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Article: Teijin develops world's first bioplastic eyeglasses.(Environment and recycling)
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- New Materials Asia
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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Teijin Limited and Teijin Chemicals Limited announced the development of eyeglass frames made from plant-based, heat-resistant bioplastic Biofront, the world's first bioplastic to be used for all plastic parts of eyeglass frames, including the temples. The frames were developed in collaboration with Tanaka Foresight Inc, which makes and sells approximately 60% of all plastic eyeglass parts in Japan.
The new frames will be exhibited at the Tanaka Foresight booth during the International Optical Fair Tokyo (IOFT 2009) at Tokyo Big Sight over 27-29 October 2009. Tanaka Foresight eventually expects to sell 50 000-100 000 eyeglasses per year.
Although acetate ...