(PR-inside.com) http://www.usa.canon.com - Canon U.S.A, Inc., today announced that Canon Inc. and Toray Industries, Inc., have successfully developed a bio-based plastic that achieves the world's highest level of flame retardance(i). The new bio-based plastic, which includes more than 25 percent (by weight) a plant-derived component, will be used in exterior plastic parts for Canon multifunction office systems to be launched beginning next year. Plant-derived bio-based plastics, which curb increases in CO2 and decrease the consumption of oil resources, offer material properties that effectively reduce environmental burden. To date, however, bio-based plastics have not performed as well as conventional petroleum-based plastics ..
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