AIR WATER Development of new GaN (gallium nitride) layered structure

Establishing technology contributing to the spread of 5th-generation mobilecommunications systems The Air Water Group is promoting a “New Functional Materials Development Project” aimed at creating new value through close collaboration that it has underscored with a “realignment and integration” strategy for pooling technologies, products and ideas from both inside and outside of the Group. Under this project, the Air Water Group position electronics, the environment and renewable energy as strategic markets and understand that success in the electronics market will hinge on developing and supplying electronic materials for 5th-generation mobile communications systems (5G). From the extensive research in this project, Air Water Inc. has successfully developed a new GaN layered […]

Nippon Gases Iberia Contributed to reducing annual 160,000 t-CO2e emissions

In October 2020, Nippon Gases Iberia*1, a group of European operating companies, switched to 100% renewable energy-derived electricity using the Green Power Certificate*2 for the first time in the industrial gas industry for the electricity required in the manufacturing process of medical gases, industrial gases, and food gases in accordance with the European Environmental Improvement Plan. This measure will contribute to a reduction of 160,000 t-CO2e emissions annually (equivalent to approximately 20% of the total volume of Nippon Gases Euro-Holding, a European operating company of Nippon Sanso Holdings Group). The company implemented the Green Deal*3 in the European Union (EU) to establish its position as an advanced company in initiatives […]

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Expansion and reinforcement of technology development project for practical storage and use of energy using hydrogen

Extension of term and expansion of consigned companies for NEDO renewable energy system technology development project in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Head Office: Kawasaki, Kanagawa; President and CEO: Mamoru Hatazawa; hereinafter “Toshiba ESS”), Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (Head Office: Sendai, Miyagi; President: Kojiro Higuchi; hereinafter “Tohoku Electric Power”), Tohoku Electric Power Network Co., Inc. (Head Office: Sendai, Miyagi; President: Mitsuhiro Sakamoto; hereinafter “Tohoku Electric Power Network”), Iwatani Corporation (Head Office: Osaka; President: Hiroshi Majima; hereinafter “Iwatani”), and Asahi Kasei Corporation (Head Office: Tokyo; President: Hideki Kobori; hereinafter “Asahi Kasei”), regarding “Hydrogen social construction technical development project/Hydrogen energy system technical development/Technical development concerning business […]

TNSC, Start of Sales of Large-Scale Liquid Nitrogen Program Freezers for Cell Cryopreservation Bags

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”) hereby announces that it will start sales of the CM-100 large-scale liquid nitrogen program freezer for cell cryopreservation bags from April 2020. TNSC, the only liquid nitrogen type cryopreservation container manufacturer in Japan, has commercialized many related devices up until now. Approximately 300 units of one of those, a small liquid nitrogen type program freezer used by many universities, government and corporate research institutes to prefreeze cells, has been delivered in Japan. Liquid nitrogen type program freezers can prefreeze large volumes of cells at an appropriate cooling rate because they have higher cooling performance and broader temperature control ranges than electrical program freezers. Therefore, it […]

Established the Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu

Launched to Study the Potential for Large-scale Hydrogen Use in the Chubu Region Ten private companies working to promote hydrogen utilization (listed below) have established the Hydrogen Utilization Study Group in Chubu (hereinafter “Group”) to create demand for hydrogen and build a supply chain for stable hydrogen utilization in the Chubu region. This Group will take its first effort in Japan to conduct cross-sectional studies in various industries such as energy (oil, gas and electricity), petrochemicals, automobiles and finance. [Participant companies] As of March 6, 2020. Alphabetized, (*)Secretariat companies. Air Liquide Japan G.K., Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Iwatani Corporation, JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, […]

Air Water India acquires Praxair India’s business of manufacture, sale and distribution of oxygen, nitrogen and argon operated in East India

Air Water India Private Limited (“AW India”) and Air Water Inc. (“AWI”) have earlier today entered into Business Transfer Agreement for AW India to acquire related business of manufacture, sale and distribution of oxygen, nitrogen and argon operated in East India (hereinafter referred to as “East Region Divestment Business”) of Praxair India Private Limited (hereafter “Praxair India”). Based on the Agreement, AWI will make an investment in AW India to provide it with funds necessary for acquiring the East Region Divestment Business. Based on this investment, AW India will be qualified as a subsidiary set forth in Paragraph 5 of Article 166 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

TNST Presented with EPISTAR’s Supplier Excellence Award

　Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”) announces that its Taiwanese subsidiary Taiyo Nippon Sanso Taiwan, Inc. (TNST) has been presented with a Supplier Excellence Award by EPISTAR Corporation. 　EPISTAR Corporation, a global LED development and production company, holds an annual Strategic Partners Technology Forum, and this year about 300 suppliers were invited to the event held at the Ambassador Hotel in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on April 18, 2019. 　EPISTAR bestowed the award on five outstanding partner companies for the first time this year. TNST was one of the five companies awarded and was rated highly for its stable supply of high purity electronics specialty gases over many years. President Fan Chin-Yung of […]

Air Liquide opens Oguchi hydrogen station, in Japan

Air Liquide Japan Ltd. is opening a hydrogen station in Oguchi in Aichi Prefecture. Oguchi is located in the northwestern part of Aichi prefecture, a convenient place where numerous trunk roads run close by. The station will commence operation from May 25th, and frequent use by the residents and companies in the broader Chubu Area is expected. The Oguchi Hydrogen Station is the second Air Liquide station deployed in the frame of the Japan Hydrogen Mobility (JHyM) national consortium, following the station opened in Gamagori on April 28, 2019, and the fourth within the Aichi prefecture (including the two stations already in operation at Nagoya Atsuta and Toyota Interchange Hydrogen […]

Air Liquide and STMicroelectronics to collaborate on digital transformation

Air Liquide and STMicroelectronics intend to engage in a collaborative initiative to accelerate the development of digital solutions for industrial applications. Through this initiative, ST anticipates supporting Air Liquide in its digital transformation, providing guidance and solutions while Air Liquide anticipates working with ST in developing technologies and solutions for industrial applications. This cooperation will extend the long-standing business relationship established over the past decades between both companies. The parties anticipate collaborating to identify cases where ST’s technologies would best fit industrial and logistics needs, and then prototype the selected digital solutions and test them in Air Liquide’s operating environments. By creating a fertile ground of exchange among experts and […]

TNSC Announces Investment in Ally Hi-Tech

　Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (“TNSC”) announces investment to Ally Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. (“ALLY”), a Chinese manufacturer of hydrogen gas generators. 　TNSC is pursuing expansion of gas-related technologies through M&A under its open innovation strategy under the Ortus Stage 2, medium-term management plan. In recent years, TNSC is striving to strengthen hydrogen and HyCO as one of the key gas businesses. 　ALLY, established in 2000 in Sichuan China, is the company handling hydrogen generator systems. With its engineering capability, ALLY provides small-mid scale of hydrogen generators in China. The company gained its credibility with supplying consistent quality along with cost competitiveness. 　Their professional operation leads to the awarding of major China’s […]