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PARTNERSHIP
Archroma and Artistic Milliners partner to drive

sustainability in denim industry

Archroma, the Swiss speciality
chemicals firm, has announced a part-
nership with Pakistan-based Artistic
Milliners, one of the world’s top denim
fabric manufacturers. The firms will
join forces to implement resource-sav-
ing techniques through sustainable
solutions designed for long-term im-
pact, as well as further strengthen com-
pliance standards through an extensive
training programme.

Plans for the partnership include
establishing a training platform at the
Archroma Centre of Excellence in advancements in denim-based research. est portfolio, we are now able to offer
Karachi. Aside from imparting training A key component of this partnership the textile industry with cutting-edge
on the implementation of mandatory is Archroma and Artistic Milliners technologies and high-performance
technical requirements in compliance working together to develop new and solutions that bring together efficiency
and safety to the Artistic Milliners sustainable solutions that would value and sustainability. This partnership is
employees, Archroma is also taking it add both the local and global denim set to foster mutually beneficial market
a step further to share resource saving markets. dynamics and strategies. By leveraging
initiatives, especially water and energy, our well-established solutions in cur-
practiced at Archroma. Additionally, Mr. Mujtaba Rahim, CEO, Archroma rent markets, this collaboration opens
Archroma will also periodically share commented, “With the industry’s broad- doors to new possibilities.”

COLLABORATION
Chevron and JX to develop of CCS value chain from

Japan to Australia

Japan’s JX Nippon Oil & Gas ship from Japan to Chevron’s green- throughout the Asia-Pacific region,”
Exploration Corporation and Chevron house gas storage portfolio in Australia. said Mr. Chris Powers, Vice Presi-
New Energies, a division of Chevron The collaboration will also explore the dent of Carbon Capture, Utilization,
USA, have signed a Memorandum of opportunity to develop suitable trans- and Storage (CCUS) at Chevron. “We
Understanding (MoU) that provides a boundary policies and the potential believe large-scale CCS value chain pro-
framework to evaluate the export of car- development of CO storage sites in jects will play a key role in advancing
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bon-dioxide (CO ) from Japan to Car- other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. Asia Pacific’s lower carbon aspirations,
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bon Capture and Storage (CCS) projects and that long-term collaborations are
located in Australia and other countries “We look forward to building off necessary to meet these aspirations,” he
in the Asia-Pacific region. The main our long-standing relationship with JX added. “This MoU is achieved thanks to
objective of the MoU is to evaluate and Eneos Group, the largest Japanese the significant oil and liquefied natural
the feasibility of the CCS value chain, global petroleum and metals conglo- gas (LNG) relationship with Chevron
including capture of CO emitted from merate, and hope that this joint study that we have had over seven decades,”
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industries located in Japan, including ultimately contributes to the further said Mr. Tetsuo Yamada, Executive
JX’s affiliates, and transportation by development of large-scale CCS hubs Vice President of JX.

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