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Nangoku Shokusan to Establish Biofuel Research Institute; Signs Location Agreement with Satsumasendai City; Aims for Mass Production of Biofuels of Equivalent Quality to Diesel Fuel.
Nangoku Shokusan (Kagoshima City) will invest 2.2 billion yen to construct a biodiesel fuel manufacturing research center in Minato-cho, Satsumasendai City. The raw material will be Jatropha, a type of spurge plant cultivated by a group company in the Philippines. Operations are scheduled to begin in April 2028, with the goal of processing approximately 19 tons of seeds annually in the first year (sales price 26.25 million yen). A location agree…
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Nangoku Shokusan (Kagoshima City) will invest 2.2 billion yen to construct a biodiesel fuel manufacturing research center in Minato-cho, Satsumasendai City. The raw material will be Jatropha, a type of spurge plant cultivated by a group company in the Philippines. Operations are scheduled to begin in April 2028, with the goal of processing approximately 19 tons of seeds annually in the first year (sales price 26.25 million yen). A location agree…