In Japan, Toray Industries and Idemitsu Kosan Co. are jointly building a supply chain for plastics made from biomass naphtha. Specifically, the two companies are developing biomass-based styrene monomer to be used in acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Under the terms of the deal, Idemitsu will leverage the mass balance method to manufacture styrene from biomass. Toray […]
In Japan, Toray Industries, Inc., says it has developed the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), from sugars derived from inedible biomass. This achievement came from using a proprietary synthesis technique combining the company’s microbial fermentation technology and chemical purification technology that harnesses separation membranes. The company […]
In Thailand, Toray Industries has teamed with Mitsui to produce cellulosic sugars from bagasse leftover from the sugar production process at Thai sugar mills. The companies will invest up to $51 million to build one of the world’s largest bagasse-based ethanol plants. Producing 1,400 tons of cellulosic sugar annually that will be used as feedstock […]
