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Connecting the World
with Our Materials

State-of-the-art high-performance materials and
environmental materials

Our materials are used in various products and solutions around the world.
Our strengths are leading to innovation for tomorrow, such as next-generation products aiming for a sustainable world and eco-friendly products.

Engineering Plastics VYLON® HARDLEN® Photo-Functional Materials Fine Chemicals Environmental Solutions System Water Treatment Membrane High Performance Fibers BREATHAIR® Polyester staple fiber Life Material SPUNBOND AC Material

Engineering Plastics

It is a plastic with excellent properties in terms of heat resistance.
It is used in automobile parts, electric/electronic parts, mechanical parts, etc.

2024/10/09

Development of the Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomer "Pelprene®" Eco Series - High ratio of plant-derived ingredients contributes to achieving carbon neutrality -

2024/05/23

Regarding the Regaining of ISO 9001 Certification for Toyobo's Engineering Plastic Products

VYLON® HARDLEN®

We have an extensive product lineup, including high-molecular-weight saturated polyester resins
with excellent adhesion and durability, and adhesion promoters for polyolefins.

2023/11/29

Practical application of "Vitrimer" resin with "bond exchange dynamic covalent bond" for electrical material applications Developed environmentally friendly, highly heat-resistant adhesive sheet that is solvent-free and can be distributed at room temperature

2023/11/29

Putting vitrimers (resin possessing dynamic covalent bonds with associative bond exchange mechanism)into practical use for electronic materialsNew high-heat resistant, eco-friendly adhesive sheet is solvent-free; can be distributed at ambient temperatures

Photo-Functional Materials

Printight®, a photosensitive resin letterpress printing material that can be developed with water.
We are developing original products such as the world's first full-scale photosensitive flexo plate "Cosmolight®".

2024/10/22

We will exhibit photo-functional material products at "Label Forum Japan 2024"

Fine Chemicals

We are developing a wide variety of thio compounds, azide compounds, tetrazoles, carbodiimides, etc. by making use of the fundamental technologies we have cultivated over many years.

2024/11/20

We will exhibit fine chemical products at "Chemical Materials Japan 2024"

Environmental Solutions System

We have developed a device that concentrates VOCs into a gas with a small air volume and high concentration, and a VOC recovery device that uses activated carbon fiber.
Concentrators have been introduced in the fields of liquid crystals, semiconductors, paints and printing, and recovery devices in fields such as film production, converters and chemistry.

2023/12/13

An article about our “VOC recovery equipment” and “K Filter®” was published in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.

Water Treatment Membrane

We offer a variety of separation membranes, including hollow-fiber RO membranes that convert seawater into freshwater, low-pressure spiral-wound RO membranes, BC membranes capable of further concentrating seawater and industrial wastewater, FO membranes that enable membrane separation at lower operating pressures than RO, and MF membranes that can be used for MBR.

2024/11/20

Sales of spiral RO membranes commence in India to meet strong water demand - Technical seminar held in Chennai to commemorate launch -

2024/02/15

Toyobo MC's FO membrane achieved a freshwater recovery ratio of over 65% at Trevi System's renewable seawater desalination plant.
– Accelerating the practical applications of next-generation energy-saving systems –

High Performance Fibers

We have developed three different types of super fiber products, namely Izanas®, Tsunooga®, and Zylon®, which are used in a variety of fields that support our lives.

2024/10/22

We will exhibit high-performance fiber products at the 13th High-Performance Plastics Exhibition -PLASTIC JAPAN-

2024/09/11

TOYOBO MC participates in Japan's first actual sea installation experiment of a TLP type floating structure for offshore wind power generation
~Newly developed ultra-high-strength polyethylene fiber IZANAS® ULC receives groundbreaking ClassNK approval~

BREATHAIR®

A structure in which polyetherester elastomer fibers with rubber elasticity are connected in a three-dimensional direction while drawing many loops.
It is widely recognized as a cushioning material that can replace urethane foam, such as for bedding and Shinkansen seats.

2024/10/31

Co-developed with France Bed the nursing mattress "Twin Wave" using "Breath Air®", and began selling and renting it in November

2023/09/20

Toyobo MC's BREATHAIR™, a three-dimensional network structured fiber material, used in seatback supporter for “ROV Concept,” LEXUS's first vehicle with a hydrogen engine

3D network structured fiber materialBREATHAIR®

Polyester staple fiber

We handle high-performance staple fiber products, including composite fibers "Toyobo Ester®" (there is also a single polyester component) that uses polyester for the core and polyethylene for the sheath.
Toyobo Ester is used as a raw material for nonwoven fabrics for hygiene products such as diapers and sanitary napkins.

Life Material

We handle high-performance textile products used as filter cloth materials for high-temperature bag filters.
A unique product lineup with excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, and dust collection performance.

Heat chemical resistant high performance fiber PROCON®

SPUNBOND

High-performance spunbond nonwoven fabrics are popular not only for automobile interiors and industrial materials, but also as anti-grass sheets and civil engineering and agricultural materials that protect crops.

2024/02/13

Regarding price revision of polyester spunbond nonwoven fabric products

AC Material

In addition to the dust removal filter that collects dust by electrostatic force, the deodorizing filter using activated carbon,
Filters with both dust removal and deodorizing functions are available.

2024/02/20

We will be exhibiting the electrostatic filter "Eritron®" at the "Let's learn more about hay fever countermeasures" talk show and the latest pollen countermeasure product booth.