On Feb 1. Toray Advanced Composites (Nijverdal, The Netherlands) announced the launch of a lifecycle assessment (LCA) program for its Toray Cetex range of thermoplastic composite materials. This strategic move underscores the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility, aiming to quantify and reduce the environmental impact of its manufacturing processes.

The LCA will initially focus on Toray Cetex materials manufactured at its site in Nijverdal, The Netherlands, with plans to broaden the program to include U.S. facilities and the company’s thermoset composite materials.

The assessments are being conducted by an independent third party in accordance with ISO14040 and ISO14044. They will provide customers with reliable emission data on Toray’s composite material to help them evaluate their footprints during the product lifecycle.

“Toray Cetex has been used within aerospace for lightweighting to lower fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions for over 30 years,” Marc Huisman, director research and development, states. “We are committed to the ongoing reduction of CO₂ emissions across the whole of the product lifecycle, and along with optimizing our own processes, are excited to support the industry with relevant, accurate data to help determine the whole emission process in composite part adoption.”

Under the Toray Group Sustainability Vision, the company has made realizing a world in which resources are managed sustainably one of its goals for 2050. Toray will continue to invest in process optimization and renewable energy sources, as well as working in partnership with customers and research institutes on recyclable material technologies to materialize its corporate philosophy of contributing to society by creating new value through innovative ideas, technologies and products.

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