Agricultural facilityMaterials & chemicals

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

TOWING Co., Ltd.Numata, GunmaPublished Jul 28, 2026

InvestmentNot disclosed

PhaseCompleted

Start—

CompletionJul 2026

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.

Project facts

Owner: TOWING Co., Ltd.
Facility: Agricultural facility
Sector: Materials & chemicals
Location: Numata, Gunma, Japan
Investment: Not disclosed
Scale / capacity: 10,000 tons/year biomass input
Equipment / vendor: Noritake Co., Limited
Completion: Jul 2026
Announced: Jul 28, 2026
Themes: renewable-energy

Figures and schedules are as announced by the company or the public body concerned; plans can change. Amounts that were not disclosed are recorded as not disclosed, never estimated.

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