Toray unveils new bio-based film for solar control window film applications

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Toray Plastics (America) Inc. has developed a new bio-based film made with sustainable feedstock that can be used in the manufacture of solar control window films for commercial and residential applications.
The company, in a press release, said the New Lumirror brand BioView PET film is made with Toray’s proprietary sustainable resin blends, which are created with approximately 30 percent renewable feedstock.
The company said the film’s performance is equal to that of traditional solar window films used during solar film manufacturing, installation and use in technically demanding applications that require exceptional optical clarity. It said it has “very low haze, excellent handling and processing characteristics, and high scratch resistance.”
“This is a very exciting development for window film technology and for the commercial and residential building markets,” Milan Moscaritolo, Lumirror Division senior sales and marketing director, said in a statement. “The construction industry continues to look for innovative ways to help developers reduce energy costs. Creating a film that lessens the impact on the environment, without sacrificing solar protection performance, was the natural next step in the evolution of the technology. The BioView film represents a perfect marriage between an environment-friendly film and an energy-saving application.”
Two years ago, the company installed the finished bio-based solar window film at office and manufacturing plant locations on its 70-acre campus here. Moscaritolo said the installation “was seamless and the film’s performance has been excellent.”
Toray said also plans to produce polyester film to be used in the manufacture of solar control window film that will be made entirely of sustainable feedstock. A patent is pending for the new film.

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