Vol.11 Issue 1 / Latest topics 3Driving Green聽Innovation: Shimadzu Group Integrates Cellulose Fibers in Analytical Instruments and Acquires El-design Co., Ltd.for Groundbreaking Packaging Project
Shimadzu Corporation is actively promoting eco-friendly functional materials and systems to reduce our environmental impact. We are committed to prioritizing sustainable practices and advocating for the adoption of green solutions. Together, we can create a greener future.
In a World鈥檚 First, Components Compounded with Cellulose Fibers are being Adopted for Analytical and Measuring Instru-ments
In a world鈥檚 first, Shimadzu Corporation is adopting a cellulose fiber reinforced flame resistant composite resin, a functional, environmentally friendly material, for our analytical and measuring instruments. This resin was created based on GREEN CHIP CMFTM*1 developed collaboratively by Tomoegawa Co., Ltd. (Chuo City, Tokyo) and FP Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd. (Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture) in 2020. The development of this plastic*2 was the result of a challenge by Shimadzu to improve the flame resistance, which was then solved by the three companies. The materials will be used in the configuration units of 15 models in the Nexera series of liquid chromatographs shipped starting in late November.
GREEN CHIP CMF is a sustainable material compounded with聽cellulose fibers, thereby limiting the use of petroleum derived聽resins, leading to a reduction in CO2. Because of its high聽strength, components can be molded more thinly, reducing聽the weight of products. However, the exterior and聽components of analytical instruments and other electrical聽equipment should be flame resistant from the perspective of聽safety.聽Both petroleum derived plastics and聽plant derived聽cellulose are flammable,聽and increasing their respective聽flame聽resistance was problematic.聽Tomoegawa Co., Ltd., FP聽Chemical聽Industry聽Co.,Ltd., and Shimadzu聽Corporation spent聽three years developing a compounding technique for combining聽resin and cellulose, both of which are flammable materials, but聽increasing their flame resistance while maintaining a certain level of聽strength.
Shimadzu Corporation is initially adopting the product for their liquid聽chromatographs, but聽has plans to increase the usage ratio of聽sustainable materials in various products.
*1 GREEN CHIP CMF was developed collaboratively by Tomoegawa聽Co., Ltd. and FP Chemical Industry聽Co.,Ltd.
Start of a Revolutionary Packaging Project in the Shimadzu Group to Contribute to the Environment
In June 2023, Shimadzu Corporation began a 鈥淩evolutionary Packaging Project鈥� to improve the design of packaging for products. This project will revise the packaging materials and specifications used for products handled by the Shimadzu Group, leading to reduced environmental load and logistics costs. At the end of March 2023, Shimadzu Logistics Service Corporation (SLS), which handles logistics functions for the Shimadzu Group, acquired El-design Co., Ltd. (ELD), which has high level packaging design technology. Shimadzu will聽聽promote the Revolutionary Packaging Project聽company-wide聽including the development聽departments and environment聽departments, mainly聽led by SLS and ELD.
The amount of waste will be reduced by聽changing聽from聽conventional wood and plastic聽packaging聽materials to聽recyclable cardboard boxes. Additionally,聽reducing the聽volume after packaging will聽improve the聽loading efficiency for聽the Shimadzu Group as a聽whole,聽leading to reductions in聽transport fees and聽packaging聽fees both in Japan and overseas.聽Through these聽series聽of measures, cost reductions of聽approximately聽100聽million yen per year are expected.聽
Reductions in waste and costs are achieved by changing plastic product guards to cardboard boxes.
It is Shimadzu Corporation鈥檚 goal to contribute to a carbon-neutral society and a circular economy. As part of our medium-term management plan, we are reducing the use of petroleum-derived plastics and aiming to minimize CO2 emissions. By maintaining our focus on sustainability, Shimadzu Corporation is well-positioned to lead the way to a greener future.
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Reductions in waste and costs are achieved by changing plastic product guards to cardboard boxes.
