Teijin, a Japanese high-performance fiber developer, has announced the creation of its new European Sustainable Technology Innovation Center (ESTIC) in Arnhem, Netherlands. The new R&D hub will focus on the development of Teijin’s environmental-value materials and solutions. ESTIC will also establish a satellite office at Brightlands Chemelot Campus, an open-innovation community that operates to create performance materials, sustainable processes and biomedical solutions for a more sustainable world based in Sittard-Geleen. The company said this satellite office would allow Teijin to further activate communication with external innovation communities and research institutes.
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