The European Sustainable Technology Innovation Center (ESTIC) is an initiative started for Teijin’s environmental-value solutions.
Why
The world is facing big environmental challenges, and the chemical industry plays an important role in this. Teijin wants to develop environmental solutions in connection with the right partners: we cannot solve this alone. ESTIC facilitates collaboration among researchers across borders to strengthen development initiatives within Teijin’s various business units. ESTIC undertakes the challenge of developing all-new businesses that leverage the lifecycle capabilities of Teijin’s core materials and the development of green materials to support the global circular economy. This includes efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and to stimulate thehydrogen economy.
How
ESTIC facilitates collaboration to strengthen development initiatives in Teijin. ESTIC connects skills and knowledge both internally and externally, and contributes to the development of sustainable technologies through collaboration with external parties. In this way, ESTIC will become a research and development hub for Teijin’s environmental-value solutions.
What
ESTIC is active in three areas: hydrogen, bio-based feedstock, and circular economy. The current specific topics are:
- Developing membrane materials for the hydrogen economy (HyScaling partnership)
- Bio-based feedstock for our materials
- Renewable feedstock for aramid monomers to create a circular economy (InReP Partnership)
Who
ESTIC is based in Arnhem, the Netherlands, on the 5th floor of building T Two. ESTIC has also established a satellite office at Brightlands Chemelot Campus, an international open-innovation community active in performance materials, sustainable processes and biomedical solutions to further activate communication with external innovation communities and research institutes.
People
- Masayuki Chokai
- Klaas Jan Schouten
- Giuseppe Forte
- Akihisa Nomura
- Markus Schneider
- Ton de Weijer