November 24, 2021

Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries Becomes North American Authorized Aftermarket Partner for Tatsuno

TEMECULA, Calif., Nov. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikkiso’s Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (“Nikkiso”) announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tatsuno North America, Inc. (“Tatsuno”) to initiate cooperation as the Authorized Aftermarket Partner for their Hydrogen Dispensers in North America to establish a framework for cooperation.

Under the terms of the MOU, Nikkiso will provide spare parts, maintenance and repair services of Tatsuno’s Hydrogen Dispensers from Nikkiso’s network of North America facilities that are near the end user’s hydrogen refilling stations. In addition, Nikkiso will install and commission new dispensers, including the provision of engineering and pre-setup support for Tatsuno’s charging and fleet management systems.

Hydrogen dispensing is a new and developing market and an important component of the Hydrogen fueling station solution. These dispensers provide safe and fast fueling for both light duty and heavy-duty vehicles at 350 barg and 700 barg.

“The newly formed partnership with Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries and Tatsuno strengthens our Hydrogen presence and allows us to better serve the North American markets,” according to Teru Murakami, General Manager, Cryogenic Business Department, Nikkiso Co., Ltd. “We are looking forward to providing Tatsuno’s customers top quality service and support.”

Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries was chosen for this new, long-term partnership because of their relationships and hydrogen experience. They are also able to provide expanded services including complete Hydrogen fueling system solutions. This partnership will also provide new jobs for the local service facility economies.

ABOUT CRYOGENIC INDUSTRIES
Cryogenic Industries, Inc. (now a member of Nikkiso Co., Ltd.) member companies manufacture engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment and small-scale process plants for the liquefied natural gas (LNG), well services and industrial gas industries. Founded over 50 years ago, Cryogenic Industries is the parent company of ACD, Cosmodyne and Cryoquip and a commonly controlled group of approximately 20 operating entities.

For more information please visit www.nikkisoCEIG.com and www.nikkiso.com.

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Anna Quigley +1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

November 24, 2021

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group Announces Formation of Expanded Marine Facility in Korea

TEMECULA, Calif., Nov. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group (Group), a subsidiary of Nikkiso Co., Ltd (Japan), is proud to announce the expansion of our Busan Korea facility to accommodate their new Marine Center. This expansion represents their commitment to and support of the growth of the Korean shipbuilding industry.

The new, larger facility provides full-system Marine solutions, and will serve as the Group’s home base for all marine activities in Korea. As a unified Nikkiso facility, they will provide marine solutions including pump skids, vaporizers, controls, high-pressure fuel gas skids, service and more. The facility includes complete cryogenic testing capabilities and expanded staff including design engineers, production and project managers.

Marine has been a major focus of the Group, and this expansion provides a strong support structure for future growth. The new facility is ideally located within the region to support their key customers and provide anticipated growth of the Marine industry’s focus on clean energy. Approximately 4,000 square meters, the facility is outfitted to manufacture and fabricate cryogenic pumps, FGSS Vaporizer skid, LH2 station skids, process skids, and will feature the latest LN2 pump skid test facility. It also includes a 342 square meter service center.

According to Daryl Lamy, President of Nikkiso Cryogenic Pumps, “Nikkiso ACD has been the preferred supplier for Fuel Gas skids to the Korean shipbuilding industry for over 20 years! With our new skid packaging and testing facility located near the shipyards in Korea, we now have even greater capacity and local support to meet the significant global increase and demand for new build LNG fueled cargo and transport vessels.”

According to Peter Wagner, CEO of Cryogenic Industries and President of the Group, “This is an exciting next step and important milestone for our Group and the LNG powered Marine market and a significant benefit for our Marine customers. Nikkiso CE&IG will now be able to provide complete systems and support our customers with a complete factory supported solution.”

Contact Information:

Nikkiso Clean Energy and Industrial Gases – Korea
Head office & Factory : 83, Nosan sanup jung-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan, 46752, Korea
Branch office : #1912, 170 Ganggyo jungang-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon,
Gyuenggi 16614 Korea
info@NikkisoCEIG-Korea.com

For more information, please visit www.nikkisoCEIG.com and www.nikkiso.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Anna Quigley
+1.951.383.3314
aquigley@cryoind.com

November 24, 2021

Cambodian opposition activist held in Thailand faces deportation

A Cambodian activist living in Thailand faces deportation this week by authorities there who have already forced other refugees home, prompting criticism by rights groups.

Mich Heang, a member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested in Thailand with two other Cambodian workers on Saturday and is now being held at a detention center in Bangkok, sources told RFA.

The workers arrested with Mich Heang, a native of Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province, have already been sent back.

Mich Heang’s employer in Thailand said he was told by Thai police that the veteran activist, who had criticized the government of Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Sen on social media while living in Thailand, was being held at the request of Cambodia’s government over a “political issue.”

In a statement Tuesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) voiced concern over Thailand’s forced return of other native Cambodians in recent weeks.

“We are extremely alarmed by this trend of forcibly returning refugees to Cambodia, where they face a serious risk of persecution,” said Gillian Triggs, UNHCR’s assistant high commissioner for protection.

Thailand this month arrested Cambodian activists Voeun Veasna, Voeung Samnang and Lahn Thavry and quickly sent them back to Cambodia. A Thai government spokesman on Tuesday defended the deportations, calling them consistent with Thailand’s foreign policy.

“There have been a number of arrests of various groups of illegal migrants recently,” foreign ministry spokesman Tanee Sangrat told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news service.

“We will continue to coordinate closely with relevant agencies to make sure our practices are in accordance with international principles and obligations,” Tanee Sangrat said.

Thailand has a duty to protect refugees and respect human rights, said Phil Robertson, the deputy director of the Asia division of New York-based Human Rights Watch.

“And most important is that under no conditions should U.N.-recognized refugees be sent back to face persecution in the countries that they fled from,” Robertson told BenarNews.

Also on Tuesday, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for more than 35 years, vowed to remain in office to “destroy extremists” and preserve “peace in the country” for the benefit of future generations.

“I would like to extend my mandate for however long it takes, and for as long as people vote for me,” Hun Sen said, speaking at the inauguration of a China-financed bridge in central Cambodia’s Kampong Cham province.

‘We want a dialogue’

Mu Sochua, acting president of the CNRP, which was dissolved by order of Cambodia’s Supreme Court in November 2017, ahead of a national election that saw Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party returned to power with no opposition, told RFA on Tuesday that Hun Sen wants only to remove all opposition to his rule.

“He wants to destroy the opposition party and everyone who dares to speak the truth,” Mu Sochua said, adding that the banned CNRP still hopes to enter into political discussions with the ruling party.

“We want to start a dialogue. We don’t regard any of our Khmer people as enemies,” she said.

Cambodian social, labor and border activists recently released from prison meanwhile held a press conference on Tuesday to show their unity in opposition to Hun Sen’s rule, with union leader Rong Chhun, who was freed from Prey Sar Prison earlier this month, pledging to continue his fight for “freedom, human rights and democracy.”

“As citizens, we must think about society, and in a democratic country we must actively contribute to it,” Rong Chhun said, speaking on a public street after authorities refused permission for the group to gather at a private venue.

Sok Ey San, spokesman for the ruling CPP, told RFA the activists won’t need to fear rearrest as long as they obey the law.

“They were released on probation by the court, so there will be consequences if they continue to break the law,” he said

The activists will face many challenges due to the conditions set for their release by Cambodia’s CPP-controlled courts, though, said Soeung Sengkaruna, spokesman for the Cambodia-based ADHOC rights group.

“The courts should instead have dropped all the charges against them,” Soeung Sengkaruna said. “Everything they did was aligned with the principles of a democratic society.”

Reported by RFA’s Khmer Service and translated by Samean Yun, with additional reporting by BenarNews. Written in English by Richard Finney.