Japanese bet on Saudi membrane market
- From: Vol 11, Issue 3 (March 2010)
- Category: General
- Region: Middle East
- Country: Saudi Arabia
- Related Companies: ACWA Services, Arabian Japanese Membrane Company, Itochu, Saline Water Conversion Corporation, Sasakura Engineering, Saudi MInistry of Water and Electricity and Toyobo
A new Saudi-Japanese JV will manufacture hollow-fibre membrane elements in the Kingdom. It has set some ambitious investment targets.
ACWA Holding has signed an agreement with Toyobo and Itochu Corporation to establish a joint venture in Saudi Arabia which will manufacture reverse osmosis membrane elements for seawater desalination.
The JV – known as Arabian Japanese Membrane Company (AJMC) – will establish a facility in Rabigh to manufacture Toyobo’s new hollow-fibre Hollosep HU10255 membrane element. Production is scheduled to begin in ...
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