#Sustainability

2021-07-29

Teijin launches website to showcase sustainable mobility

Teijin Limited announced today that it has launched the Teijin Sustainable Mobility website to comprehensively introduce the company’s initiatives for a more sustainable society including its partnership with the Formula E (all-electric) racing team Envision Virgin Racing Formula E Team and Teijin Group's technologies that help reduce the environmental impact of automobiles.

Teijin is strengthening its position in the automotive industry as it develops medium- and long-term opportunities in the field. The new, bilingual (English/Japanese) website introduces Teijin’s partnership with Envision Virgin Racing and promotes the group’s related sustainability efforts, including its automotive technologies and solutions engineered to reduce environmental impact. It also provides convenient links to the Teijin business groups focused on these technologies:

• Teijin Aramid B.V. (Arnhem, Netherlands) -- Tires, hoses, brake pads and transmissions

• Continental Structural Plastics Holdings Corporation (Auburn Hills, U.S.A.) -- Battery enclosures, pickup boxes and body panels

• J.H. Ziegler GmbH (Baden- Württemberg, Germany) -- Nonwovens for high-quality car seats and nonwoven acoustic absorbers

To ensure relevance for automotive-industry stakeholders, the website’s design and content were developed through consultation with members of Teijin’s group companies in Japan, U.S., and Europe. In the future, the Teijin Sustainable Mobility website will be further enhanced with new content, including solutions for polycarbonate resin glazing and carbon fiber.

Teijin has a long-term vision of becoming a company that supports the society of the future and has established long-term goals for internal net-zero emissions by fiscal 2050. With an aim to significantly reduce CO2 emissions across its entire supply chain, the company will make the amount of avoided emissions by use of its products larger than actual emissions groupwide and its upstream supply chain by 2030.

Envision Virgin Racing has been competing in the all-electric race series ABB FIA Formula E World Championship (Formula E) since its inception. Teijin and its partners have been working with Envision Virgin Racing to develop lightweight, high-performance automotive components, leveraging the freedom of design that will be required for next-generation mobility. Teijin is also using initiative to raise awareness of its brand in the automotive world.

Teijin announces availability of DPP-compliant products aligned with Europe’s ESPR Environmental Regulation

Teijin Limited announced today that it has started rolling out initiatives to enable aramid fibers and carbon fibers to be accompanied by Digital Product Passport (DPP) technology, which enhances supply chain transparency by verifying the origins of materials and supporting sustainability claims. The company is using the supply chain traceability system from Netherlands-based Circularise B.V., in which Teijin has invested since November 2024, to develop DPPs for each product.

Teijin Carbon showcases new eco-friendly Tenax Next™ R2S 513 6mm short carbon fiber at JEC World 2025

Teijin Carbon, a leading manufacturer of carbon fiber products, is presenting its latest development in sustainable materials at JEC World 2025 (hall 6, G22). New Tenax Next™ R2S 513 6mm is a short carbon fiber product in rice-shaped form for reinforcing thermoplastic compounds that not only offers exceptional performance characteristics but also reinforces the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility and circularity.

Teijin to invest in Circularise B.V. and adopt its supply chain traceability platform to promote the Circular Economy

Teijin Limited announced today that it will invest in Circularise B.V., a company based in The Hague, Netherlands, which develops product traceability management systems using blockchain technology. Teijin will also implement Circularise’s software to improve visibility into its global supply chain. Circularise’s proprietary “Smart Questioning”(*) solution, which utilizes Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) technology, provides both anonymity and transparency to ensure a highly reliable product traceability system.

Updated supply chain taxonomy advances apparel alignment

The apparel alliance (Apparel Impact Institute, Cascale, Textile Exchange, and ZDHC Foundation) today announced the launch of Version 2 of the Supply Chain Taxonomy, an updated harmonized framework designed to improve consistency, transparency, and collaboration across the textile, clothing, leather, and footwear (TCLF) sectors of the broader apparel industry.

SHIMA SEIKI brings new flat knitting technologies to FEBRATEX 2026

Leading flat knitting solutions provider SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD. of Wakayama, Japan, together with its Brazilian representative BRASTEMA TECNOLOGIA TEXTIL LTDA., will exhibit at the Brazilian Textile Industry Fair (FEBRATEX 2026) this month. On display will be a roundup of SHIMA SEIKI computerized flat knitting technology, represented by WHOLEGARMENT® knitting machines, computerized flat knitting machines featuring a brand-new model with high productivity and excellent cost performance, a glove knitting machine and the latest digital solutions.

Lenzing reports improved half-year results and advances strategic transformation

Despite a persistently challenging market environment in the first half of 2026, characterized by volatile energy and raw material prices, subdued global consumer demand and intensified competition from Asia, the Lenzing Group significantly improved its financial performance. Net result after tax more than doubled to EUR 35.6 million, compared with EUR 15.2 million in the first half of 2025. Free cash flow increased to EUR 45.8 million, while EBITDA amounted to EUR 239.2 million. Revenue totaled EUR 1.27 billion, compared with EUR 1.34 billion in the previous year.

Trützschler’s latest spinning and card clothing innovations at CAITME 2026

From September 8 to 10, 2026, Trützschler will present its latest innovations in spinning and card clothing for state-of-the-art fiber processing at CAITME in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Visitors are invited to meet the experts at Pavilion 2, Booth D50 and explore solutions designed to increase productivity, streamline processes, and ensure consistently high yarn quality. Key topics include the next-generation card TC 30i, the integrated draw frame IDF 3, the high-performance comber TCO 21XL as well as Trützschler Card Clothing’s new flat top series STEELTOP®.