Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Tashkent Region Governor Zoyir Mirzaev has held talks with Shintaro Niwa, president of Japan’s Mutsuura Honten Co., Ltd., to discuss industrial cooperation and projects to reuse treated wastewater.
Mutsuura Honten has been operating for more than 100 years and works with several major Japanese industrial companies. It supplies materials for equipment maintenance and repair, and installs and calibrates high-precision measuring instruments.
Its clients include Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, machine tool manufacturer Okuma and railway rolling stock maker Nippon Sharyo.
During the meeting, the sides discussed opportunities to develop industrial cooperation in Tashkent region, introduce modern technologies and implement joint projects.
One proposal involved launching a pilot project to treat and reuse wastewater generated at construction sites.
Drawing on Mutsuura Honten’s experience working with Japanese water treatment equipment manufacturer WOTA, participants considered collecting and treating wastewater at construction sites in Yangi Tashkent and other districts.
The treated water could then be reused for technical purposes.
The talks also covered potential cooperation with companies in Tashkent region that manufacture automotive components.
The regional administration said it was ready to identify suitable industrial enterprises and facilitate talks between them and the Japanese company.
Participants also exchanged views on the practical implementation of the proposals and the development of potential joint projects.
