Teijin's Technology for Chemical Recycling of Polyester to be Used for Uniforms in China
Teijin Limited, Onward Holdings Co., Ltd. and Fuji Xerox Co, Ltd. announced that they will launch a closed-loop recycling system for uniforms in China. The system is based on Teijin's ECO CIRCLE *1 that incorporates the world's first technology for the chemical recycling of polyester. Nantong Teijin Co., Ltd. , the Teijin group's polyester textile manufacturing and processing company, weaves and dyes recyclable polyester textiles, which are then used for the uniforms designed and produced by Onward Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a Shanghai-based Onward group company engaged in the design, manufacturing and sales of uniforms. From January 2014, the uniform will be worn by 500 customer engineers *2 at Fuji Xerox (China) Limited, a Beijing-based Fuji Xerox sales company , and 200 production line workers at Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., which recycles used copiers, printers and cartridges. The uniforms will be collected after their u