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01Extract
Toray utilizes naphtha procured from suppliers to make petrochemical products. Naphtha is isolated from crude oil through a heating process that takes advantage of the oil's various components' different evaporation temperatures.
* This step is not done in the Toray.
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02Process
Toray subjects naphtha to various chemical reactions to isolate several different substances, which are then used as base materials for a variety of our products.
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p-diethylbenzene efficiently absorbs and isolates paraxylene (PX), a main component in polyester used in polyester fibers and PET bottles.
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Terephthalic acid is a main component of polyester used in fibers and PET bottles. Toray manufactures and sells high-purity terephthalic acid that it obtains through air oxidation.
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Cyclohexene is a colorless solution with wide-ranging applications, from agricultural fertilizer to industrial solvents.
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Chlorocyclohexane is a colorless solution used widely to make agrichemicals and rubber chemicals.
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Ammonium sulfate is used as a nitrogen fertilizer, one of three major elements used to make fertilizer.
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ε-caprolactam is the main component of Toray's Nylon-6, used in nylon products. Toray sells ε-caprolactam manufactured using our proprietary photonitrosation (PNC) technique.
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Toray efficiently manufactures a variety of aromatic compounds using our proprietary isomerization, absorbtion and isolation technologies, all of which leverage the absorbant and catalytic properties of Zeolite.
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Toray efficiently manufactures a variety of aromatic compounds using our proprietary isomerization, absorbtion and isolation technologies, all of which leverage the absorbant and catalytic properties of Zeolite.
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Toray efficiently manufactures a variety of aromatic compounds using our proprietary isomerization, absorbtion and isolation technologies, all of which leverage the absorbant and catalytic properties of Zeolite.
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03Go to "Lifestyles"
From this process come multiple materials used in Toray products.
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