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SKILL DEVELOPMENT HYBRID AMMONIA PROJECT
AkzoNobel installs hydrogen-powered spray booth Pupuk Indonesia to collaborate with Toyo and Itochu

at new automotive training centre on green ammonia project

Dutch paints major, AkzoNobel,
has announced installation of hydro- Indonesian state-owned fertiliser ammonia plant with a process techno-
gen-powered spray booths at a new holding company, PT Pupuk Indonesia, logy designed and built by Toyo in the
automotive training centre in Belgium. has unveiled the ‘Green Ammonia Initia- 2000s. This green ammonia will then
Located near Brussels, the facility – tive from Aceh’ (GAIA), touted as the be supplied to Itochu as a raw material
touted to be fi rst-of its-kind in the auto- “world’s fi rst hybrid ammonia pro- for marine fuel, thereby forming a
motive industry – is part of a multi- ject”, during the UN Climate Change comprehensive value chain, making it
million Euro programme to expand and Summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, the fi rst of its kind in Indonesia and the
upgrade the company’s network of more on November 12, 2024. expected to have a positive impact world,” he explained.
than 40 Automotive Training Centres on the national economy.
(ATCs), located across the globe. PT Pupuk Indonesia is partnering This initiative will also be expanded
with two Japanese corporations, Itochu Project GAIA will leverage the to other ammonia plants under the
Designed to go beyond local and Corporation and Toyo Engineering ammonia production capabilities of PT Pupuk Indonesia Group and to ammonia
legislative requirements, the new spray Corporation, for the project. Pupuk Iskandar Muda (PIM), a subsi- plants in other countries in the future.
booth highlights how embracing the guignon, Director of the company’s repairs workstation. It also has a special diary of PT Pupuk Indonesia in Aceh Furthermore, the project has been
latest technologies can contribute to Automotive and Speciality Coatings air fi ltration system which uses “active Pupuk Indonesia’s President Direc- province, combining traditional natural selected by Japan’s Ministry of Economy,
more sustainable operations. The site business. “By increasing the size of our carbon” to fi lter any volatile organic tor, Mr. Rahmad Pribadi, explained that gas-based ammonia with green ammonia Trade, and Industry (METI) as one of
itself – which is 30% larger than the one Belgian facility by almost a third, we compounds generated in the painting this collaboration between the three derived from hydrogen produced the projects under the Global South
it’s replacing – has been constructed can accommodate more technology – process. An extra high effi ciency particu- companies will be a signifi cant step in through water electrolysis. Future-Oriented Co-Creation Business
to be BREEAM (Building Research such as the new spray booth – and train late air fi lter (HEPA) produces clean air promoting industrialisation within the Expense Subsidy. This programme
Establishment Environmental Assess- more people. We will be able to show (up to 99%), which is fi ltered back out country, particularly in the develop- “In Project GAIA, Pupuk Indonesia provides subsidies to 13 future-oriented
ment Method) certifi ed, further demon- bodyshop personnel how the latest tech- into the atmosphere. A wide range of ment of green ammonia, which is will produce green ammonia using an projects in ASEAN.
strating AkzoNobel’s commitment to nologies can reduce carbon emissions, training programmes is offered by the BIODEGRADABLE ALTERNATIVE
reducing carbon emissions across the lower drying times and consume less ATCs, including application training,
full value chain by 2030. energy, helping to drive the industry in product and system training, and training Milliken & Company investing in chitosan specialist,
a more sustainable direction,” he added. in new digital colour processes. There’s a
“The industry of the future requires particular emphasis on quality improve- Tidal Vision
painters of the future who are fully The hydrogen-powered combi spray ment, process improvement and repairs
conversant with the latest technologies booth is fully equipped for tradition- to radar capable vehicles, as well as the US-based diversifi ed manufacturer, sibly sourced materials with biodegrad- mentary strengths to expand the use of
and techniques,” said Mr. Patrick Bour- al repairs and includes an all-in-one new generation of electric vehicles. Milliken & Company, has announced able properties in multiple applications. chitosan-based chemistries into new
its investment and partnership with This is made possible by Tidal Vision’s applications on a global scale. By re-
EXPANSION Tidal Vision, the only commercial-scale proprietary technologies that trans- placing non-biodegradable alternatives
Ube raising capacity of high-purity nitric acid US-based manufacturer of chitosan, a form chitosan into high-performance at scale, we are driving meaningful
chemistries.
biodegradable industrial biopolymer.
environmental impact,” said Mr. Craig
for semiconductor applications “This strategic partnership will “We recognise the growing demand Kasberg, CEO of Tidal Vision.
Japan’s Ube Corporation has an- capacity by about 30% compared to and abroad, and has maintained a high accelerate the introduction of biodegrad- for responsible solutions that meet the
nounced plans to increase production the current level. In recent years, the market share in Japan. able chemistries across the markets highest standards of performance – The initial development phase, namely
capacity of high-purity nitric acid at market for high-purity nitric acid, used that Milliken serves and is the latest in and creating a path to offering biode- the Front-End Engineering Design
its Ube Chemical Factory (Ube City, for semiconductor cleaning and in the The company said it will “continue a series of investments made as part of gradable technologies represents an (FEED), of Project GAIA, started in
Yamaguchi Prefecture) to meet grow- etching process, has been experiencing to increase its capacity in a timely man- Milliken’s ventures programme,” said important step in that direction,” said August 2024. Simultaneously, Pupuk
ing demand. continuous growth, the company in- ner in response to growing demand for Mr. Halsey Cook, President and CEO Ms. Cindy Boiter, EVP and President of Indonesia, Itochu, and Toyo will establish
formed. Since the start of production in high-purity chemicals in line with dig- at Milliken. Milliken’s Chemical Business. a joint venture, with the fi nal investment
The new plan comes after the ex- 1986, Ube has gradually increased its italisation of society, and will promote decision (FID) expected to be reached
pansion of manufacturing equipment in capacity in response to the expansion expansion of its specialty business, Milliken said the move will help “Tidal Vision is thrilled to partner in the fi rst half of 2025, and commercial
early FY2024, and will further increase of the semiconductor market in Japan including high-purity ammonia water.” increase availability of reliable, respon- with Milliken, combining our comple- operations targeted for 2027.

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