United States, May 22 -- The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) made an equity investment in SUN METALON Inc. (Sun Metalon; CEO: NISHIOKA Kazuhiko), a U.S. company with Japanese founders. The investment was made through JBIC's Special Operations Account and was the first startup investment based on its Startup Investment Strategy. Founded in 2021, Sun Metalon develops, manufactures, and sells equipment for metal waste recycling in the U.S. and Japan. Its proprietary metal heating technology transforms contaminated, low-value waste (e.g., swarf, sludge, chips, turnings), most of which used to be discarded and end up in landfills, into high-value metal directly on-site, making metal recycling more cost-effective while significant...