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Netherlands' Teijin Aramid produces Twaron using recycled material

15 Jun '23

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Teijin Aramid has achieved a significant milestone by successfully producing Twaron, a high-modulus filament yarn, using recycled feedstock.
Twaron fibres exhibit the same exceptional strength and durability as the original fibres.
This development demonstrates Teijin Aramid's commitment to sustainability and its progress towards a circular economy.

Teijin Aramid has announced that years of research and trials have resulted in a production run of Twaron using recycled feedstock. The high-modulus filament yarn produced with recycled content has the same exceptional strength and durability as the original renowned Twaron fibres.

It’s a milestone in the Teijin Aramid sustainability journey – a first for developing technology and the journey towards using an ever-increasing percentage of recycled content in the production of sustainable Twaron yarn. With the successful completion of the trials on an industrial scale by leading materials experts, Teijin Aramid has taken a step closer towards commercialisation of circular Twaron.

“The success of this is due to the knowledge, experience and cooperation with our customers and value chain partners, over many years,” said CEO Peter ter Horst.

The first industrial-scale production of Twaron using recycled material underscores the company’s commitment to a circular economy for Aramid. This is also in line with the European Union's Green Deal vision for a resource-efficient economy with no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. This is a remarkable progress in Teijin Aramid’s journey towards a fully sustainable and circular Aramid value chain. Teijin Aramid has been mechanically recycling end-of-life para-Aramid products for decades.

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