Title :
Sony´s Activity for Vegetable-based Plastic
Author :
Mori, Hiroyuki ; Ooki, Hiroshi ; Noguchi, Tsutomu ; Yamada, Shin-ichiro ; Sato, Noritaka ; Horie, Toshihiro ; Fujihira, Yuko
Author_Institution :
Sony Corp.
Abstract :
Sony has been developing to apply biomass plastic called "vegetable-based plastic" to casings of electronic products. The paper describes why attention is paid to biomass plastics, what kind of properties were improved, what products were commercialized, remaining technical problems and our final target
Keywords :
agricultural products; electronic products; plastics; product development; sustainable development; Sony Corporation; biomass plastic; electronic products; product development; sustainable development; vegetable-based plastic; Additives; Aluminum; Biomass; Crystallization; Fires; Flame retardants; Injection molding; Packaging; Plastics; Programmable logic arrays; biomass; electronic product; injection molding; plastic; vegetable;
Conference_Titel :
Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2005. Eco Design 2005. Fourth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0081-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619180
