The Asia-Pacific region is expected to see high economic growth as populations surge.  Urbanisation is driving a trend toward rising numbers of facility and infrastructure projects such as water and sewage, waste to energy, railways, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food-related facilities, noted JGC. 

The need to meet increasing energy demand while shifting toward low carbon/decarbonisation has led to a sharp rise in energy transition projects, including renewable energy, the contractor said. 

“As a part of the reinforcement of the JGC Group's sales and project execution network in the Asia-Pacific region, which is positioned as a growth market, the JGC Asia Pacific headquarters will bring a strengthened framework to its regional management as sought in the long-term management vision "2040 Vision",” JGC said. 

“The newly established headquarters will contribute toward the key strategy of expanding the growth markets and segments for our engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) business, as outlined in the medium-term management plan "Building a Sustainable Planetary Infrastructure 2025" (BSP2025).” 

Since around 50 years ago, JGC has established engineering companies in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia to execute EPC plant and facility projects in the oil, gas and petrochemical fields sectors. 

Since New Year’s Days, JGC Singapore has been renamed JGC Asia Pacific and the company, headed by managing director Terumitsu Hayashi, will take on the new role of Asia-Pacific regional headquarters and serve as a base for project execution in Singapore and nearby countries. 

Specifically, with project department and engineering departments collaborating to form an organisation for sales that includes technical expertise, JGC Asia Pacific and group companies in the region will develop and be awarded projects through a solutions-driven approach based on local capability for local delivery, added JGC. 

“Projects will also be secured by providing from the planning stage full support to Japanese companies expanding into the Asia-Pacific region,” said the contractor, adding that projects expected to be won include renewable energy, liquefied natural gas receiving terminals and gas-fired thermal power, in addition to infrastructure-related projects.