NOMURA Co.,Ltd., Ltd. participates in space decoration using upcycled aluminum from the Tokaido Shinkansen 700 series car body

NOMURA Co.,Ltd. Ltd. has participated in a project led by Tokyo Station Development Co., Ltd. (JR Central Group) to recycle aluminum from the Tokaido Shinkansen 700 Series train (hereinafter referred to as the 700 Series Shinkansen) into building materials and use them as interiors materials for the Yaesu North Exit concourse of Tokyo Station and the Tokyo Gift Palette specialty shopping mall. This is the first time since the start of Shinkansen service in 1964 that recycled aluminum containing no additives has been used to decorate a commercial space while maintaining the high quality of the 700 Series Shinkansen, and the project won the Japan Aluminum Association Development Award. NOMURA Co.,Ltd. has been involved from the development stage of the building materials project and was responsible for the production, construction production, and project management of the environmental area interiors work.

NOMURA Co.,Ltd. will continue to work on improving the technology and quality that will solve social issues, and will take on the challenge of creating spaces that will contribute to improving our customers' corporate value and creating a sustainable society.

*1: What is Upcycle?

Unlike recycling and reuse, a new methodology of sustainable manufacturing that reborns into something else by adding new ideas while making use of the original shape and characteristics.

(Source: Japan Upcycling Association)