Foam forming inside the molded product reduces the amount of plastic used and contributes to product weight reduction. General-purpose polypropylene lacks foaming properties, making it difficult to form uniform bubbles and mold products with a high appearance. Japan Polypropylene Corporation's WAYMAXTM is a polypropylene with a special structure unique to the company, which allows the formation of fine, uniform independent air bubbles to achieve high heat insulation properties and various container properties.

Non-oriented polypropylene film (CPP) is in strong demand to reduce the amount of plastic used by making it thinner. Our special CPP material is more than twice as rigid as conventional CPP material of the same thickness, making it possible to use thinner film, thereby reducing the amount of plastic used.​

Japan Polyethylene Corporation also offers products blended with biomass polyethylene made from plant-derived ethanol, contributing to the reduction of fossil resource consumption as well as the prevention of global warming.​

Aiming for environmentally friendly food container packaging, we optimized the resin used by using Japan Polyethylene Corporation's advanced technology, while maintaining the content protection and sealing/opening properties as a packaging material, and it has been used for powdered seasoning packaging, which is mainly made of paper.​

FUNCSTER™︎ is a high-quality long glass fiber-reinforced polypropylene made by our proprietary melt impregnation process. Its strength by weight*1 is about three times that of steel, and it can reduce the weight of parts by 20-40%. We are developing and proposing "lightweight and highly rigid materials" that can contribute to environmental friendliness, such as reducing CO₂ emissions from automobiles and extending cruising range with the shift to EVs.​
*1Strength by weight: Tensile strength/specific gravity

To make a wide range of products more sustainable, including containers and packaging, medical and hygiene products, and other items that are generally difficult to recover and recycle, we will consider manufacturing and marketing biopolypropylene made from plant-derived propylene(Segregation or mass balance method).

Fuel tanks, which are important safety parts, and filler pipes, which transfer fuel from fuel tanks to fuel tanks, are also being converted to plastic in many vehicle models, thanks to Japan Polyethylene Corporation’s advanced technology and quality, contributing to reduced CO₂ emissions through improved fuel efficiency.

By making the container of liquefied petroleum gas (LP gas), a type of energy that is expected to contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society in the future, lighter by using resin and composite materials, we have reduced CO₂ emissions during transportation and improved workload.

We are developing compatibilizers and kneading technologies to suppress dispersion defects and property degradation during material recycling of composite products with barrier materials such as EVOH and polyamide, which are widely used in polyolefin-based food packaging containers.

Biaxially oriented polypropylene film (OPP), commonly used for packaging film, is sometimes laminated with other resins (O-PET, O-Ny) to enhance rigidity. The special OPP material we offer features a significant improvement in heat resistance and 25% or more higher rigidity compared to conventional products, and is expected to replace O-PET as a mono-material.​

This film can be used for decorating complex shapes that enable coating-free processing. It is adhesive-free and can be firmly bonded to polypropylene moldings, providing excellent appearance. The all-PP film eliminates the need for separation of coated film fragments, facilitating recycling of decorated products and contributing to waste reduction. It is also an environmentally friendly material because no solvents are used.​

Consideration will be given to the production and sale of chemical recycled polyethylene/polypropylene using used waste plastic as raw material and chemical recycled ethylene/propylene (mass balance method) obtained through oil conversion technology. By collecting the chemical-recycled PE/PP that has become a product as used waste plastic again, a recycling loop can be established.