July 27, 2020
Signed a Joint Venture Agreement with a Subsidiary of Anglo American on the Environmental Business Utilizing Low-Temperature Active Catalysts
On 1st July, 2020, Furuya Metals Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Toshima-ku, Tokyo; Representative President: Takahito Furuya; "Furuya Metal"), signed a joint venture agreement with a subsidiary of Anglo American, Anglo Platinum Marketing Limited (Headquarters: London, UK; “APML”) to establish Furuya Eco-Front Technology Co., Ltd. ("Furuya Eco-Front"), which is engaged in environmental business utilizing low-temperature active catalysts.
Objective of Establishing Furuya Eco-Front
In 2017, Furuya established a system for mass production of low-temperature active catalysts (“FTeco catalysts”) to eliminate volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which cause allergies and offensive odors that are harmful to the human body, and ethylene, which accelerates the decay of plants. Furuya has been actively promoting this system.
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In Japan, as well as in China and Southeast Asian countries, population inflow continues along with the economic development of urban areas, and security, safe food, reduction of household garbage, and improvement of public health are becoming major issues as compensation for enriching livelihoods. Furuya Eco-Front will utilize technologies for low-temperature active catalysts to meet demand for reducing food waste due to freshness degradation, and improving the health of people's lives through odor prevention, fungi prevention, and antibacterial effect.
The Furuya Metals Group specializes in PGM, which has particularly outstanding properties among precious metals, and will make use of its unique technologies to contribute to the solution of social issues in a wide range of fields, including electronics, optical glass, clean energy, precious metal resource reuse, environment, and medical treatment.
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FURUYA METAL CO., LTD.
Kazuo OISHI, Director
Email. oishi@furuyametals.co.jp
Naonori ODAKA, Metal Business Office
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