“U-BE-INFINITY™” Environmentally Friendly Product Brand
In April 2024, the UBE Group launched “U-BE-INFINITY™,” an environmentally friendly product brand. UBE Group products and technologies designed to contribute to the environment that are deemed to have outstanding environmental performance are granted this brand, with the goal of enhancing their added value.
The brand name is intended to express our aspiration to realize infinite social development together with our stakeholders. In addition, the brand’s logo uses diverse colors to represent our determination to never being content with the status quo and continuously evolve in order to help resolve global environmental issues.
The “U-BE-INFINITY™” brand thus includes products and technologies capable of contributing to carbon neutrality by reducing GHG emissions as well as a number that employ reused and biomass materials to help save resources or make recycling easier. On June 27, 2024, we launched the first lineup of “U-BE-INFINITY™” brand products as detailed below.
| Bio-composite | A composite that boasts a high content of wood biomass, which helps reduce CO2 emissions, and serves as an alternative for fossil-derived materials |
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| Recycled carbon fiber reinforced nylon composite | A nylon composite made using recycled carbon fiber as a raw material |
We also plan to release the products and technologies listed below under this brand.
| Sustainable caprolactam | Manufactured using sustainable raw materials certified under International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS |
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| Bio-based nylon | Made using plant-based raw materials |
| Recycled nylon | Made using ingredients derived from recycled nylon (PCR*1 and PIR*2 nylon/filler) materials |
| Recyclable nylon | A nylon-based compatibilizing resin that contributes to multi-material recycling efforts |
- *1Post-consumer recycling: A recycling method that converts used products into resources
- *2Post-industrial recycling: A recycling method that converts scrap material emitted from factory processes into resources