Contribution to the Reduction of Environmental Impacts on Society through the Provision of Environmentally Conscious Products or ECPs

TOSHIBA TEC Corporation develops ECPs, where environmental impacts are reduced throughout their product life cycles. Eco targets have been set to achieve the highest level of environmental performance for products to be developed in the future.

The TOSHIBA TEC Group creates ECPs, where environmental impacts are reduced throughout their product life cycles span *. Most of the environmental impacts generated throughout a product life cycle are determined in the product planning and design phases, thus, TOSHIBA TEC Corporation focuses on the upstream phase of product development.

The ECP design includes three aspects: global warming prevention, efficient use of resources and chemical substances control. ECPs are designed to be environmentally conscious in all these aspects through all phases of their life cycles and created.

• * Product life cycle: All stages from materials procurement, manufacturing and transportation, through to usage, recycling and disposal

In addition to measures to promote creation of ECPs, the TOSHIBA TEC Group started a new ECP initiative in fiscal 2010.

First, in the phases from business strategy to product planning, based on technological and competitor trends, "eco targets" are set for the development of products with the highest level of environmental performance at the time of product release.

Then, in the development and design phases, the TOSHIBA TEC Group performs environmental assessments of products to make sure that the products comply with laws and regulations and meet the ECP standards in all three aspects (global warming prevention, efficient use of resources and chemical substances control) through all phases of their life cycle.

In the product approval phase, the TOSHIBA TEC Group checks to see the level of achievement of "eco-targets" and compliance with the ECP standards.

Then, products, which have achieved "eco-targets," are applied to TOSHIBA for the certification as Excellent ECPs when released.

Vertical Image Processing Scanner IS-890T

A first for Japan! New function enables recognition of writing on discount stickers.

In place of the previous laser scanner, the current camera with image sensor has resulted in a reduction in operating power of approximately 30% and standby power consumption of approximately 20%.

WILLPOS-Unity M-8000 POS Terminal for supermarkets or mass retailers

Innovative combination of the CPU for energy saving mobile PC and the chipset for the server, which adopt high performance ECC memory, has realized both support of energy saving, high performance and reliability at the same time. This model has succeeded in the increase of throughput to almost double, and the reduction of standby power consumption by approximately 8%, compared to the previous model.

B/W MFP e-STUDIO 255/355/455

increase of the power efficiency by unit, standby power consumption has been reduced by 95%, compared to the previous model.

In the case the MFP is in standby mode for a long time through the night, this feature can contribute to the running cost reduction. Also, by shortening the recovery time from standby and adopting the SoC* technology, this product meets standards for acquiring the International ENERGY STAR Program and German Blue Angel.

• * SoC: System On Chip

Color MFP e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c

A combination of technologies that finely control the temperature through IH fusing and reduce the fixing temperature by lowering the melting point of the toner is successful in achieving energy savings.

Electronic Cash Register MA-500

By thinning the thickness of plastic parts, the numbers of plastic and sheet metal parts have been reduced. Also, one printed circuit board instead of the previous five boards has reduced the volume by approximately 12% and the mass by approximately 16%, compared with the previous model.

Multi-Card Terminal IP-4500

Previously, the display and keyboard were separated. Since improved display resolution enables input only on the touch panel, a more compact structure has been achieved without a keyboard, resulting in the reduction of the mass by approximately 40%.

The toner recycling mechanism integrated into the B/W MFP has realized zero disposal of toner.

Recycled plastics and plant-based plastics are used for some part of POS terminals and MFPs.

POS Terminals M-8000 and QT-10,Vertical Scanner LS-790T

In place of the previous CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlight LCD panel, the LED backlight LCD panel has resulted in zero mercury in the backlight. The LED backlight, which no longer requires an inverter (highvoltage power supply), has contributed to resource and energy savings.