Teijin Frontier opens plastic recycling facility in Thailand

Teijin Frontier Co., a fibers and products converting company based in Tokyo, has announced the launch of a recycling facility that will convert polyethylene terephthalate bottles (PET) bottles into recycled polyester pellets. The facility will be operated by Teijin Polyester Ltd. (TPL), a subsidiary of Teijin Frontier, and will produce pellets for polyester filament manufacturing. 

According to a news release from Teijin, the facility will open in early 2022 and is expected to produce 7,000 tons of recycled polyester pellets annually by fiscal 2025.

Teijin Frontier will install cleaning equipment and the latest pelletizing machinery to remove foreign substances from the recycled PET bottles before they are extruded into pellets. TPL will use Teijin Frontier’s proprietary quality control technologies in its system for turning plastic bottles into recycled polyester pellets. The company says the raw yarn produced at TPL will be used in Teijin Frontier's Ecopet recycled filament yarn.

Teijin Frontier, guided by its Think Eco environmental initiative, says it aims to improve its environment by developing environmentally friendly materials and products for applications ranging from clothing to industrial materials.