18. Sep 2025
Pipes moulded from its biobased polycarbonate
Pipes moulded from its biobased polycarbonate (PC) resin have been adopted for use in the world’s first pipe organ made from bioplastic.
The transparent pipes were manufactured by Teiyo, a Teijin Group company specializing in plastic moulding. This innovative pipe organ was exhibited at the “Reborn Challenge” area within the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion during the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
The bioplastic pipe organ was created by a consortium of eight plastic moulding companies that are participating in the “REBORN with Bioplastics” project organized by the West Japan Plastic Products Industrial Association. It serves as a symbolic demonstration of how the plastics industry’s technologies and ideas can contribute to solving global environmental challenges such as climate change and marine plastic pollution.
At the request of the participating companies, the plastic pipes for the organ were manufactured by Teiyo using biomass-derived PC resin that is produced by Teijin using the mass balance approach. In addition to the sustainability benefits of the biobased PC resin, Teiyo’s advanced moulding technology, which enables the production of pipes in various lengths and diameters, was a key factor in their selection for the pipe organ. AT
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