FILM
Toyobo draws on its polymer, film forming, and processing technologies
to
provide such functional products as films for LCDs and optical uses,
adhesives for electronic components, and conductive paste for touch panels...
May 20, 2020
Expansion
of environmentally friendly high functional films product line
Toyobo
Co., Ltd. is developing its lineup of environmentally friendly, highly
functional films made with recycled resin from PET beverage bottles under the
Beverage Bottles to Film - BB2F™ trademark is and focusing on
expanding into global markets. Trademark applications were filed in Japan and
India in 2019 and will be filed in Europe and other countries in 2020.
Amid the increasing environmental awareness worldwide, the
demand for film products made with post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin is also
growing. In 2012, Toyobo launched the PET film CYCLE CLEAN™, from which 80 percent is
made from recycled resins, one of the industry’s highest ratios. It has a
thickness of 12 micrometers, which is the thinnest in the industry. This
product does not use mill ends or defective pieces generated in the
manufacturing process, but contributes to reducing used plastic waste by using
only PCR resin from PET beverage bottles. This environmentally friendly product
has been widely adopted for wrap-round labels for PET bottles and other
purposes.
With
the Beverage Bottles to Film - BB2F™ trademark, Toyobo is
accelerating the development of film product line made with PCR resin obtained
purely from beverage bottles. In addition to CYCLE CLEAN™, the product line is going
to include the thin shrink film SPACE CLEAN™ and ECOSYAR™, a film with high gas
barrier properties. Toyobo plans to expand sales of environmentally friendly
and highly functional films globally to help achieve a circular economy in the
flexible packaging industry.
For
more information please contact:
Public
Relations Group, Corporate Sustainability Department, Toyobo Co., Ltd.
E-mail: pr_g@toyobo.jp