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Environmentally Friendly Products |
Environmentally Friendly Product Group
Through the entire life cycle of products including merchandise development, production, distribution, consumption, disposal and recycling, where traditionally economic efficiency and mass production were the primary focus, the trend of our times strongly urges us to put more importance on environmental conservation and the reduction of the environmental burden. Kurabo, based on its Human Friendly Concept, which focuses on sound environment for people and the earth, aims to reduce the environmental burden throughout the entire stage of the product life cycle.
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Controllable Wrinkle and Crease Material
ETERNALVEIL |
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Contribution to the environment |
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1. Wrinkle preventing effect
·Neatness of the clothes is retained even after wearing all day long.
·Hardly any ironing is required after washing.
* Equivalent to Class 4 of Wash & Wear Performance
2. Crease retaining effect
·Pleats retention
·Creating vintage taste by retaining creases
3. Soft texture of cotton
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Division:
Textile Business Division |
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Energy Saving
·Hardly any wrinkles are created after washing and drying. Meanwhile, as pleats are firmly retained, you can save trouble in ironing.
·Because this material is less likely to create wrinkles and can keep shape even after wearing all day long, best suited for Cool Biz casual fashions that requires neatness.
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Spray type thermal insulation construction method for home unit
SOFTY CELL ONE |
Overview |
Contribution to the environment |
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1.Provides good thermal environment and comfortable living space.
2.Method of construction that attains seamlessness, and high air-tightness.
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Division:
Chemical Products Division |
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Energy Saving
·With the high thermal insulation performance and air-tightness, air conditioning cost can be saved.
Ozone layer protection and warming prevention
·Urethane forming without chlorofluorocarbon, which is harmful to ozone layer.
·Devoid of substances causative of sick house syndrome such as formalin.
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Fluidized bed boiler using biomass fuel
Biomass boiler |
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Contribution to the environment |
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1.Uses wood based biomass fuel such as construction waste.
2.Capable of combusting multi-fuel including moist sludge and plastic waste.
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| Division:Engineering Division |
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Prevention of warming
Collects and effectively uses the thermal energy.
Not using fossil fuel allows less CO2 emissions.
Reduction in wastes
·Reduces wood based biomass fuel (wastes such as construction waste) by 90 to 95% in volume. |
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| TRI-GENERATION SYSTEM |
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Contribution to the environment |
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1.Uses exhaust gas (CO2) produced in cogeneration (reuse of residual heat from the generation for air heating, etc.) to enhance growth of plants.
2.Reduces hazardous nitrogen oxide (NOx) contained in exhaust gas to the atmospheric level.
3.Concentration of leak ammonia is 1 ppm or less.
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| Division:Engineering Division |
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Prevention of air pollution
Purifies exhaust gas produced in cogeneration and removes hazardous nitrogen oxide.
Prevention of warming
·In addition to the merit of cogeneration (recovery of thermal energy), reduces CO2 in exhaust gas by making greenhouse plants absorb it. |
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Environmental Publicity Activities
Kurabo participates in events and exhibits featuring environment to introduce actively its environment-conscious products. Talking with consumers and hearing their opinions help promote the development and dissemination of ever more environmentally-friendly products.
Kurabo’s environmental technologies are playing active roles in various fields, which have been widely introduced to customers in an easy-to-understand way.
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• 2013 Kurabo Textile Business Division Fair
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An environment booth is set up every year in the Textile Business Division Exhibit to introduce Kurabo's environmental conservation activities. With “ECOVISION” as the keyword, Kurabo continues to give active consideration to the environmental issues in an integrated manner from product development and manufacture to end use.
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| • Advertising Awards Earned by the Company |
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The corporate advertisement “ECO TECH KURABO” on the theme of “environment” won the Japan Industrial Advertising Awards (Newspaper Category) and the Business Advertising Awards (Magazine Ad Category, Free Space Category).
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| Annual Environmental Report Top | President Message | Management |
| Environmental Burden | Environmentally Friendly Products |
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