Chiyoda Corporation Awarded an EPC Contract by Kureha Corporation

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Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by Kureha Corporation (Kureha), in collaboration with IHI Plant Corporation (IHI Plant), to increase the capacity of the monomer process for producing polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) at Kureha’s Iwaki facility, its primary production site and one of its largest investments.

As a binder in lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) and an engineering plastic used in industry, Kureha has prepared an expected growth scenario for their PVDF business due to PVDF’s increasing demand in the automotive market because of the accelerating drive towards a sustainable environment. Through this project, Chiyoda continues to contribute towards realizing carbon neutrality and the development of a sustainable society in line with our management philosophy of ‘Energy and Environment in Harmony’.

Source: Chiyoda Corporation

Chiyoda Awarded EPC Contracts for Two Large-scale Battery Energy Storage Facilities

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Chiyoda Corporation (Chiyoda) has announced that it is currently in the construction phase of two large-scale battery energy storage Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) facilities for ENEOS CORPORATION at their Muroran Plant in Hokkaido and Osaka International Refining Co. Ltd (part of ENEOS Group) refinery in Ichihara, Chiba.

Battery energy storage is required in Japan to address electrical power output fluctuations destabilizing the supply and demand balance, and expand the use of renewable energy towards the realization of a decarbonized society.

Chiyoda‘s project management capabilities, design optimization experience using equipment safety assessment methods and experience in previously constructing one of the world’s largest battery energy storage facilities in Hokkaido were key factors for the award of the contracts.

Chiyoda are an integrated engineering company engaged in EPC projects around the world and, through ongoing development of proprietary technologies, will continue contributing to the realization of a sustainable society in line with our purpose of ‘Enriching Society through Engineering Value’.

Source: Chiyoda Corporation