Toray Industries, Inc. has been awarded orders to supply reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for the Al Dur 2 Desalination Plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Umm Al Quwain Desalination Plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). While the combined water production capacity of the two plants will amass 911,000 m3/day, Umm Al Quwain Desalination Plant alone will hold one of the world’s largest capacities with 681,000 m3/day freshwater production.

 

RO membranes supply and technical services to the plants are planned to be provided by Toray Membrane Middle East LLC (TMME), a Toray’s local subsidiary located in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With further reinforcement of localization in its strategy, Toray’s longterm focus will be to contribute to solve water shortage issues in the Middle East through TMME, which will ultimately lead to stable energy resource supply to the world.

 

Both plants are expected to begin operation in 2022, with SIDEM Veolia (France) appointed as the EPC contractor.

 

While RO membrane is used in wide range of the field from desalination, waste water, to industrial application, Toray has reinforced RO membrane production capacity, and technical support on a global scale over the years to further contribute to resolve water issues, achieving the total accumulated water production of over 79,000,000 m3/day on RO membrane shipment basis which is equivalent to serving water to 550 million people, or around 7% of world population.

 

Raising to provide safe water using membrane technology as an initiative in “Toray Group Sustainability Vision” announced July 2018 as well as in the mid-term management vision “Toray Vision 2030” announced this May, Toray will continue to supply RO membranes and other advanced membrane products through enhancement of localization of business activities to serve local demands, striving to help overcoming the challenges of ever growing water demand globally including the Middle East.