TOWING completes biochar demonstration plant in Gunma using livestock manure carbonization equipment

TOWING, a Nagoya University-affiliated agritech startup, completed a demonstration plant in Numata City, Gunma Prefecture that converts livestock manure into high-functionality biochar 'Soratan' using large-scale carbonization equipment developed with Noritake's industrial furnace heating technology. The plant, TOWING's largest and third domestic site, reuses a disused municipal gymnasium and began operation in July 2026, with planned annual biomass input of 10,000 tons, one of Japan's largest capacities for biochar carbonization equipment.