NEW DELHI, INDIA: As the world gears up for Copenhagen, efforts are being made by the developed nations to share their technical expertise with the developing nations. Nikkei Inc. Japan and TERI organised the first ‘Global Eco-Business Forum’ in India to enhance India-Japan collaboration.
The forum discussed ways to collaborate so as to reduce carbon emissions by using environment and energy technologies.
Present on the occasion were Kohei Osada, Senior Managing Director, Nikkei Inc., Hideaki Domichi, Ambassador of Japan to India, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair, IPCC and Director General, TERI among other government and corporate representatives from India and Japan.
A large number of experts in the field of energy efficient technologies from Japan and India interacted during the one- day event. The forum brought together the thought leaders and industrialists from both countries to strengthen this partnership.
Kohei Osada, Senior Managing Director, Nikkei Inc., said, “This forum is designed to shed light on Japan’s advanced technologies for environment and energy conservation as also for building partnerships to deploy these technologies for overcoming the environmental challenges before mankind.”
While delivering the keynote address, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chair, IPCC and Director General, TERI, said: “I can’t think of a more relevant partnership to look at eco- friendly technologies that will create a revolution in the world. Japan has been successful in developing resource efficient technologies. There is certainly a business rationale for India and Japan to work together especially after the launch of NAPCC in India.
"The partnership will prosper due to the existing complementarities between the two nations -- India can provide skilled labour at affordable cost and a huge market for these technologies. We should be working towards creating energy efficient technologies to combat climate change. There are enormous opportunities for the governments and corporates of both the nations in this sector. These technologies are going to define the commercial success.”
The seminar is one in a series of eco-business forums being held in four cities of the world including one held in July, 2009 in Tokyo. Other cities where the forum will be held include Shanghai and Washington DC.
The participating Japanese organizations include Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan (HPTCJ), Japanese Business Alliance for Smart Energy Worldwide (JASE-World) and Mitsubishi Corporation.
Dr. Akira Yabe, Vice President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology speaking on the occasion said that Japan has world’s leading technology in the field of heat pumps used in the industrial sector.
The heat pump is a device to move heat from a low-temperature location to a higher-temperature location by repeatedly compressing and boiling a refrigerant. The device generates far more heat than the electricity it consumes. The heat powered air conditioner developed recently can generate six times as much heat as electricity used. This means the device can warm a room by creating 1kw of heat by using merely 167 watts of electricity.
According to the Japanese Business Alliance for Smart Energy Worldwide (JASE), developing energy efficient technologies is a matter of going beyond issues of profit and loss. Therefore, developing a joint government-industry infrastructure is helpful. We should develop energy conservation technologies and products that run on sound business principles in the global market.
JASE has ambitious plans for working with JETRO and other organizations for India Japan Collaboration in the field of environment and energy.
Yoshio Amano, General Manager, Strategic Planning Office, New Energy Development Division, Mitsubishi Corp. highlighted some examples of utilizing new energies such as solar power, thermal power and biofuels. He explained the role of Mitsubishi in researching and presenting new energy efficient technologies in India.
Sun and Sands Advisors, an advisory company based in Tokyo brings this Nikkei organized event to India in association with TERI and Mitsubishi Estate. The company seeks to facilitate strategic partnerships and business alliances between India and Japan.
Sanjeev Sinha, President, Sun and Sands Advisors, said: “India’s per capita energy consumption is yet less than one tenth of the developed countries. As it grows, Indo-Japan collaborations in this field would assume significance as Japan has some of the best energy efficient technologies in the world.”
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Japan semicon firms seek close ties with India
The India Semiconductor Association (ISA) recently organized the India-Fukuoka (Japan) IT, Embedded Software and Semiconductor Business Workshop 2008. A host of companies and institues from Fukuoka, Japan participated in the workshop seeking partnerships, alliances, and business in the semiconductor space in India.
My first impression was that all of the Japanese firms present at the workshop are quite interested in the Indian semiconductor market, and especially in the embedded space. Besides, some of them may look at investments, should the opportunity arise. Some of the participants are also looking at the direction fabs are taking in India, besides the solar/PV market.
The participating companies and institutes at the workshop were:
1. Daichi Institution Industry Co. Ltd
2. DISCO (Dai Ichi Seitosho Co. Ltd) Corp.
3. Fukuoka University
4. Fukuoka Industry, Science & Technology Foundation
5. Inoueki Co. Ltd
6. Invest Japan
7. JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
8. Kyushu Economic Research Center
9. CLAIR (The Japan Council of Local Authorities for International Relations), Singapore
Masane Saito, Chief, JETRO, said that the total trade between India and Japan was worth $9.9 billion during 2007, a 25 percent growth. India's strengths included knowledge-based services, high-quality talent, etc. He added that Japan required a lot of embedded systems engineers, perhaps, hinting at Indian engineers and the opportunity that lies ahead of them.
Todd Takaki, Director, Inoueki, clearly highlighted that his company was looking at the manufacturing segment in India. A semiconductor trading company, it delivers chemicals to IC fabs, among others. He added that companies from Japan needed to see the inroads being made in India, both frontend and backend. While Inoueki is also looking at making investments in the country, Takaki stressed the need to have a developed market.
Akihiro Kawaguchi, International Science Technology Co-ordinator, Fukuoka Industry, Science & Technology (IST) Foundation, highlighted the Fukuoka Cluster for advanced system LSI design and development. He also touched upon the Silicon Sea Belt Fukuoka Project, which streches from China, covering South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, right up to Bangalore, India. This belt has the potential of the world's largest semiconductor market (60 percent), emerging car industry market, ever-developing wireless market, and the world's largest population of engineers.
The Fukuoka IST is also part of the Knowledge Cluster Initiative, a national program carried out by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), in co-operation with the local governments.
Dr. Hajime Tomokage, professor, Fukuoka University, touched upon the semiconductor business network via the MAP (microelectronics assembling and packaging) and RTS (reverse trade show) programs.
The Kyushu silicon island has a 6 percent share of the global IC production with over 20 percent raw wafers. SUMCO has four fabs in Kyushu. The silicon island also has 16 fabs, including those of Renesas, Toshiba, Sony, NEC, Yamaha, etc. Overall, it is home to nearly 650 semicon related companies. Kyushu is now looking for Asian customers, and specifically, from India.
Some other features include the national project on SiP (system-in-a-package) and MEMS, which have been place since 2002, as well as the SiPOS (System Integration Platform Organization Standards) platform.
Keiji Honjo, Leader, Product Innovation Sales Group, DISCO Corp., touched about his firm's business. DISCO's activities revolve on: manufacture and sale of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; maintenance of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; training in the operation and maintenance of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; disassembly and recycling of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; lease of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines, and sale of used machines; manufacture and sale of precision diamond abrasive tools; and for-fee processing. It is also seeking business interests in India.
Yutaka Akagawa, Executive Director, Daichi Institution Industry Co. Ltd, said the company is also into 8Gen LCD business. It transfers the glass substrate for the LCDs. The company highlighted Clifter, a device, which carries the wafer cassette, LCD cassette, and so on, vertically, with the holding cleanliness to the clean room on the up-down floor.
Interested Indian companies desirous of tying up with these Japanese companies are welcome to send in their queries.
In my next blog, I will discuss specifically what India brings to the table for the semicon world to go to India, and especially, Japanese companies, since we are on Japan! This is also a request from a friend from the Far East!! I may be a bit inaccurate in my assessment, but I will try my best.
My first impression was that all of the Japanese firms present at the workshop are quite interested in the Indian semiconductor market, and especially in the embedded space. Besides, some of them may look at investments, should the opportunity arise. Some of the participants are also looking at the direction fabs are taking in India, besides the solar/PV market.
The participating companies and institutes at the workshop were:
1. Daichi Institution Industry Co. Ltd
2. DISCO (Dai Ichi Seitosho Co. Ltd) Corp.
3. Fukuoka University
4. Fukuoka Industry, Science & Technology Foundation
5. Inoueki Co. Ltd
6. Invest Japan
7. JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
8. Kyushu Economic Research Center
9. CLAIR (The Japan Council of Local Authorities for International Relations), Singapore
Masane Saito, Chief, JETRO, said that the total trade between India and Japan was worth $9.9 billion during 2007, a 25 percent growth. India's strengths included knowledge-based services, high-quality talent, etc. He added that Japan required a lot of embedded systems engineers, perhaps, hinting at Indian engineers and the opportunity that lies ahead of them.
Todd Takaki, Director, Inoueki, clearly highlighted that his company was looking at the manufacturing segment in India. A semiconductor trading company, it delivers chemicals to IC fabs, among others. He added that companies from Japan needed to see the inroads being made in India, both frontend and backend. While Inoueki is also looking at making investments in the country, Takaki stressed the need to have a developed market.
Akihiro Kawaguchi, International Science Technology Co-ordinator, Fukuoka Industry, Science & Technology (IST) Foundation, highlighted the Fukuoka Cluster for advanced system LSI design and development. He also touched upon the Silicon Sea Belt Fukuoka Project, which streches from China, covering South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, right up to Bangalore, India. This belt has the potential of the world's largest semiconductor market (60 percent), emerging car industry market, ever-developing wireless market, and the world's largest population of engineers.
The Fukuoka IST is also part of the Knowledge Cluster Initiative, a national program carried out by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), in co-operation with the local governments.
Dr. Hajime Tomokage, professor, Fukuoka University, touched upon the semiconductor business network via the MAP (microelectronics assembling and packaging) and RTS (reverse trade show) programs.
The Kyushu silicon island has a 6 percent share of the global IC production with over 20 percent raw wafers. SUMCO has four fabs in Kyushu. The silicon island also has 16 fabs, including those of Renesas, Toshiba, Sony, NEC, Yamaha, etc. Overall, it is home to nearly 650 semicon related companies. Kyushu is now looking for Asian customers, and specifically, from India.
Some other features include the national project on SiP (system-in-a-package) and MEMS, which have been place since 2002, as well as the SiPOS (System Integration Platform Organization Standards) platform.
Keiji Honjo, Leader, Product Innovation Sales Group, DISCO Corp., touched about his firm's business. DISCO's activities revolve on: manufacture and sale of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; maintenance of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; training in the operation and maintenance of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; disassembly and recycling of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines; lease of precision cutting, grinding and polishing machines, and sale of used machines; manufacture and sale of precision diamond abrasive tools; and for-fee processing. It is also seeking business interests in India.
Yutaka Akagawa, Executive Director, Daichi Institution Industry Co. Ltd, said the company is also into 8Gen LCD business. It transfers the glass substrate for the LCDs. The company highlighted Clifter, a device, which carries the wafer cassette, LCD cassette, and so on, vertically, with the holding cleanliness to the clean room on the up-down floor.
Interested Indian companies desirous of tying up with these Japanese companies are welcome to send in their queries.
In my next blog, I will discuss specifically what India brings to the table for the semicon world to go to India, and especially, Japanese companies, since we are on Japan! This is also a request from a friend from the Far East!! I may be a bit inaccurate in my assessment, but I will try my best.
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