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SMC has officially begun operations at its new Japan Technical Center (JTC), located in the Kashiwa City of Tokyo’s metropolitan region. The centre becomes SMC’s main global hub for research and development, designed to accelerate innovation and reinforce the company’s technological leadership worldwide.

The Wilo Group is expanding in Asia. With its entry into the Japanese market, the multinational water technology group is tapping into a highly relevant region in strategic terms: the East Asian country plays a leading role in both the semiconductor industry and in the construction of data centres, making it a key market for the AI era. Entry into this market therefore constitutes an important step forward along the Wilo Group’s ambitious growth path.

EBARA Corporationhas been selected as the contracting party and signed a prototype pump contract for the “FY2025 Stardust Program R&D of High-Efficiency Heat Dissipation System for Digital Signal Processing – Prototype of Performance Verification Pump for Two-Phase Flow Heat Dissipation System (Part A) (hereinafter: this matter),” which was announced by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (hereinafter: JAXA) through a competitive bidding process.

At the beginning of March 2025, Voith successfully commissioned the first Hydro Pocket solution in Japan at the Ohsawagawa hydropower station. Previously, the system could only be monitored remotely via a closed circuit. This new software application enables monitoring from commonly used devices through the Internet environment, laying the groundwork for further modernization.

Japan’s HVAC+R market is set for significant growth, driven by rapid industrialization, expanding industrial and commercial construction, and ongoing urbanization. The market is projected to reach a turnover of USD 18.37 billion by 2025 and USD 23.99 billion by 2030, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.49% during the forecast period from 2025 to 2030.