- CEO
- Tomoya Higashiura
- Full Time Employees
- 998
- Sector
- Distribution services
- Industry
- Wholesale distributors
- Address
- Nissay Sannomiya Building Kobe Japan 650-0001
- IPO Date
- Apr 1, 2009
- Business
- ARE Holdings, Inc. (5857.T) engages primarily in the recycling, refining, manufacturing, and trading of precious and rare metals, alongside environmental preservation services through its two main segments: Precious Metals and Environmental Preservation; it recycles and sells gold, silver, palladium, platinum, and indium recovered from electronic scrap, dental materials, jewelry, plating treatments, precision cleaning applications, automobile catalysts, and other industrial sources; refines and processes precious metals into finished products; trades precious metals; offers vaulting services; collects, transports, and treats industrial wastes including waste oils, sludge, wood waste, fire-proof bricks, glass products, waste acids, reagents, alkalis, infectious medical wastes, and sludge; and provides digital platforms and consulting for waste management decarbonization. The company, founded in 1952 and headquartered in Kobe, Japan, with additional head office in Tokyo and operations spanning Japan, the rest of Asia, and North America through subsidiaries such as Asahi Pretec Corp., ASAHI METALFINE, Inc., Waste System Japan Corporation, and North American refining facilities, serves industries including electronics, dentistry, jewelry, automotive, and manufacturing. In June 2023, the company changed its name from Asahi Holdings, Inc. to ARE Holdings, Inc., reflecting its purpose of protecting the environment and preserving resources under the tagline "Think Circular," accompanied by a new management philosophy and brand identity; it completed an equity buyback of 497,500 shares in June 2024; and in October 2025 upwardly revised its full-year consolidated financial forecasts, raising operating profit expectations to 30 billion yen driven by higher gold prices and sales.