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The Third Textile? Teijin Frontier's 'Mixel NP', a Fusion of Polyester & Nylon

2024.02.14

Having previously covered materials developed by Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., one can guess the high level of their technical capabilities. This time, we heard that they have developed another new material.

According to the press release, they seem to have created a material called 'Mixel NP', which takes the best of polyester and nylon. Until now, it seems that each fiber manufacturer has dealt with polyester and nylon and continually developed them to add various functionalities. Has a third player, a new material, been born?

We immediately listened to the story of 'Mixel NP' development from the person in charge, Nobuaki Ogata, and the upcoming future developments.

PROFILE

Nobuaki Ogata

Technical Development Department, Apparel Textile Product Development Group
Joined Teijin Limited in 1993. Assigned to the Textile Research Institute. Later, became a member of Teijin Frontier Knitting Co., Ltd. (formerly 'Teijin Kako Ito Co., Ltd.') and the Functional Clothing Development Group of the Processing Technology Department of Teijin Limited. Since 2014, he has been in his current position as the head of the Functional Textile Development Department (now the Apparel Textile Product Development Department) at Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., consistently leading the development of high-performance materials.

Taking the Best of Polyester & Nylon

Please tell us about the background of 'Mixel NP' development.

The primary reason is the expansion of the sports market.In the past, many synthetic fiber fabrics were used in sportswear, mainly polyester and nylon. Since each of them has different characteristics, they didn't compete against each other.

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