PC Resin from Biomass-Derived BPA
Teijin has obtained ISCC Plus certification for its new PC resin products
Teijin Ltd., is said to be the first Japanese company to obtain product certifications from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for its new biomass-derived bisphenol-A (BPA) PC resin products. The newly certified biomass PC resin products reportedly offer the same physical characteristics as resins made of conventional petroleum-derived BPA, allowing them to be used in commercial applications such as automotive headlamps and electronic components.
Production at Teijin’s Matsuyama and Mihara production sites in Japan and marketing of the biomass PC resin products containing BPA made from biomass naphtha and tracked under the mass-balance approach method, is now underway. (Under this method, materials are verifiably tracked through complex value chains, as in the case of biomass-derived raw materials being mixed with petroleum-derived raw materials to create products.) As a result, Teijin has launched a new product lineup called Circular Materials (CM) and the PC products with ISCC Plus certifications include the Panlite PC resin and compound, Multilon PC compound, and Panlite PC sheet and film.
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