NAGASE & CO., LTD. (Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Kenji Asakura ) and the NAGASE Group's core manufacturing company Nagase ChemteX Corporation (Head office: Osaka; President and CEO: Satoru Fujii), along with Hayashibara Co., Ltd. (Head office: Okayama; Representative Director: Naoki Yasuba), have successfully jointly developed a super absorbent polymer (SAP) with absorption properties equal or greater than existing products, while having a high biomass content from an increased proportion of bio-based materials. Aiming for a launch as soon as fiscal 2025, progress is being made on establishing techniques for mass production and building a production system. Nagase ChemteX will handle manufacturing, with NAGASE & CO., LTD. selling the product in Japan and internationally.

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• Bio-based Super Absorbent Polymer with High Biomass Content Successfully Developed