Re-Teck Co., Ltd. (Re-Teck), Emulsion Flow Technologies Ltd. (EFT), and Honda Trading Corporation (Honda Trading) have initiated collaboration toward the recycling of lithium-ion batteries in the context of resource circulation.

Towards the realization of carbon neutrality in 2050, Re-Teck, as a global leader in Reverse Supply Chain Management*, provides general battery recycling solutions, including for lithium-ion batteries. It is also involved in the extraction and formation of highly pure black mass. EFT aims to achieve the recycling of rare earth metals such as cobalt, nickel, lithium, and others, utilizing innovative technologies, Emulsion Flow, in solvent extraction. Honda Trading is also considering new business models for the realization of a carbon-free, recycling-based society in the mobility industry and other industries.

As the electrification in the mobility industry, including automobiles and motorcycles, accelerates and demand for lithium-ion batteries grows, there are concerns about supply shortages and CO₂ emissions from the mining and refining of the rare metals that are used to make them.

The three companies will collaborate to consider the collection of used lithium-ion batteries, extraction of rare metals from them, and re-use of those rare metals as raw materials in new batteries, with the aim of stable resources recycling that will lead to the reduction of CO₂ emissions. At the same time, they also have solid-state batteries and other various types of batteries that are being developed and commercialized in their sights, with the aim of realizing sustainable recycling, particularly of battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

*Reverse Supply Chain Management
A service provided by Re-Teck Co., Ltd. in which, at the request of customers, it analyzes all manner of product categories, dividing them into four stages—equipment, components, parts, and raw materials—and develops new recycling supply chains, including recovery as raw material and re-use at the highest level of added value, with the aims of realizing a zero-waste society.

| Company Profile

Re-Teck Co., Ltd.
Head office: Kotobuki Bldg. 8F, 3-10-4 Iwamoto-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Chief Executive Officer: Tsukasa Komorita
Business lines:
・Providing solutions for Reverse Supply Chain Management* and IT Asset  Management
・Recycling of Lithium-ion batteries
Company website：https://reteck.co.jp/

Emulsion Flow Technologies Ltd.
Head office：2-5 Oaza Shirakata, Tokai, Naka, Ibaraki, Japan
President & CEO：Hiroshi Suzuki
Business lines:
・One Stop Solution for rare metal recycling mainly for lithium-ion batteries
・Total Support Business with the technologies from proposals for extraction process to plant construction and operation
・New businesses development to leverage the versatility of the technologies
Company website： https://emulsion-flow.tech/en/

Honda Trading Corporation
Head office：Akihabara UDX South Wing 18F, 4-14-1 Sotokanda,
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan
President & CEO: Tatsuya Natsume
Business lines:
・Procurement and supply of raw materials, parts, equipment and CBU as well as processing and manufacturing of some raw materials.
Company website：https://www.hondatrading.com/en/

| Inquiries

Re-Teck Co., Ltd.
Business Development Division
Telephone：+81-(0)3-6672-2340
Inquiries about the service
E-mail：info@re-teck.com

Emulsion Flow Technologies Ltd.
Please contact the company through the inquiry form on the following website.
https://emulsion-flow.tech/contact/

Honda Trading Corporation
Resource Development Department, Non-ferrous Division
Telephone：+81-(0)3-5295-0930　(Company)