AGC, a world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals, and high-tech materials, has announced together with Air Water that it has joined the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on a joint study into activities for the establishment of a carbon neutral industrial complex in the Goi district of Ichihara City and the Soga district of Chiba City in Japan’s Chiba Prefecture.

This MoU was concluded at the end of 2022 by Yokogawa Electric Corporation and nine companies with plants in the industrial complex in the Goi and Soga districts. The joint project aims to realize a sustainable society and enhance the international competitiveness of the industrial complex in the districts by studying measures to achieve carbon neutrality among companies in diverse industries. The Chiba Plant and AGC Group companies, which manufactures chemical products, are located in these districts.

In this joint study, Yokogawa Electric Corporation and nine companies in diverse industries in the districts, including energy, petrochemical, chemical, steel, materials, will aim to collaborate and study the commercialization of activities including the following by around 2030 and study the measures that will be required to make the Goi and Soga industrial complex carbon neutral by 2050.