Helical Fusion-led 'Helix Plan' Official Partner System Launched for Fusion Energy Industry Realization; Nichias, Hasetora Spinning, Seno Kisen Join
Helical Fusion has launched an official partner system for its 'Helix Plan,' aiming to realize the fusion energy industry. Nichias Corporation, Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd., and Seno Kisen Co., Ltd. have decided to participate as the first partners. This initiative accelerates the development of fusion power plants and aims to create a new giant industry.
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Helical Fusion Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Takaya Taguchi; hereinafter "Helical Fusion"), which is developing helical fusion power plants to achieve "practical power generation" [1] through fusion energy and create a new industry, has launched the "Official Partner" system for its "Helix Plan."
As the first official partners, Nichias Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Katsumi Kamezu; hereinafter "Nichias"), Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture; President: Kyoji Hasetora; hereinafter "Hasetora Spinning"), and Seno Kisen Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture; President: Yoichiro Seno; hereinafter "Seno Kisen") have decided to participate.
Fusion energy is a technology with the potential to create the next giant industry by replicating the sun's energy on Earth, shifting the source of energy from resources to technology. The "helical method" that Helical Fusion is working on has been evaluated for its characteristics suitable for commercial power plants as a result of 70 years of research and development at national universities and national research institutions *[2].
Helical Fusion aims to create a new giant industry by bringing together industrial capabilities from all over Japan. In particular, the next 10 years or so will be a critical time for industrialization, as the development of technologies that will form the foundation of future fusion power plants will accelerate. Therefore, a new official partner system with a clear objective has been launched to achieve the "Helix Plan" itself, which aims to realize commercial power plants in the 2030s.
Helical Fusion and the Helix Plan Official Partners will create the fusion energy industry under the slogan "Let's create another sun in Japan."
■ What is the Official Partner System?
It is a system that designates partner companies that proactively promote the "Helix Plan" with Helical Fusion to achieve practical power generation through fusion energy as "Official Partners."
Official Partners will commit to technical and business alliances, as well as capital alliances above a certain amount, and will challenge the realization of the fusion energy industry with creativity and perseverance.
Specifically, they will jointly advance the manufacturing and construction of the final demonstration device Helix HARUKA and the first power generation unit Helix KANATA, and related initiatives.
■ First Round Participating Companies
This time, three companies have joined as official partners in the first round.
Nichias Corporation
Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo
President: Katsumi Kamezu
Business activities: Plant construction and sales business, industrial products business, high-performance products business, automotive parts business, building materials business
Since its founding in 1896, Nichias Corporation has provided products and services based on its unique "cut and maintain" technology, cultivated over a long history, to core industries of each era, such as shipbuilding, oil refining/petrochemicals, electric power, construction, automobiles, and semiconductors. We will continue to contribute to society with our "cut and maintain" technology in addressing social issues such as global warming and realizing a sustainable society.
Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture
President: Kyoji Hasetora
Business activities: Spinning business, interior business
Since its founding in 1887, Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd. has delivered value through textiles under the motto of "coexistence and co-prosperity with the community" and the theme of "manufacturing for people's happiness." Textiles, which are familiar and used in various daily life scenes, also have diverse possibilities, such as being utilized in the aerospace industry. If they become more comfortable and less burdensome on the environment, people's lives will change, and eventually the world will change. Under the mission of "changing the world with materials," we continue to challenge further research and development and market development to realize the dream of solving global social issues as a knowledge manufacturing industry.
Seno Kisen Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture
President: Yoichiro Seno
Since its founding in 1946 in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Seno Kisen Co., Ltd. has owned and managed various cargo ships. Currently, with a fleet of about 50 ships, mainly ocean-going cargo ships, we support domestic and international marine logistics by transporting essential resources for people's lives and industries, such as iron ore and coal. In addition to stable business operations centered on long-term charter contracts, we are committed to in-house ship management and focus on enhancing safe and stable transportation. In recent years, we have also been responding to the management of LNG dual-fuel ships, aiming to achieve both high-quality ship management and environmental consideration.
■ Helix Plan Official Symbol
The calligraphy of "Sun" by calligrapher Souun Takeda has been adopted as the official symbol of the Helix Plan.
Comment from calligrapher Souun Takeda:
"When I received this request, my thoughts on fusion, on Japan, and on peace..."
As the first official partners, Nichias Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Katsumi Kamezu; hereinafter "Nichias"), Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture; President: Kyoji Hasetora; hereinafter "Hasetora Spinning"), and Seno Kisen Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture; President: Yoichiro Seno; hereinafter "Seno Kisen") have decided to participate.
Fusion energy is a technology with the potential to create the next giant industry by replicating the sun's energy on Earth, shifting the source of energy from resources to technology. The "helical method" that Helical Fusion is working on has been evaluated for its characteristics suitable for commercial power plants as a result of 70 years of research and development at national universities and national research institutions *[2].
Helical Fusion aims to create a new giant industry by bringing together industrial capabilities from all over Japan. In particular, the next 10 years or so will be a critical time for industrialization, as the development of technologies that will form the foundation of future fusion power plants will accelerate. Therefore, a new official partner system with a clear objective has been launched to achieve the "Helix Plan" itself, which aims to realize commercial power plants in the 2030s.
Helical Fusion and the Helix Plan Official Partners will create the fusion energy industry under the slogan "Let's create another sun in Japan."
■ What is the Official Partner System?
It is a system that designates partner companies that proactively promote the "Helix Plan" with Helical Fusion to achieve practical power generation through fusion energy as "Official Partners."
Official Partners will commit to technical and business alliances, as well as capital alliances above a certain amount, and will challenge the realization of the fusion energy industry with creativity and perseverance.
Specifically, they will jointly advance the manufacturing and construction of the final demonstration device Helix HARUKA and the first power generation unit Helix KANATA, and related initiatives.
■ First Round Participating Companies
This time, three companies have joined as official partners in the first round.
Nichias Corporation
Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo
President: Katsumi Kamezu
Business activities: Plant construction and sales business, industrial products business, high-performance products business, automotive parts business, building materials business
Since its founding in 1896, Nichias Corporation has provided products and services based on its unique "cut and maintain" technology, cultivated over a long history, to core industries of each era, such as shipbuilding, oil refining/petrochemicals, electric power, construction, automobiles, and semiconductors. We will continue to contribute to society with our "cut and maintain" technology in addressing social issues such as global warming and realizing a sustainable society.
Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: Hashima City, Gifu Prefecture
President: Kyoji Hasetora
Business activities: Spinning business, interior business
Since its founding in 1887, Hasetora Spinning Co., Ltd. has delivered value through textiles under the motto of "coexistence and co-prosperity with the community" and the theme of "manufacturing for people's happiness." Textiles, which are familiar and used in various daily life scenes, also have diverse possibilities, such as being utilized in the aerospace industry. If they become more comfortable and less burdensome on the environment, people's lives will change, and eventually the world will change. Under the mission of "changing the world with materials," we continue to challenge further research and development and market development to realize the dream of solving global social issues as a knowledge manufacturing industry.
Seno Kisen Co., Ltd.
Headquarters: Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture
President: Yoichiro Seno
Since its founding in 1946 in Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, Seno Kisen Co., Ltd. has owned and managed various cargo ships. Currently, with a fleet of about 50 ships, mainly ocean-going cargo ships, we support domestic and international marine logistics by transporting essential resources for people's lives and industries, such as iron ore and coal. In addition to stable business operations centered on long-term charter contracts, we are committed to in-house ship management and focus on enhancing safe and stable transportation. In recent years, we have also been responding to the management of LNG dual-fuel ships, aiming to achieve both high-quality ship management and environmental consideration.
■ Helix Plan Official Symbol
The calligraphy of "Sun" by calligrapher Souun Takeda has been adopted as the official symbol of the Helix Plan.
Comment from calligrapher Souun Takeda:
"When I received this request, my thoughts on fusion, on Japan, and on peace..."