Era(1912-1926 ) , various factories such as shipbuilding, chemicals, machinery, and metal engineering etc. moved aggressively into Yamaguchi one by one along Seto inland sea. After the world-war, petrochemical complexes were conformed , and they contributed to evolve Yamaguchi to a leading industrial prefecture. In the western part the previous coal mining industries reformed timely to chemicals, petroleum, ceramics etc industries, while in the eastern part chemical companies for sodas were accumulated around petroleum refinery complexes.

Industries for transport machineries, electronic components, and drug medicines accumulated In Yamaguchi , transport machinery industries prospered as well in addition to the basic materials, and big companies such as vehicle maker [MAZDA], railway car maker [Hitachi], shipbuilder [Mitsubishi heavy industries] got around , and the related industries also accumulated. Furthermore, mechatronics , electronic component industries prospered and recently, the medicinal chemicals and environmental industries prospered remarkably together with related SMEs , thereby their annual production values have reached the top-class in Japan.

Energetic SMEs accumulated Yamaguchi has a lot of energetic SMEs possessing technical skills high enough to compete world

widely. For example, Yamashita-kogyo Co. proud of sheet metal hammering process applied to the Shinkansen , Hiromoku-Giken Co. proud of super interior decorating technologies. Hibiki-Seiki Co. proud of cutting edge technologies producing the precise parts, e.g. for smart phones and

hybrid cars. Geo Power System Co. puts ventilation systems into market , utilizing earth thermal which were employed in pavilions at the Aichi-Expo (2005).

Syunan Petrochemical complex

On line manufacturing & assembling

Shinkansen & Electric switch board


Asia,59.5

Middle East,2.5

EU, 9.3

Central-Eastern Europe/ Rossia,

1.8

Noth America, 14.6

Central and South America,

6.0

Africa,0.7 Oceania,5.8

2010 Export Regional Breakdown(%)

Raw material, 2.7

Mineral Fuels, 3.4

Chemicals, 23.5

Products by crude

materials, 11

Machineries, 54.3

Miscellaneous, 3.8

Special goods, 0.7

Groceries,0.6

Raw material, 3.8

Mineral Fuels, 64.9

Chemicals,4

Products by crude materials,

6.9

Machineries, 6.1

Miscellaneous, 6.7

Special goods, 2.2

Groceries,4.2

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Central and South America,2.0

Africa,2.2 Oceania,

13.4

2010 Import Regional Breakdown(%)

EU, 1.4

Regional break down(%)

Yamaguchi Prefecture’s Foreign Trade Outlook ~merchandise item break down~

Source: “Yamaguchi Prefecture's Industry” (2012)

2012/11/14 EU Green Material Cluster Mission Open Session 11

Core universities ・Graduate school of Science and

Engineering Yamaguchi University

・Tokyo University of Science Yamaguchi

・National Fisheries University

Yamaguchi Industrial Promotion

Foundation （ Industrialization / management support ）

Yamaguchi pref. Industrial Technology

Institute（Technical assistance ） Nonlocal/Overseas

Universities and

research institutes Yamaguchi Prefecture（Promotion headquarters for

accumulating industries with advanced technologies in Yamaguchi ）

Cooperation

Cooperation among

industry/academia/public sector

Yamaguchi Green Materials Cluster

Drivers of Industrial Cluster Formation

○Globally competitive group of core corporations

Tokuyama Corporation, UBE INDUSTRIES, Ltd., Choshu Industry CO., LTD.,

Japan Fine Steel Co., Ltd, TODA KOGYO CORP., Ube Material Industries, Ltd., etc.

○Group of local, small and medium-sized enterprises with growing business

UBEKOHKI Co., Ltd., Nagayama Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Shintec Inc., Mizuguchi-densou Co., Ltd. etc. ○New start-ups/new corporate sites

Creating a resource

and energy-saving

production base for

high-performance

materials ・Developing venture

business

・Developing new

business

・Providing funding

・Providing industrial sites

Creating a Hub of

Global Knowledge ・Developing advanced

technologies

・Forming an international

hub of shared research

・Establishing research

infrastructure

・Promoting international

cooperation

・Conducting HR

development targeting

youth

Semiconductor

manufacturing/processing equipment

Solar cell (PV) silicon

High efficiency light-

emitting materials

(LED, etc.)

Organic EL

Recycling waste

silicon

LED applied

products

Secondary battery

materials

Nanoparticle

applied products

3. The Vision to Conform Yamaguchi Green Materials Cluster(YGC)


Participating Organizations of Yamaguchi Green Materials Cluster


National Fisheries University

DIC Corporation

HDT INC.

Hosiden Co.

KANEKA CORPORATION

Nippon Atomized Metal Powders Corporation

Sharp Co.

Companies outside

Yamaguchi UBEKOHKI Co.,Ltd.

Japan Fine Steel Co., Ltd.

Shintec Inc.

Shin Nihon IyakucorporationChoshu Industry Co.,Ltd.

Tokuyama Corporation

TODA COGYO CORP.

Nagayama Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd.

Mizuguchi-densou Co.,Ltd.

Yamaguchi Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefectural Agriculture & Forestry

General Technology Center

Yamaguchi Prefectural Fisheries Research Center

Yamaguchi Industrial Promotion Foundation

Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi UniversityFaculty of Engineering

Yamaguchi Prefectural Industrial Technology Institute

Yamaguchi UniversityFaculty of Agriculture

Silver Paste Optical Films

Flexible

Thermo-electric

Conversion

Element

LED Materials

& Applied LED

Technologies

Technologies

for Reducing/

Recycling

Waste Silicon

Slurry

Nanoparticle-

doped

Materials and

Devices

R&D for

Primary

Industrial

Application

by Using

LED Lighting

R&D for Original Substrates Repelling Si

Melt to Emit no Wasted Silicon

R&D for Next-generation FSC(Field-

sequential LCD)

and Super Green LCD(STN & PSV)

R&D for Flexible Organic Thermo-electric

Conversion Materials

R&D for Hybrid Nanoparticle-doped Optical-

films

R&D for New Fishery Technology

by Using LED Lighting

Project

Liquid Crystal Display

GaN

5 mm sapphire

Subject

R&D for Light Emitting Diode(LED)

Materials

R&D for Pest Management

System, and Crop Growth Control

System by Using LED Lighting

By-catch Reduction Fishing

Spherical Si Thin Plate Si Reusable Crucible R&D of Synthesis of Brominated Silanes

from Waste Silicon Slurry and Recycling

Technology to Solar Grade Silicon

Patterned

Sapphire

Substrate

4. YGC’s R&D Themes and Innovation Creation Scenario

Waste

Silicon

Solar Grade

Silicon

Pest Management

Crop Growth Control

Overview

High

Luminance

Substrate repelling Si melt

Nanoparticles


5. YGC’s Innovation Management(1) ～Trinity Strategy of R&D, Intellectual Property, and Commercialization～


Commercialization Participating corporationsVenture companies Commercialization scenarios Analysis of competiveness

Research Promotion Committee Administration & Planning, etc. Progress controlling

Intellectual Properties

Survey

University/intellectualproperty sector Patent applications Interaction with Patent Office

Proposal discussions

CooperationCommercialization scenarios information

Research outcomes

Strategic Trinity Formation

Reporting

R&Dinformation

Various industryand academicresearch groups

Intellectual PropertyStrategy CommitteePlanning/managing, etc. of

intellectual property strategies

• Committee chairperson (Project Director doubles)

• A (Yamaguchi Prefectural Industrial Technology Institute: Intellectual property coordinator)

• B (Yamaguchi University: Former corporate patent advisor)

• C (Yamaguchi University: Former TLO)• D (Tokyo University of Science:

Intellectual property coordinator)• E (Participating Corporation:

Intellectual property staff)• F (Participating Corporation: Person in

charge of intellectual property law)

ＲＤ

Debut of new products & services

new market creation

Domestic Base technology,

Overseas Base technology,

Licensing

Establishment of venture company

Third parties

In/out-sourcing & aggregation of

technologies through industry-

university-government cooperation

Ｂ

Existing companies

Common concept:

“globalization”

YGC’s Innovation Management(2) ～Japanese Hand-drum Shaped Semi-open Innovation Model～


6. Brief Overviews of the interim achievements(1)

①LED Materials & Applied LED Technologies ・LED（Light emitting diode) ・Pest management system, and crop growth control system by LEDs ・New fishery technology by LED lighting

PSS: Patterned sapphire substrate to improve LED luminous efficiency drastically

University-launched entrepreneurial venture company; Yamaguchi Opto Semiconductor, Inc., President Mr. Sugiura Founded in Sep. 2010

②Developing technologies for reducing/recycling waste silicon slurry ・A substrate to repel Si melt ・Synthesis of brominated silanes from waste silicon slurry and recycling technology to

solar grade

Experimental spherical micro silicon

Thin plate silicon Waste silicon Polycrystalline silicon



③Developing nanoparticle-doped materials & devices ・Fast-response energy saving LCD ・High performance LCDs for car-aplications ・Prolonged stability of nano-particle dispersion ・Flexible organic thermoelectric conversion materials ・Metalparticles for fine-wiring ・Hybrid nanoparticle-doped optical film

Nanoparticles Nanoparticle-doped LCD display

6. Brief Overviews of the interim achievements Brief Overviews of the interim achievements(2)

7. Conclusion

• Reviewed why now green innovation • Overviewed Yamaguchi prefecture’s history ,

geography and industries etc. including economic activities.

• Introduced our cluster innovation, including R&Ds, promotion management, and interim achievements.

• Yamaguchi is proud of its strong base material industries, competitive worldwidely and thereby hope to contribute to the creation of new and worldwide clusters.


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