Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Representative Director, President and CEO: Yasuhiko Hashimoto; hereinafter, “Kawasaki”), Toyo Engineering Corporation (Representative Director, President and CEO: Eiji Hosoi; hereinafter, “TOYO”), JGC Corporation (Representative Director and President: Farhan Mujib; hereinafter, “JGC”), and Chiyoda Corporation (Chairman of the Board, President and CEO: Masakazu Sakakida; hereinafter, “Chiyoda”) have signed a joint venture agreement to enhance the front-end engineering design (FEED) execution for a liquefied hydrogen supply chain *1 in development by Japan Suiso Energy, Ltd. (hereinafter, “JSE”). With Kawasaki as leader, the four companies will conduct the required FEED aimed to realize a demonstration of commercial operations for hydrogen liquefaction facilities (two plants capable of processing 60 tonnes per day), onshore liquefied hydrogen storage tanks (five tanks with a capacity of 10,000m3 each), export terminal facilities for large liquefied hydrogen carriers, and related facilities at the liquefaction and export terminal in Hastings, Victoria, Australia. Furthermore, the companies will determine the optimal equipment requirements, specifications, costs, among others, for demonstration tests for the commercialization of JSE’s liquefied hydrogen supply chain (....)