Secondary Smelted Aluminum at Daiki Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. (DIK) and Recycling Aluminum in Japan.

Daiki Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. founded in 1922 has supplied secondary aluminum alloy, mainly ingots for the casting and the die-casting according to the market's requirements involving the quality and the price of the products. Thus DIK has become the biggest company in the industry of recycling aluminum in the world through the contribution as a precursor.At March 1992, DIK capitalized 5, 262 million yen had 300 employees and the annual outlet was 185, 400 tons for the secondary aluminum alloys which were produced by following four factories, Kameyama work, Shinsiro work, Yuki work and Shirakawa work.This paper describes the existing state of the industry of recycling aluminum through DIK's operations and facilities, and some consideration on the outlooks for the future in the industry.