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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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Rapidly dried with the texture of cotton
OVERNIGHT DRY |
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Contribution to the environment |
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1. Quickly dried even when hung inside the house
2. Surprisingly shortens drying time after washing and dewatering
(1/6 of cotton and 1/4 of PE & cotton blended fabrics)
3. Soft and gentle feel of cotton
4. Quickly absorbs, disperses, and evaporates sweat when worn
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Division:
Textile Business Division |
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Energy Saving
·Because of quick drying, there is no need of using a cloth drier even in the rainy season or in winter.
(Reference)
Electricity: Saving of about ¥30,000 a year
CO2 emission: Reduction of about 260 kg a year
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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 |
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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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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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Click here for list of environmentally friendly products of Kurabo Group
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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.
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| 2012 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. As one of our new efforts of this year, we conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) of textile products (dyed material), calculated the total amount of CO2 emitted in the process from collection of resources to production of the product, and presented the results. The eco-friendly products were also exhibited for which our efforts to reduce environmental burden in the process of manufacture and in use were explained.
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