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| 06/09/10 |
Fukuoka Develops Technology for Recovering Zinc from Waste Water |
Fukuoka Prefecture has developed a technology for recovering zinc from the waste water at a plating plant operated as a joint public-private-academic scheme. In addition to developing Japan's first technology for recovering the dense metal, they also created a mechanism for selling contaminated water containing zinc. Up to two-thirds of the previously disposed zinc can now be recovered.
The recovery system was developed in cooperation with the Kyushu Electroplating Industry Association and the Kyushu Institute of Technology. In addition to promoting the use of this system, the prefecture will work to commercialize a nickel recovery system.
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| 03/30/10 |
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Hilton of U.S. to Assume Management of Sea Hawk Hotel |
The American company Hilton Worldwide will assume management of the JAL Resort Sea Hawk Hotel Fukuoka, a large hotel in Fukuoka City operated by JAL Hotels, this June. Hilton manages nine hotels in Japan, but this will be its first in Kyushu. The Sea Hawk will be the first hotel whose management JAL Hotels relinquishes after the emergence of the financial problems of their parent company, Japan Air Lines. Hilton plans to spend roughly 2 billion yen on redecoration, but it will not suspend business while that is carried out.
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| 03/30/10 |
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J.P. Morgan Asset Management Opens Fukuoka Branch |
American capital-affiliated J.P. Morgan Asset Management Co. opened a Fukuoka branch in the city's Tenjin district in February 2010. It is the company's third branch in Japan, after Tokyo and Osaka, and the first in Kyushu. General customers will not be able to purchase securities or open accounts at the branch. Rather, the company will enhance its support system for companies selling investment trusts, and expand its services for pension funds and institutional investors.
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| 03/30/10 |
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Fukuoka Prefecture to Build Semiconductor Evaluation Center |
Fukuoka Prefecture announced it would build the provisionally named Advanced Semiconductor Mounting Research and Evaluation Center for mounting and creating prototypes in Maebaru. The center will develop advanced mounting technology, such as new SiP devices, and assist in developing prototypes for small businesses and start-up companies.
The prefecture also plans to build a center for system verification and research to support the evaluation, analysis, and market development of semiconductor devices.
Construction on both is slated to begin in 2010, and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2011. The prefecture intends to employ these institutions in a comprehensive system of support for semiconductor development, ranging from design to prototype creation and evaluation.
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| 03/30/10 |
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Mitsubishi Electric to Mass Produce Power Semiconductors |
Starting in 2011, Mitsubishi Electric will mass produce power semiconductors, a key device in energy reduction for automobiles and industrial equipment. The semiconductors use new materials that drastically reduce power consumption compared to those made of silicon. The company plans to invest 13.5 billion yen by March 2012 to incorporate new technology and steal a march on competitors to become one of the world leaders in this sector.
They will create a production line specifically for the semiconductors in their Fukuoka City plant and begin sample shipments in March. They hope carborundum, which has little power loss, will replace silicon as the material used to make power semiconductors. Demand is expected to rise sharply in the future.
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