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Date : 15th –18th in April 2012
Venue : Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)
The 13th World Conference on Investment Casting co organized by JFS, ICI, EICF and cmf.
Detail Introduction of The 13th World Conference on Investment Casting
& The Global Investment Casting Exhibition
in Kyoto, Japan
European Investment Casters’ Federation
Investment Casting Institute
Cast Metals Federation
-Assent- Japan Foundry Engineering Society The Materials Process Technology Center Gas Turbine Society of Japan(GTSJ) The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers(JSME) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan(JSAE) Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.(JAMA) Japan Auto Parts Industries Association(JAPIA) The Japan Society of Industrial Machinery Manufacturers (JSIM) The Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies(SJAC) Japan Medical Devices Manufacturers Association(JMED)
-Back up- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.(METI) Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
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1. Greeting
-Greeting of Mr. Kanetake Nakatani- (Chairman of Japan Foundry Society, Inc.)
Japan Foundry Society, Inc. Chairman
Kanetake Nakatani
The 13th World Conference on Investment Casting (WCIC) will be the first conference held in Asian district to be hosted by Japan Foundry Society Inc. (JFS) and also to be co-hosted by three organizations, European Investment Casters’ Federation Society (EICF), Cast Metals Federation (cmf), and Investment Casting Institute (ICI) on Sunday 15th through Wednesday 18th in April, 2012. The WCICs from 1st to 12th were held periodically alternately with the U.S. and Europe once
ever four years. This 13th WCIC that will be held first in Asia district was decided at the 12th WCIC in Poland, and will be served and held by JFS with a subject. We hope that this conference will be useful for many participants who are investment casters,
suppliers, end users all over the world having concern on the investment casting technology and business. And it is scheduled to lectures, technical information exchange, and plant tours. The main theme of this conference is that the change as a concept of “Revolution from Asia” is shown. Then a lot of related societies and organizations in Japan including the Ministry of Economy-Trade-and-Industry, Japanese Engineering Society, the Materials Process Technology Center and others are backed up. In addition, “The Global Investment Casting Exhibition” will be held in ANNEX HALL in parallel to the 13th Conference. It will be sure of the result in which participants are obtained at this conference contributing
to development of “Investment Casting Technologies”.
-Greeting of Mr. Kouki Otsuka-
(Chairman of the Executive Committee of the13th WCIC)
The 13th World Conference on Investment Casting Chairman of the Executive Committee
Kouki Otsuka (Senior Adviser of Hitachi Metals Precision Ltd.)
Japan Foundry Society is advancing the preparation of the 13th World Conference on Investment Casting (WCIC) is held in Japan by setting up the executive committee that composes of the main investment casting companies. The executive committee schedules the 37 latest lectures in total, market views of the world,
technical lectures of the makers, suppliers and end users of concerning to the investment casting all over the world for two days, and the Rolls-Royce Co. in Europe and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in Japan have already been decided to lecture. Moreover, we make the schedule of the plant tours of some investment casting makers such as
the Hitachi Metals Precision Ltd., Daido Castings Co., Ltd., and KINGPARTS Co.,Ltd. and some end users companies. Moreover, with the cooperation of the China Foundry Association, the plant tour of the latest, investment casting company in Wuxi and Taizhou district is examined. Each maker, supplier and end user company that relates to an investment casting all over the
world exhibit concerning the latest investment castings in this exhibition. The number of exhibition booths schedules about 95. And, the corner of the panel exhibition is installed in the same floor by about 30 panels or more, and disclosing latest, technological information is planned widely by the science exhibition by the latest university and research laboratories, etc. We promote to attempt the promotion through the publication of inside and outside country
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such as the newspaper, the casting journal, formed and fabricated materials, etc. Moreover, the Website of JFS and other organizations of each country are used to promote this
conference all over the world. 400 people are scheduled to participate of Japan, Asian districts, and Europe and the America
by such an activity including the person related to the investment casting industry and the end user. In addition, the further attendance increases are attempted by opening this exhibition to the public free of charge, and it contributes to expand the exhibited enterprise's businesses. We hope for participation and the exhibition to the plenary session and the exhibition would like it examining by all means.
2. Outline of the13th WCIC
a) Concept “Innovation from Asia”
Now, Asia that had come to produce about 60 percent of the world production of investment castings came to form the third pole of the world with North America and Europe.
So, it is a big meaning for investment castings industry in Japan and an Asian region to hold the first World Conference on Investment Casting (WCIC) in Japan that is the country of information center of the investment casting industry in Asia, and to show the progress and revolution of the Asian investment casting technology in the world.
b) Date and Venue Date: 15th - 18th in April 2012 Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto)
c) Contents (1) 37 presentations (End users, Makers and Suppliers) (2) Exhibition booths of max 95 (3) Panel exhibition of the latest technology of researchers of science and the academic society (4) 3 courses of plant tour in Japan (5) Plant tour of investment casting foundries in China (Option)
d) Event Schedule Table 1 Event schedule
Date Time Events Exhibition Time
15th April, Sun 12:00-17:00 Registration 12:00-16:30 18:00-20:00 Reception
16th April, Mon 8:30- 9:00 Registration 9:30-16:30 9:00-17:00 Conference (Room A) 19:00-21:30 Banquet
17th April, Tue 8:30- 9:00 Registration 9:30-15:00 9:00-16:45 Conference (Room A & B-1)
18th April, Wed All day Plant tours in Japanese foundries: 3 routes
19th-22nd April All day Plant tour in Chinese foundries (Optional tour for persons from USA and Europe)
(a) Number of participants from all over the world: 350-400 peoples (b) Excursion: 16th April, Kyoto
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e) Registration website: http://www.foundry.jp/wcic/index_e.html
Table 2 Entry fees of Conference and Exhibition etc. (unit: Yen) Contents ~Jan. 5 2012 Jan. 6~Apr. 17
Conference Fee Member 60,000 70,000 Non-Member 100,000 Student 15,000
Reception Member/Non-member 7,000
Banquet Member/Non-member 20,000 Spouse 10,000
Plant Tours in Japan Root A 36,000 Root B 31,000 Root C 24,000
Plant Tour in China - (Except flight ticket) 105,000
Excursion - 14,000
☆ICI, EICF, cmf, CFA, KFS, TFS, TCIA and IIF are the approval groups as of October 20th 2011. ☆Entrance fee of the exhibition floor is free of charge.
Table 3 Entry fees of Exhibition etc. (unit: Yen) Contents ~Jan. 5 2012 Jan. 6~Feb. 29
Panel Exhibition Fee (For academic organizations )
A: Registrant of Conference 30,000 50,000 B: Presenter (Univ.) 50,000 60,000 C: Panel Exhibition Only 50,000 55,000
Exhibition Fee (For corporate enterprises)
Exhibition Booth fee 270,000 Basic decoration fee (Include build and scrap fee) 150,000
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3. Conference: 16th - 17th April JFS prepares 37 lectures concerning the market and the technology, the user of the investment
casting industry in the world for two days, 16th~17th in April. We prepare English, Japanese and Chinese ,Japanese simultaneous interpreters. Market review (M): 8 lectures End user presentation (U): 5 lectures Technical lecture (T): 24 lectures Total: 37 lectures
Room A Room B-1 Fig.1 Conference rooms of ICC Kyoto
Table 4 List of the lecture of the 13th WCIC
April 16, 2012
Room A Seg. Lecture title Name of Lecturer Company Name
9:00~9:10 Opening ceremony (Greeting) 9:10~9:25 M1 Marketing (generalization of the world) Ronald Williams Blayson Group Ltd.
9:25~9:40 M2 Marketing (Japan) Yoshihiro Kakuta JFS
9:40~9:55 M3 The Current Situation of China’s Investment Casting Industry Dr. Zhigang LU Tsinghua University
9:55~10:10 M4 Korean Investment Casting Market in 2011 Han Doo Ok Chunji Corporation 10:10~10:25 - Coffee Break 10:25~10:40 M5 The Investment Casting Industry In Taiwan Sunpo Hsu TCIA 10:40~10:55 M6 Advances in Indian Investment Casting Industry Deepan Dave Dynatec Technology (IICA) 10:55~11:10 M7 The North American Market Review John J. Marcin ICI, Pratt & Whitney 11:10~11:25 M8 Marketing in Europe Ronald Williams Blayson Group Ltd. 11:25~11:40 M1~M8 Question and Answer
11:40~13:30 - Lunch and visit of the exhibition
13:30~14:00 U1 Precision castings as Automotive Turbocharger component Atsushi Hagita Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Ltd.
14:00~14:30 U2 Lecture about components of IGT. Ikuo Okada Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.
14:30~15:00 U5 Meeting the Challenge – large civil aircraft engine trends and their impact upon the casting of single crystal turbine components
Dr-Ing Steve Irwin Rolls-Royce Ltd.
15:00~15:15 - Coffee Break 15:15~15:45 U3 Medical Treatment (Implant) Noboru Yamawaki Japan Medical Materials Co.
15:45~16:15 U4 Development of foundry casting methods for cost effective manufacture of medical implants Dr Mark Jolly
School of Mechanical Engineering University of Birmingham
16:15~17:00 U1~U5 Question and Answer
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April 17, 2012 Room A Seg. Lecture title Name of speaker Company Name
9:00~9:30 T1 High Temperature Material (Super Alloy) Dr. Hiroshi Harada High Temperature Materials Center
9:30~10:00 T2 Implementation activity for developed technology in “Development of Investment Mold Technology for Advanced Investment Casting”
Yukio Nasu King Parts, Ltd.
10:00~10:30 T3 Application of Recent X-ray CT Technology to Investment Casting field Hiroki Tooyama ICC / IHI Corporation
10:30~10:45 - Coffee Break 10:45~11:15 T4 The investment casting technology of Ti products Masayoshi Takahashi Daido Castings Co., Ltd.
11:15~11:45 T9 Research on Hot Isostatic Pressing Application of the Dispersed Shrinkage Defects Elimination in Turbine blades Precision Casting
Bao Yankun Zhejiang University
11:45~13:00 - Lunch and visit of the exhibition
13:00~13:30 T5 Developments of casting technologies by inflect CAE system.
Masazumi Kagawa Hitachi Metals Precision Ltd.
13:30~14:00 T6 Multi-scale Simulation of Turbine Blade Casting by CAFE and MCAFE Dr. Kimio Kubo EKK JAPAN INC.
14:00~14:30 T8 Vacuum Fast Drying Process of Ceramic Shell Chin Tsan Lin Dongguan Wealthy Machinery Co., Ltd.
14:30~15:00 T11 The Influence of Additives to the Properties of Ceramic Mold and Slurry for Investment Casting Jung-Hsiung Shen
Post-Doctor of National Sun-yet Sen University, Material and Optoelectronic Science
15:00~15:15 - Coffee Break
15:15~15:45 T18 Water soluble cores for aluminum investment castings Ladislav Tomek Igor Láník - Techservis Boskovice
15:45~16:15 T7 Research and Application of EPS Investment Casting Technique Lu Ding Quan Donfeng Investment Casting Co., Ltd.
16:15~16:45 T10 Development of Cost Effective Mold Materials for Ti Investment Casting Dr. Young-jig Kim Sungkyunkwan Univ.
April 17, 2012
Room B-1 Seg. Lecture title Name of speaker Company Name
9:00~9:30 T23 Process Control: A Management Responsibility and Decision
Nipendra (Nip) P. Singh S&A Consulting Group LLP
9:30~10:00 T13 State of the art development in investment casting to face the challenges of the new generation of aero engine components
R. Guntlin Access
10:00~10:30 T14 Energy Saving & Cost Effective Manufacturing via Net Shape Investment Casting
Philipp Schack TITAL GmbH
10:30~10:45 - Coffee Break
10:45~11:15 T24 Profit thought Innovation Bruce S. Phipps MPI Incorporated
11:15~11:45 T12 Indian Investment Casting from Primitive to Precision
Dr. Niranjan Das DMRL (Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory)
11:45~13:00 - Lunch and visit of the exhibition
13:00~13:30 T16 Developments in Vacuum Furnace Design for Investment Casting for (Equiax / Directional Solidification / Single Crystal)
Noel Guilliard Consarc
13:30~14:00 T15 Latest Research Activities at the Bruno University of Technology Related to the Investment Casting Process.
PhD. Milan Horacek Bruno University of Technology
14:00~14:30 T17 Thermal properties of investment casting shells based on Fused Alumina.
Dr. Thomas Krumrei CARRD GmbH
14:30~15:00 T19 Experience from the user; High speed shell drying with MK Big-Booster
Michael Kügelgen MK Technology GmbH
15:00~15:15 - Coffee Break
15:15~15:45 T20 Healthy Shell- Wide Distribution Stucco Blends & Their Affect upon Shell Performance
Chris Whitehouse Minco, Inc. (a ceradyne company)
15:45~16:15 T21 How Shell Materials and Shell Properties Influence Shell Cracking
Dr. M. J. Peter Wang Ransom & Randolph
16:15~16:45 T22 The Effects of Polymer Selection on Shell Performance Frank Tistle & Robert Brown
Remet Corporation
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4. Exhibition Number of booths: 95booths/ 3m×2m Date: 15th - 17th in April The exhibition of about 95 booths is planned to the exhibition hall (Annex hall). The 85 booths (78 companies’ name) on Table 5 have already fixed the exhibition.
Table 5 Exhibition companies (at of 6st Dec. 2011) No. Div. Company Name No. Div. Company Name 1 Japan SHIMADZU CORPORATION 41 Japan JUKI AIZU CORPORATION
2 Japan ACE TRADING Co.,LTD./ 東営正城精密金属有限公司 42 China Dalian Million Investment Casting Co.,Ltd
3 USA Retech Systems 43 Taiwan WEKO INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT CORP. 4 USA CONSARC 44 Taiwan Union Foundry Co., Ltd.
5 Europe ALD VACUUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC./MATSUBO Corporation 45 Taiwan Boltun Corporation
6 Europe Igor Láník - Techservis Boskovice 46 Taiwan YEONG LUH ENTERPRISE.CO.,LTD 7 Europe BLADE TOOLING COMPANY LIMITED 47 Taiwan Yih Yng Precise Device Mfg., Co., Ltd. 8 Europe Blayson Group 48 Taiwan CHIPS INVESTMENT CASTING INC. 9 Europe LBBC TECHNOLOGIES 49 Taiwan JING YUH METAL INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
10 USA MPI, INC. 50 Taiwan Jan Fa Industrial Co., Ltd. 11 USA Nalco Company 51 Japan NARITA TECHNO Co.,Ltd.
12 Japan IKEGAI Metal Co., Ltd. / Japan Highcomm Co.,Ltd. 52 Europe Avignon Ceramic SAS
13 Japan EKK JAPAN Inc. 53 Japan INDUCTOTHERM 14 USA Ransom & Randolph/Pacific Kiln 54 Europe MK Technology 15 Japan IHI CASTINGS CO., LTD. 55 Japan JSOL 16 Japan IHI MASTER METAL Co.,Ltd. 56 Japan CMET Corporation 17 Japan IHI Corporation 57 Europe LONGWEAR PRODUCTS LTD 18 Japan TAENAKA KOGYO CO., LTD. 58 Korea Korea Lost-Wax Co.,Ltd. 19 USA Admat Co., Ltd. 59 Japan SCSK Corporation 20 Japan QUALICA Inc. 60 USA REMET 21 Japan Hitachi Metals Precision, Ltd. 61 India Investment & Precision Castings Limited 22 Japan SHINWA SANGYO Co., Ltd. 62 USA Paramelt Argüeso Kindt 23 Japan King Parts Ltd. 63 Japan Minmetals Japan Corporation 24 Japan ITOCHU CERATECH CORPORATION 64 USA VA Technology 25 USA CANNON-MUSKEGON CORPORATION 65 Korea CHUNJI CORPORATION 26 Japan CASTEM Co.,Ltd. 66 China Snowchemical S&T Co., Ltd 27 Japan Daido Castings Co., Ltd. 67 Korea SINGIL.Co.,Ltd. 28 Japan ESI Japan Ltd. 68 USA Cleveland Tool & Machine/Crystal CO.,Ltd 29 Japan Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd. 69 Europe IMERYS 30 Japan EX ONE Company, LLC 70 Taiwan Malico Inc. 31 Japan Aspect Inc. 71 China Shandong Yonghe Precise Metals Co.,Ltd 32 China IMPRO LIMITED 72 China Wuhan Zonking Metal Products Co.,Ltd 33 USA ASK CHEMICALS HI-TECH LLC 73 China Unknown 34 Japan Hayashi Lost-Wax Industries Co., Ltd. 74 USA Investment Casting Institute INCAST Magazine 35 USA Fireline, Inc. 75 Japan Noritake Co., Limited 36 USA Remelt Sources, Inc. 76 Europe Capital Injection Ceramics 37 Japan TAKACHIHO SANKI Co.,ltd. 77 Europe TREIBACHER INDUSTRIE AG 38 USA Metsch Refractories Inc. 78 USA Pratt & Whitney(ICI)
39 Japan MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES PRECISION CASTING CO., LTD.
40 Japan FUJIFILM Corporation / FUJIFILM Business Supply Co., Ltd.
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Fig.2 Booth layout in the ANNEX Hall
-Specification of basic decoration of a booth-
1) Basic decoration fee: 150,000 yen (Include build and scrap fee)
2) Specification (a) Booth measurements:
Width 3,000mm × Depth 2,000mm × Height 2,500mm (b) Basic decoration: ・Back panel / Papapet,Octanorm System ・Fluorescent light 40W ・AC socket (2 100V 300W sockets) ・Company Name Banner (W900×H200,white base,black Gothic font lettering)
・Exhibition table (with white table cloth) One table:
Width 1,800mm × Depth 900mm × Height 700mm (by request only)
・Folding chair (c) Height restriction:
The height of any exhibit is limited to 2.5m. Exhibit size: Maximum size: W3, 000mm × H2, 800mm
(Size of Annex hall door) Maximum floor load: 250kg/m2 or less (Consultation necessary)
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5. Panel Exhibition To disclose latest, technological information widely by installing about 30 panel suspenders in
the corner of the ANNEX Hall, and offering the place where the latest study results of everybody are widely announced, the corner of the panel exhibition in that only for science and the people of the university and the government related to the academic society is planned.
Outline of exhibition holding (1) Exhibition name: Global Investment Casting Exhibition (2) Venue: ANNEX Hall of Kyoto International Conference Center (3) The exhibition schedule: 15th April 2012, Sun.~17th April, Thu.
Date Holding time 15th April, Sun 12:00~16:30 16th April, Mon 9:30~16:30 17th April, Thu. 9:30~15:00
-Outline of Panel (Oral) presentation Corner-
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6. Reception & Banquet (1) Reception
①Date: Sunday, 15th April, 2012 Open: 18:00-20:00
②Venue: Reception Hall “Swan” in ICC Kyoto Address: Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-0001, Japan Phone: +81-75-705-1234 Fax: +81-75-705-1100
(2) Banquet
①Date: Monday, 16th April, 2012 Open: 19:00-21:30
②Venue: “Prince Hall” in Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto Address: Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, kyoto-shi, Kyoto, 606-8505, Japan Phone: +81-75-712-1111 Fax: +81-75-712-7677
③ Language: English
④ Schedule Table 6 Schedule of Banquet on 16th April
Time Schedule Contents 19:00-19:30 Greeting
19:30-19:40 Attraction 1 Breaking open a ceremonial sake barrel (Kagamiwari) & Toast
19:40- Dinner
20:20-20:40 Attraction 2 Japanese traditional music (Bamboo flute & Koto)
20:40-20:50 Attraction 3 Performance of Geisha & Maiko girls
21:15-21:30 Closing
Attraction 1 Attraction 2 Attraction 3 (Kagamiwari) (Bamboo flute & Koto) (Geisha & Maiko Girls)
7. Plant tours in Japan
Reception Hall “Swan”
Banquet Hall “Prince Hall”
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Your plant tour route will be decided by the following procedure. a) The applicant selects the route in order of the first choice, second choice and third choice. b) Japan Foundry Society (JFS) decides the route for each applicant in consideration of their
desired route and other conditions. c) JFS will inform all applicants of their fixed route at the end of January, 2012. d) JFS requires the applicants to accept or decline the tour route by a specific day to be an
advised. e) JFS will inform the applicants of the payment method for the plant tour, when they have
accepted the fixed route. f) The applicant who completed the payment of the plant tour fee by the time limit becomes a
formal plant tour participant.
Attention: *1 The registration fee of WCIC cannot be canceled by the dissatisfaction of the visit route. *2 JFS admits neither the change nor the cancellation by participant's convenience after the visit
fee is paid and doesn't repay it.
Fig.3 Each route of a plant tour in Japan
(1) Date: Wednesday, 18th April 2012
(2) Route of Plant Tour
(a) Route A (750km) Departure time : 6:20 AM (Kyoto station) Estimated arrival time : 9:00 PM (Kyoto station)
①Hitachi Metals Precision, Ltd.(Yasugi works) Contents
Outline HMP produces efficient investment casting goods. Moreover, it meets diversified needs by the configuration design. The productive system that a large lot and a small lot are possible is possessed.
Products Turbine wheel for turbo-charger, Braid for gas turbine, Mechanical components, Engine mechanical components (MIM) etc.
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②King Parts Ltd.(Head Office works) Contents
Outline
Various and special materials such as the carbon steel, the alloy steel, stainless steels, the aluminum containing alloys, and the copper base alloys are manufactured in high-quality and high accuracy. It corresponds to high-mix low-volume production, and the quick turn and reduction in costs have been achieved in investment casting goods on.
Products General industrial machine parts, Electron・electricity・electric power machine parts, Machine tool parts, Medical equipment parts, Aircraft parts etc.
(b) Route B (465km)
Departure time : 6:20 AM (Kyoto station) Estimated arrival time : 7:20 PM (Kyoto station)
①Daido Casting Co., Ltd. (Nakatsugawa works) Contents
Outline The product of the weight to from a few grams to a few kilograms is manufactured. In the titanium investment casting goods, "Levy Cast method" that enables the floatage dissolution and the casting that Daido developed is adopted.
Products Turbo housing, Manifold, Hot wheel for turbo-charger etc.
②Noritake Co., Limited (Miyoshi works) Contents
Outline
A ceramic processing technology is variously applied, and the following four developed businesses are proposed.
a) Industrial machine parts business b) Pottery industry product business c) Engineering business d) Tableware business
Products Grinding whetstone, Diamond and CBN tool, Ceramic core for precision casting and other ceramic parts, Material with transfer paper and picture, Dental related product etc.
(c) Route C (203km)
Departure time : 6:20 AM (Kyoto station) Estimated arrival time : 5:30 PM (Kyoto station)
①Nabtesco Corporation Contents
Outline This company is a manufacturer in the eminent world in the flight control actuator of the aircraft, and the precise decelerator used for the joint etc. of the industrial-use robot all over the world occupies the share of about 60% of a top global market.
Products Railway vehicle brake device, Automatic door, Motor-driven air compressor, Hydraulic equipment etc.
②Shimadzu Corporation (Analysis Measurement Division) Contents
Outline
To contribute to the society by the science and technology, this company is supplying state-of-the-art equipment and the device of SHIMADZU to the enterprise in four fields of an analysis, measurement hardware, medical equipment, aircraft instruments, and industrial equipment.
Products -
(3) Notes 1) All tours leave Kyoto Station, and return to the same place. 2) The special guest status of this tour is limited to the13th WCIC participant. 3) The plant tour is executed by 13 applicants or more, and assumed to be 50 capacities. 4) As a rule, 15 minutes in briefing, 60 minutes in visit at foundry, 15 minutes in question and
answer. It is assumed that about 90 minutes in total.
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5) The explanation in the visit foundry is executed in English and Japanese. 6) It is possible to participate under the acknowledgment condition of the exchange visit. 7) The visit participation might be refused (competing ahead). 8) Participants are prohibited to bring in the camera and the camera phone. 9) Do not do the independent course of action according to the guide's instruction. 10) We accept the registration fee and after payment, the cancellation is not accepted.
8. Plant tours in China (1) Outline of the plant tour in China
Date: 19th April-22nd April The plant tour of an investment foundry in China was planned for the participant in Europe and America. The tour members move by a tour bus all day. The outline is as follows. 1) Plant tour (261km):
① Taizhou JinDing Precision Casting Co.,Ltd. (Taizhou City, China) ② Wuxi Impro Metal-Tech Co. Ltd. (Wuxi, Jiangsu, China)
2) The person for the visit: About 20 people for the member of EICF, cmf, and ICI.
Table 7 Plant tour of Chinese Foundry
Date City Estimated Local time
Schedule Note
19th April (Thu)
Kansai Airport Shanghai (Pudong)
①13:40~15:00 ②13:50~15:20 Move to China (Wuxi)
・Flight to Shanghai for yourself. ・Bus is waiting for you*1.
Move to Wuxi 16:00~19:00
20th April (Fri)
Taizhou 10:00~12:00 AM: Taizhou JinDing Precision Casting Co.,Ltd. PM: Move to Wuxi
・Optional tour of the sightseeing tour*4 Wuxi 15:00~
21st April (Sat)
Wuxi 10:00~12:00 AM: Wuxi Impro Metal-Tech Co. Ltd PM: Move to Shanghai
・After arrive at Shanghai, this tour is broken up*5. Move to Shanghai 14:00~16:30
22nd April (Sun)
Shanghai - - ・Free time ・Flight to your country for yourself.
*1 The tour bus is waiting for you at restricted time. JFS staff is waiting for you at Shanghai
Pudong Airport. *2 Please come to the hotel of Wuxi for yourself till Sunday night, if you are late for a tour bus. *3 Suitable airline and flight number from Kansai airport for Shanghai Pudong airport.
(This flight schedule is on September 1, 2011. It may be changed in future. ) ①MU516: 13:40 ⇒15:00 ②CA922: 13:50 ⇒15:20
*4 If there are six participants or more, the sightseeing tour of the city is scheduled in the afternoon.
*5 The delegation dissolves in Shanghai. You may return home even if you stay on this day. We are not preparing supper in Shanghai. You must eat for yourself.
(2) Participation fee
The tour fee is 105,000 yen/person (Single room).
The airline ticket to China is not included in this cost.
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(3) Information on visit factory
(a) Taizhou Jinding Precision Casting Co., Ltd.
Company Introduction
Set up in January 2001. Taizhou Jinding Precision Casting Co., Ltd. is a leading provider for Castings. They have 200 employees.
Products Automobile components, Carbon Steel Casting, Industrial Fittings, Low Alloy Steel Castings
Address Baimi Zhen, Jiangyan, Jiangsu, China Phone 0523-8338088/0523-8338752
Website (b) Wuxi Impro Metal-Tech Co. Ltd.
Company Introduction
Set up in January 2006. Wuxi Impro Metal-Tech Co. Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of high precision investment casting in Asia. They have 2000 employees.
Products Automobile components
Address No.30, Changjiang South Road, Wuxi National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, 214028 P.R. China
Phone 852-2572 8628
Website http://www.impro.com.hk/html/bus_investment.php#0
Fig.4 Route of plant tour in China
(4) Notes 1) The special guest status of this tour is limited to the 13th WCIC participant.
(Spouse may participate with you.) 2) The plant tour is executed by 15 applicants or more, and assumed to be 50 capacities. 3) The explanation in the visit foundry is executed in English. 4) The visit participation might be refused (competing ahead). 5) Participants are prohibited to bring in the camera and the camera phone. 6) We accept the registration fee and after payment, the cancellation is not accepted.
Shanghai
Taizhou Jinding Precision Casting
Wuxi Impro Metal-Tech
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9. Kyoto International Conference Center (ICC Kyoto) ICC Kyoto covers a vast site of 156,000m2 that features Main Building, Annex Hall, Event Hall
and a Japanese garden as well as car parking for 450 vehicles. Together with the adjoining hotel, the site serves as a state-of-the-art complex devoted exclusively to conferences.
ICC Kyoto boasts more than 70 conference rooms including 9 halls with simultaneous interpretation equipment. The Main Building, Annex Hall and Event Hall are connected by indoor passageways and linked by a digital network system comprising more than 600 fiber-optic cables. The13th WCIC uses this Room A as a main conference room and Room B1 is as 2nd conference room at first floor. The panel exhibition and normal exhibition are opened in the ANNEX Hall at ground floor.
Fig.5 Floor map of ICC Kyoto
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10. Information of Kyoto Kyoto is located in the west part of Japan. (Refer to Fig.6) And it is Ancient Town in Japan where the history exists
for 1200 years or more. It extended long and Japanese capital from the Heian Period to Edo period of 1073 years. Kyoto is assumed to become the heartland of the Japanese culture and for the temple of 1,600 or more and the Shinto shrine of 400 or more to exist from such historical details. The Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, such as
Buddhist temple, the Shinto shrine, and the castle, are the registration articles of World Heritage in Kyoto City in 1994. 17 World Culture Heritages site in Kyoto. The city that
concentrates the World Heritage of 17 is only Kyoto all over the world. (Refer to Fig.7)
Fig.6 Location of Kyoto into Japan
10) Kōzan-ji Temple
1) Kamigamo Shrine
2) Shimogamo Shrine
3) To-ji Temple
13) Kinkaku-ji Temple 17) Nijo Castle
5) Enrtyaku-ji
14) Ginkaku-ji Temple
4) Kiyomizu-dera
6) Daigo-ji Temple
8) Byodo-in 9) Ujikami Shrine 16) Nishi Hongan-ji Temple
7) Ninna-ji
15) Ryuan-ji Temple
12) Tenryū-ji Temple
11) Saihō-ji
Fig.7 Seventeen Heritages of Kyoto
JR-Kyoto Station
ICC Kyoto
3km
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11. Excursion 1) JFS prepares a course over World Heritage. 2) When the participant doesn't reach 20 people, the tour might be discontinued. 3) Excursion fee is 14,000yen/person. 4) The person who hopes for sightseeing excluding this sets up "Travel Desk" in the hall, and
consults with the person in charge. 5) Because the Official Banquet has been scheduled since 6:00PM, the sightseeing time is up to
9:30AM-5:00PM.
Table 8 Schedule of the World Heritage tour Time Tour root Website 9:30 ICC Kyoto
Kinkaku-ji temple (World Heritage) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkaku-ji Nijo Castle (World Heritage) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijo_Castle
12:00 Lunch at „Ganko Nijo-an“ http://www.gankofood.co.jp/en/ Kiyomizu-dera temple (World Heritage) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera
17:00 ICC Kyoto
Kinkaku-ji Temple Nijo Castle Kiyomizu-dera Temple 12. Hotel Map & fee
The hotel can be reserved with the Registration of website. http://www.foundry.jp/wcic/index_e.html
Table 9 Recommended hotels and room rates
Class Hotel Name A hotel room rate/man The closest subway stop
And required time No. in Map Single Twin-bedded
room for one Twin-bedded
room Station Required time (Hotel to ICC Kyoto)
A Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto - ¥22,500 ¥13,500 Kokusaikaikan 5min. 1
B Karasuma Kyoto Hotel ¥11,300 - - Shijo 22min. 2 New Miyako Hotel - ¥17,000 ¥11,000 Kyoto 32min. 3
C Mitsui Garden Hotel
Kyoto Shijyo ¥10,000 ¥12,000 ¥8,000 Shijo 26min. 4
Hearton Hotel Kyoto ¥10,000 ¥12,000 ¥8,000 Karasumaoike 24min. 5
D Hotel Hokke Club Kyoto ¥9,000 ¥12,000 ¥7,500 Kyoto 37min. 6
Viainn Kyoto Shijyo Muromachi ¥7,000 ¥9,000 ¥6,000
Shijo 26min. 7
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Fig.8 Official Hotels map in Kyoto
13. Access to ICC Kyoto
The closest international airport in Kyoto is the Kansai International Airport (KIX).
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Route to the ICC Kyoto 1) Get on the JR Airport Express "HARUKA" from KIX, and get off at JR Kyoto Station. 2) Move to the Karasuma Subway Line in Kyoto Station according to the subway transfer
instruction. 3) Get on the subway for "GOJO (K10:五条)" direction in Kyoto Station in the Karasuma Subway
Line.(Refer to Fig.9) The subway that toward opposite direction comes to the platform on the other side Don’t make a mistake.
Fig.9 Traveling direction panel of Kyoto station in the Karasuma Subway Line 4) Get off by "Kokusaikaikan (K1:国際会館)" of the terminal.
(Kokusaikaikan is ICC Kyoto.) 5) Move according to the instruction to the Kokusaikaikan (K1:国際会館). 14. Contact us
Japan Foundry Society, Inc.
Room 501 Kikai Shinko Kaikan, 3-5-8 Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0011, Japan e-Mail :[email protected] Phone :+81-3-3432-2991 Fax :+81-3-3433-7498
Register of Conference from the following website, please.
http://www.foundry.jp/wcic/index_e.html (See Presentation)
K11 is the subway station code of Kyoto station
K10 is the subway station code of GOJO station
Traveling Direction