In addition, Teijin’s proprietary island-in-sea composite spinning technology which is used to create Nanofront is said to eliminate the
problem of unstable quality associated with conventional mass-produced nanofibres.
Teijin Fibers started commercial production of Nanofront in 2008 and has been developing
applications in areas such as innerwear, sportswear and industrial materials. In November
2009 the company announced that it had begun to market Nanofront for use in the palms of
golf gloves manufactured and marketed by Acushnet Japan Inc. under the FootJoy brand.
Called Nanolock, the product was thought to be the world’s first golf glove to use nanofibre
material.
Teijin is a global technology-driven group operating in eight main fields: aramid fibres,
carbon fibres and composites, polyester fibres, plastics, films, medical and pharmaceuticals,
fibre products marketing and IT businesses.
The group, comprising 150 companies and 17,542 employees worldwide, had consolidated
sales of JPY 815.7 billion (USD 10.6 billion) and total assets of JPY 761.5 billion (USD 9.9
billion) in the fiscal year ending 31 March 2011.
