Trim waste and seek the ultimate level of functionality and a metal product becomes an exceptional work of art, much like a Japanese sword. Cast bronze onto steel and you have a composite material which we call AG Bimetal. Assemble a complicated array of cores and pour in molten bronze under just the right conditions and you have fine bronze castings. Take a very fine bronze powder, shape it, sinter it to a back metal, impregnate it with a special lubricant and you have self-lubricating bushings. Be the first and only company in Japan to successfully mass produce die cast pure copper rotors for induction motors and you have Akashi Gohdoh. All of these are important works of art.