Volume 87 Issue 38
Issue Date: September 21, 2009
pp. 19-20 ConcentratesIssue Date: September 21, 2009
Teijin Sets Sight On Bioplastic
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Eyeglass frames made with Teijin’s Biofront.
Credit: Teijin

Eyeglass frames made with Teijin’s Biofront.
Credit: Teijin
Japan’s Teijin has unveiled eyeglass frames made from the plant-based plastic Biofront. A heat-resistant polylactide, Biofront is the world’s first bioplastic to be used in all the plastic parts of eyeglass frames, Teijin says. The frames were developed in collaboration with Tanaka Foresight, which manufactures 60% of all plastic eyeglass parts in Japan. Teijin plans to produce 5,000 tons of Biofront in its 2010 fiscal year.
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