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Teijin Frontier

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

27 May 2025

2 minutes

Teijin Frontier Develops a New High-performance Polyester Fabric with a Natural Fiber-like Texture and Appearance

TOKYO, JAPAN: Teijin Frontier Co Ltd., announced today that it has developed a new high-performance polyester fabric, which combines the elegant appearance and texture of natural fibers made of yarns of random thickness with advanced functionalities such as cool touch, anti-stickiness, quick dry, opacity and ultraviolet (UV) protection.

The newly...

Recycling Textiles / Polyester Apparel

13 April 2023

2 minutes

The new foreign material removal technology swells the PU elastomer fibre, breaks the chemical bonds and dissolves them with the new processing agent. Simultaneously, the agent eliminates foreign substances including dyes to optimise decolourisation of the polyester fibre.

Teijin Frontier’s Novel Technology Facilitates Fibre-to-Fibre Recycling of Discarded Polyester Apparel

Japan's Teijin Frontier has announced that it has developed a new foreign material removal technology that eliminates both polyurethane (PU) elastomer fibre and dyes from discarded polyester apparel.

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