Can the problem be solved only by changing use from specified freon to alternative freon?

Japan is one of the world's leading foodstuff importing countries, and its dependence on cold room storage exceeds 70%.

As such, it is already unthinkable to return to a refrigerator-less society.

In the field of environmental testing, the aim is to re-create the temperature environment of the earth at -40°C, -70°C, etc.

Although the temperature must be controlled more rigorously than in the fields of ordinary air-conditioning and refrigerated storage.

The freon used is contained in a sealed refrigeration circuit and is not released into the atmosphere in normal use.

In comparison, the vaporize freon are used in washing and spraying etc. has brought about an increase in hazard.

For this reason, KATO has determined to establish a system that will allow the removal of freon sealed in refrigerators, either purify, re-use it or to chemically decompose it so that it will become harmless.

As a member of the testing machine industry, KATO adopts the attitude of taking its responsibility as a manufacturer concerning the earth, by for example making its system able to carry out freon recovery, re-use or breakdown even from other companies' products.

In response to the regulations on specified freon, KATO will make positive progress regarding the following two points:

1. Change over from specified freon to alternative freon.

2. Construction refrigerant freon recovery and re-use system.