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NEDO Chooses IHI Technology Development Initiative for Green Innovation Fund Project to Accelerate Aircraft Electrification Efforts

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

IHI Corporation(TOKYO: 7013) announces today that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has chosen the company’s initiative for electric power control and thermal and air management system technology development for the Next-Generation Aircraft Development Project under that organization’s Green Innovation Fund program.

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  • IHI Corporation(TOKYO: 7013) announces today that the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has chosen the company’s initiative for electric power control and thermal and air management system technology development for the Next-Generation Aircraft Development Project under that organization’s Green Innovation Fund program.
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    Prototype of megawatt-class engine-embedded electric machine for use in initiative (Photo: Business Wire)
    For that project, IHI will develop such core aircraft electrification technologies as megawatt-class generators and the world’s most powerful aircraft electric turbo compressor.
  • In doing so, IHI will play a vital role in advancing carbon-neutral aircraft that are both environmentally friendly and economically viable.
  • NEDO decided to create the ¥2 trillion Green Innovation Fund to ramp up efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, including structurally transforming the energy and industrial sectors and investing extensively in innovation.

noco-noco and Neogen Forge Strategic Partnership to Unleash X-SEPA™ Technology in India's Burgeoning Battery Market (Projected to Exceed US$16 Billion by 2031)

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Friday, March 8, 2024

The combined technological synergies blending noco-noco's revolutionary X-SEPA™ separator technology with Neogen's electrolyte, will provide pioneering solutions to a wider clientele.

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  • The combined technological synergies blending noco-noco's revolutionary X-SEPA™ separator technology with Neogen's electrolyte, will provide pioneering solutions to a wider clientele.
  • Ltd., (“noco-noco”), a wholly owned subsidiary of noco-noco Inc. (Nasdaq: NCNC), formalized a strategic marketing and distribution memorandum.
  • Over the next three years, noco-noco will collaborate with Neogen as a trusted strategic partner to market and distribute X-SEPA™ products and technology in India.
  • This partnership aims to expedite market penetration and establish a strong presence in the Indian energy storage market and electric mobility market.

noco-noco and Neogen Forge Strategic Partnership to Unleash X-SEPA™ Technology in India's Burgeoning Battery Market (Projected to Exceed US$16billion by 2031)

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

Ltd., (“noco-noco”), a wholly owned subsidiary of noco-noco Inc. (Nasdaq: NCNC), formalized a strategic marketing and distribution memorandum.

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  • Ltd., (“noco-noco”), a wholly owned subsidiary of noco-noco Inc. (Nasdaq: NCNC), formalized a strategic marketing and distribution memorandum.
  • This agreement paves the way for the introduction of noco-noco's revolutionary X-SEPA™ battery separator technology into the Indian market, with the ultimate goal for Neogen to manufacture X-SEPATM separators domestically.
  • Picture: noco-tech, Japan and Neogen Ionics, India, collaborate to showcase noco-noco's X-SEPA(TM) and other Neogen products at Battery Japan.
  • This partnership aims to expedite market penetration and establish a strong presence in the Indian energy storage market and electric mobility market.

noco-noco and Neogen Forge Strategic Partnership to Unleash X-SEPA™ Technology in India's Burgeoning Battery Market (Projected to Exceed US$16billion by 2031)

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

SINGAPORE, March 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the recent 2024 International Rechargeable Battery Expo in Tokyo, Neogen Ionics (India) Ltd, (“Neogen”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian listed company, Neogen Chemicals Ltd (NSE: NEOGEN), showcased a range of product offerings for rechargeable batteries and notably, the groundbreaking X-SEPATM separator from noco-noco Inc., in a successful exhibition which garnered significant attention and substantial interests.

Key Points: 
  • Ltd., (“noco-noco”), a wholly owned subsidiary of noco-noco Inc. (Nasdaq: NCNC), formalized a strategic marketing and distribution memorandum.
  • This agreement paves the way for the introduction of noco-noco's revolutionary X-SEPA™ battery separator technology into the Indian market, with the ultimate goal for Neogen to manufacture X-SEPATM separators domestically.
  • Picture: noco-tech, Japan and Neogen Ionics, India, collaborate to showcase noco-noco's X-SEPA(TM) and other Neogen products at Battery Japan.
  • This partnership aims to expedite market penetration and establish a strong presence in the Indian energy storage market and electric mobility market.

Isuzu and TIER IV Form Capital and Business Alliance

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

TOKYO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Isuzu Motors Limited (headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; President and COO: Shinsuke Minami; hereinafter Isuzu) and TIER IV, Inc. (headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Founder, CEO and CTO: Shinpei Kato; hereinafter TIER IV) have agreed to form a capital and business alliance for the development of autonomous driving systems for route buses. In this tie-up, Isuzu will invest six billion yen (approximately 40 million US dollars) in TIER IV.

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  • TOKYO, March 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Isuzu Motors Limited (headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan; President and COO: Shinsuke Minami; hereinafter Isuzu) and TIER IV, Inc. (headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; Founder, CEO and CTO: Shinpei Kato; hereinafter TIER IV) have agreed to form a capital and business alliance for the development of autonomous driving systems for route buses.
  • In this tie-up, Isuzu will invest six billion yen (approximately 40 million US dollars) in TIER IV.
  • Isuzu and TIER IV have reached an agreement to develop autonomous driving systems and expand business initiatives in the route bus sector.
  • Through this partnership, Isuzu and TIER IV are committed to leading innovation in the autonomous driving segment, bringing a broad range of benefits to society.

RIKEN Selects Quantinuum System Model H1 for Large-Scale Hybrid Quantum-Supercomputing Platform in Japan

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

BROOMFIELD, Colo. and LONDON, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantinuum, the world's largest integrated quantum computing company, and RIKEN, Japan's largest comprehensive research institution and home to a world-leading high-performance computing (HPC) center, have announced an agreement in which Quantinuum will provide access to Quantinuum's highest performing H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology to RIKEN. Under the agreement, Quantinuum will install the hardware at RIKEN's campus in Wako, Saitama.

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  • Under the agreement, Quantinuum will install the hardware at RIKEN's campus in Wako, Saitama.
  • The deployment will be part of RIKEN's project to build a quantum-HPC hybrid platform consisting of high-performance computing systems, such as the supercomputer Fugaku and quantum computers.
  • As the project goal, RIKEN and its collaborators aim to demonstrate the advantages of such hybrid computational platforms for deployment as services in the future post-5G era.
  • "We are honored to be selected to be part of this ambitious, advanced project in Japan," said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, CEO of Quantinuum.

RIKEN Selects Quantinuum System Model H1 for Large-Scale Hybrid Quantum-Supercomputing Platform in Japan

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

BROOMFIELD, Colo. and LONDON, Jan. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantinuum, the world's largest integrated quantum computing company, and RIKEN, Japan's largest comprehensive research institution and home to a world-leading high-performance computing (HPC) center, have announced an agreement in which Quantinuum will provide access to Quantinuum's highest performing H1-Series ion-trap quantum computing technology to RIKEN. Under the agreement, Quantinuum will install the hardware at RIKEN's campus in Wako, Saitama.

Key Points: 
  • Under the agreement, Quantinuum will install the hardware at RIKEN's campus in Wako, Saitama.
  • The deployment will be part of RIKEN's project to build a quantum-HPC hybrid platform consisting of high-performance computing systems, such as the supercomputer Fugaku and quantum computers.
  • As the project goal, RIKEN and its collaborators aim to demonstrate the advantages of such hybrid computational platforms for deployment as services in the future post-5G era.
  • "We are honored to be selected to be part of this ambitious, advanced project in Japan," said Dr. Rajeeb Hazra, CEO of Quantinuum.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is Signed on Collaborative Study for Ocean-Going Liquified CO2 Carriers toward the Realization of Large-Scale International Transportation from 2028 onwards

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

The four companies will proceed with this initiative aiming to apply it at the future commencement of CCS business led by the Japanese government.

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  • The four companies will proceed with this initiative aiming to apply it at the future commencement of CCS business led by the Japanese government.
  • Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) launched a feasibility study on Japanese Advanced CCS Project, as a public offered project in FY2023.
  • Demand for LCO2 carriers is expected to increase in the near future to transport captured CO2 from Japan to storage areas in various CCS projects.
  • As the next initiative, the company is contributing to realize a sustainable carbon neutral society by delivering LCO2 carriers essential for establishment of CCS value chain.

Fujitsu and KDDI Research successfully implement large-capacity multiband wavelength multiplexing transmission with installed optical fiber

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Monday, December 4, 2023

TOKYO, Dec 4, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and KDDI Research today announced that they have successfully developed a large-capacity multiband wavelength multiplexing transmission technology using installed optical fibers.

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  • TOKYO, Dec 4, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Limited and KDDI Research today announced that they have successfully developed a large-capacity multiband wavelength multiplexing transmission technology using installed optical fibers.
  • The optical fiber communications network introduced with this technology enables wavelength transmission at 5.2 times the wavelength multiplicity of current commercial optical transmission technology.
  • As part of the project, Fujitsu built a simulation model that accounts for the degradation factors of transmission performance in multiband transmission, enabling the transmission design of multiband wavelength multiplexing systems.
  • The two companies also confirmed multi-band wavelength multiplexing transmission (transmission distance 560 km) in the S, C, L and U bands in the simulation.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Holds Christening and Handover Ceremony in Shimonoseki for Demonstration Test Ship for Liquefied CO2 Transport

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

TOKYO, Nov 28, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, today held a christening and handover ceremony for a demonstration test ship to transport liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2).

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  • TOKYO, Nov 28, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group company based in Yokohama, today held a christening and handover ceremony for a demonstration test ship to transport liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2).
  • The ship will be used for the "CCUS R&D and Demonstration Related Project / Large-scale CCUS Demonstration in Tomakomai / Demonstration Project on CO2 Transportation" (the demonstration projects) being conducted by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
  • The ceremony took place at the Enoura Plant of MHI's Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the presence of the ship owner Sanyu Kisen Co., Ltd. and other related parties.
  • As part of this effort, Mitsubishi Shipbuilding will actively pursue commercialization of LCO2 handling systems, and as a marine systems integrator, aim to achieve decarbonization.