Afry, a Swedish-Finnish supplier of engineering, design, and advisory services, has just closed a deal with Vietnam’ LIG-Huong Hoa 1 Joint Stock Company to become the owner’s engineer for the 48 MW Huong Hoa 1 onshore wind farm. LIG-Huong Hoa 1 is a project company...
Scientex Group, a Malaysian flexible packaging firm, has collaborated with SABIC, a Saudi chemical manufacturing company, to create the world’s first flexible food packaging based on advanced recycled ocean-bound plastics (OBP), using circular polypropylene (PP)...
Thai agro-industrial and food conglomerate CP Foods recently announced plans to increase the installation of solar panels at 180 animal farms, feed mills, and processing plants across Thailand, with a total capacity of 65 Megawatts (MW) by 2023. The company is gearing...
In February 2023, the Philippine government announced allocating PHP 20 billion (USD 365 million) for the first phase of the Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project in the three major river basins in the country – Abra, Ranao (Agus), and...
Thailand’s SCG Chemicals (SCGC), one of the largest integrated petrochemical companies in Asia, is set to build a bio-based ethylene factory producing plastic materials made from plants. The factory will have a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year. It...
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Indonesia and Dynapack Asia, a leading manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging and components, have unveiled the Amandina Bumi Nusantara Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Recycling Plant in Bekasi, West Java. The two companies also...
Starting from Jan 1, 2024, new projects in Singapore’s water-intensive industries will be required to meet recycling standards to help reduce water consumption. These sectors, including wafer fabrication, electronics, and biomedical industries, account for...
Waterco, a Sydney-based water treatment and pool equipment manufacturer, has expanded its commercial footprint to Vietnam by establishing a sales and service center in Ho Chi Minh City, fully operational in December 2022. This marks Waterco’s accomplishment in...
An entire chapter on climate change was recently added to the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) 2023-2028, entitled “Chapter 15: Accelerate Climate Action and Strengthen Disaster Resilience.” The chapter identified the goal for communities, institutions and the...
The Ministries of Industry and Finance have joined forces to launch a new program of tax incentives designed to encourage businesses to reduce their use of non-biodegradable plastics and cut down on plastic waste. The tax reduction amounts to around 25% of what...
Obayashi Corporation, PT. Wijaya Karya, JFE Engineering Corporation and PT. Jaya Konstruksi Manggala Pratama, have formed a joint venture company OWJJ JV, which has been awarded the EPC contract by the Directorate General of Human Settlements, Ministry of Public Works...
Singapore launched the Environmental Services Industry Transformation Map (ES ITM) 2025 in January 2023, which aims to improve productivity and raise standards in the environmental services industry by 2025. NEA’s refreshed plan to transform the industry also aims to...
