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Senator Don Farrell, the parliamentary secretary for sustainability, called Fuji Xerox “not only an Australia leader, but a world leader in this area of recycling” while at last Friday’s opening of the Eco Manufacturing Centre, which has relocated from Zetland to the suburb of Rosehill.
The centre recovers old equipment and consumables and turns them into new, export-ready products. Fuji Xerox expects to process more than 160,000 sub-assemblies this year.
Fuji Xerox managing director Nick Kugenthiran said the company had seen a $240 million return on a $22 million investment in recyclables in the past 15 years.
“We run our business in a way that’s good for the planet, good for people and good for profit.”
Operations manager Julius Dhanu took ProPrint and other visitors on a tour of the centre, a 1930s heritage-listed building that is being prepared for five-star Green Star certification.
He said Fuji Xerox had installed green features such as rainwater tanks, solar hot water, motion sensors on the lights and carbon dioxide sensors to control how much fresh air is pumped into rooms.
About 85% of the parts that arrive at the Eco Manufacturing Centre are reused, according to Dhanu. The 75 staff disassemble old items, clean them, reassemble anything salvageable and then test the new products.
The centre was recognised in 2010 as a supplier of remanufactured parts to all Fuji Xerox companies in Asia Pacific. Japan is the main market for remanufactured products and the Australian business banks the earnings.
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