The Fibers and Textiles Research Laboratories has yielded new apparel products, high-performance fibers for tire cord, ECSAINE® suede-texture artificial leather, TORAYSEE® high-tech wipingcloth and other breakthroughs. Also emerging are carbon fibers, hollow fibers for use in artificial kidneys and other fundamental technologies to spearhead new business. At present, the laboratories are deepening fundamental technologies for the polymers and spun fibers used in new products for apparel.
They are also creating novel types of environmentally-friendly fibers, and conducting research to achieve higher functionality of fibers designed to pursue the limits of what is possible.