Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67495) has announced the addition of “Technical Textile Innovations in Japan” to their offering.
The Japanese textile industry is well known for its innovativeness. Asahi Kasei’s Precisé fine polyester nonwoven is “very thin, like paper” and has a fine and even structure. Kuraray’s new Vancool tent and awning material helps to block heat while its Clarino synthetic leather is being used for baseballs and lightweight shoes. Kuraray has also developed towable polyacrylate water bags made from Vectran, and Flextar fabrics made from Kuralon K-II polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). Mitsubishi Rayon Engineering’s steam-jet entanglement process opens up new end uses for nonwovens. Fabrics made from Omikenshi’s Sundia viscose fibres are able to deodorise on exposure to sunlight.
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SUMMARY
ASAHI KASEI: PRECISÉ-A NEW POLYESTER MICROFIBRE MULTILAYER
SPUNBONDED FABRIC
ASAHI KASEI, TEIJIN AND TOYOBO: FUSION, ELK AND BRACEAIR-POLYESTER
ALTERNATIVES TO POLYURETHANE FOAM FOR CUSHIONING MATERIALS
* Asahi Kasei: Fusion
* Teijin and Suminoe Textile: Elk
* Toyobo: Braceair
KURARAY: CLARINO SYNTHETIC LEATHER
KURARAY AND SPALDING: IMPROVED BASKETBALLS MADE USING CLARINO
SYNTHETIC LEATHER
KURARAY: HEAT BLOCKING TENT AND AWNING MATERIAL EMPLOYING
VANCOOL HEAT-BLOCKING FILM
MITSUBISHI RAYON ENGINEERING: STEAM-JET ENTANGLEMENT COULD BE USED TO PRODUCE NONWOVENS WITH NOVEL PROPERTIES FOR NEW APPLICATIONS
KURAFLEX: NEW FLEXTAR FABRICS MADE FROM POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FIBRES
KURARAY: POLYACRYLATE WATER CARRIERS MADE FROM VECTRAN
TEIJIN: ECOCIRCLE-A NEW RECYCLING SYSTEM FOR POLYESTER FIBRES
TEIJIN: MORPHOTEX MONOFILAMENT FIBRES WITH 61 NANOLAYERS ENABLE
COLOURS TO BE PRODUCED WITHOUT PIGMENTS OR DYES
TEIJIN: A NEW PATENTED PROCESS GIVES POLYESTER THE APPEARANCE AND HANDLE OF HIGH GRADE MERINO WOOL
TEIJIN TWARON: SULFRON 3000 ENHANCES THE PERFORMANCE AND LIFETIME OF RUBBER IN TYRES
TEIJIN: HEAT-RESISTANT BIOPLASTIC
TEIJIN: NEW SELF-REGULATING FIBRES FOR CONTROLLING MOISTURE AND STRETCH
TORAY AND MITSUBISHI: PLANT-BASED CAR MAT REDUCES CO2 AND VOLATILE
ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSIONS
NEC AND UNITIKA: KENAF ADDS STRENGTH TO BIOPLASTICS FOR ELECTRONIC
DEVICES AND IMPROVES THE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCEPTABILITY OF MOBILE PHONES
FUJITSU: A NEW BIOPOLYMER MADE FROM CASTOR OIL WITHSTANDS REPEATED BENDING IN NOTEBOOK PCs AND MOBILE PHONES
HONDA: PLANT-BASED FABRIC FOR CAR INTERIORS
DAIWABO: DEOMETAFI DEODORANT FIBRE
SUZUTORA: MAZA—AN IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY FOR COATING TEXTILES WITH METAL
OMIKENSHI: VISCOSE FIBRES WITH BUILT-IN PROPERTIES
Sundia
Crabyon
Kishu Binchotan
OMIKENSHI: VISCOSE FIBRES CONTAINING SQUALENE, A COMPOUND
EXTRACTED FROM SHARK'S LIVER
KURASHIKI: PHOTOCATALYTICALLY MODIFIED NONWOVENS FOR FILTRATION
CONTACTS
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