Development of Fully Renewable Biomass PET Polymer
In a joint effort by Toray Industry of Japan and Gevo of U.S, the company’s have successfully developed a fully renewable biomass based Polyethylene Tetraphthalate (PET) Polymer. Geno’s share of effort in developing this fully renewable PET was in converting isobutanol, which was produced from biomass using genetically modified microorganisms to para-xylene through use of conventional chemical process. To complete the development of this Biomass driven PET, Toray applied a new technology and PET polymerization as well as film production technology to terephthalic acid which was synthesized from Gevo’s biomass driven para-xylene and commercially available and renewable mono ethylene glycol (MEG) as raw materials. Read more
Development of a New Membrane with Highly Durable Reverse Osmosis and High Water Permeability used in Wastewater Treatment by TORAY
Use of Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes have had a great success in water treatment plants in areas around the globe faced with water shortage problems, at the same time, there has been an growing demands to improve removal properties to ensure high quality water as well as enhancing water permeability capable of carrying the process with low power consumption. To meet this demand, Toray Industries has successfully developed a highly durable reverse osmosis membrane with highly water permeability capable of removing ions and organic compounds based on company’s know how in nano-technologies. Read more
Development of Industry Biggest Bio-Based Plastic to be used for Exterior of Office equipment
Canon Inc. and Toray Industry made an announcement on successful development of world largest bio-based plastic part to be used in exterior of multifunction office equipment systems. Canon will be using the part in its multifunction office systems for production printing. Bio-based plastic usually suffers from moldibility and other flow characteristics, plus stiff requirements for mechanical strength and high level of flame retardant, making them difficult to be used in exterior parts. Read more
