Teijin Limited announced that it will begin production and sales of TenaxTM Carbon Fiber made with sustainable acrylonitrile (AN) using waste and residue from biomass-derived products or recycled raw materials that have received ISCC PLUS certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system.
The TenaxTM Carbon Fiber under ISCC Plus certification will be produced at Teijin’s Mishima plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, using the mass balance approach. With this method, materials are verifiably tracked through complex value chains, for example, when biomass-derived raw materials are mixed with petroleum-derived raw materials to create products.
This initiative will advance the Teijin Group’s efforts to minimize the negative impact on the environment and society associated with its business activities. The company strives to protect the global environment in accordance with its long-term vision.
The sustainable AN based on ISCC PLUS certification has the same physical properties as petroleum-derived AN, TenaxTM Carbon Fiber based on this material delivers the same performance attributes and processing as equivalent fossil-based TenaxTM products. This similarity allows customers to easily drop in TenaxTM Carbon Fiber made with bio-based or circular materials, helping to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout the product life cycle.
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10 January 2024
