UBE Corporation (President: Masato Izumihara) announced today that it has launched new composite products designed to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and environmental impact.

These composite products employ recycled carbon fiber with traceability,* leveraging the technologies behind UBE's long track-record in developing engineering plastics. The development of these products adopts technology from Shinryo Corporation (President and CEO: Masaaki Tsuchiyama) to extract high-quality carbon fiber from used parts that contain carbon fiber. Waste containing carbon fiber is said to be increasing year by year, and establishing ways to utilize it has become a significant challenge. UBE has developed new composite products by adding recycled carbon fiber to different nylons and applying various functional improvements to drive applications in markets such as automotive and sports-related applications. These new composite products will help to reduce energy use in people's lives by reducing the weight and enhancing the functionality of various device components, as well as reducing GHG emissions during carbon fiber production.

The UBE Group addresses global environmental issues by striving to reduce GHG emissions and pursuing the development and practical application of environmentally friendly products and technologies. By providing more customers with environmentally friendly products, technologies, and solutions, the UBE Group will help to build a carbon neutral world, thereby achieving its vision for 2030, which declares its intent to be "a corporate group centered on specialty chemicals that contributes to the global environment, human health, and an enriched future society."

• * Traceability
  A system that records and enables identification and tracking of manufacturers, suppliers, sellers, etc., at each process, from raw material procurement to manufacturing, shipping, and sales.

An example of a composite product made with recycled carbon fiber