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ULVAC establishes Japan-based production for rare-earth magnet vacuum melting furnaces

Friday, 01 May 2026 Robin Whitlock ULVAC, Inc. is anticipating that orders for its continuous vacuum melting furnaces dedicated to rare-earth magnets will approximately triple year on year, driven primarily by magnet manufacturers in Europe ...

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Chartwell Marine and the Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders sign MoU

Monday, 16 March 2026 Robin Whitlock Next-generation vessel specialists Chartwell Marine has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cooperative Association of Japan Shipbuilders (CAJS), representing 59 shipyards in Japan, to ...

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X-ELIO secures 30 MWac in Japan’s 27th solar FIP auction

Tuesday, 10 March 2026 Robin Whitlock Renewable energy and energy storage specialists X-ELIO has secured nearly 30 MWac in Japan’s 27th solar Feed-in Premium (FIP) auction, strengthening its presence in one of Asia’s most important renewable ...

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Purine-modified platinum electrodes could cut hydrogen costs finds Chiba University, Japan

Tuesday, 21 October 2025 Robin Whitlock Researchers from Japan’s Chiba University have found that modifying platinum cathodes with naturally occurring purine bases can boost the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) activity, the key step where ...

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Toshiba launches new SCiB 24V battery pack for automotive and industrial use

Friday, 17 October 2025 Robin Whitlock Toshiba has introduced a new SCiB 24V battery pack (P25H20-3), a lithium-ion solution engineered for automotive, marine, and heavy equipment sectors, that also offers the advantage of seamless replacement ...

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Calcium could be key to solving stability issues in sodium-ion batteries

Tuesday, 14 October 2025 Robin Whitlock In a recent study, researchers from Japan addressed the issue of poor stability of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) in air and water by doping the SIB cathode material with calcium, enabling improved stability ...

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Mazda signs agreement to build plant for cylindrical lithium-ion battery module packs

Thursday, 18 September 2025 Robin Whitlock The Mazda Motor Corporation has signed an agreement with Iwakuni City and the Yamaguchi Prefecture to build the "Mazda Motor Corporation Iwakuni Plant," a new facility for producing module packs ...

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InnoEnergy to collaborate with Japan’s GX Acceleration Agency and the JETRO

Tuesday, 16 September 2025 Robin Whitlock

The agreement aims to accelerate collaboration in clean tech innovation, investment and startup growth between Europe and Japan.

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MHI achieves target performance at pilot plant for bioethanol membrane dehydration systems

Friday, 12 September 2025 Robin Whitlock Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has achieved the target performance of over 99.5 percent volume ethanol purity at a pilot plant for membrane dehydration systems – the Mitsubishi Membrane Dehydration ...

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Copper doping can eliminate stacking faults in sodium manganese oxide batteries

Wednesday, 16 July 2025 Robin Whitlock In a new study, researchers studied how copper-doping can eliminate SFs in β-NaMnO2, significantly improving cycling stability, potentially enabling the development of longer-lasting sodium-ion batteries ...