[KOKUYO Co., Ltd.] Develops a special version of the stadium chair “Centura” using cushioning material containing recycled beer cup fibers
KOKUYO Co., Ltd. Press release: September 26, 2024 Developed a special version of the stadium chair “Centura” using cushioning material containing recycled beer cup fibers Scheduled to deliver approximately 150 seats to the stadium in the new Hanshin Tigers Farm home base KOKUYO Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City / President: Hidekuni Kuroda) has developed a special version of the stadium chair “Centura” that uses cushioning material made from recycled polyester beer cups collected at Koshien Stadium.
Approximately 150 seats will be delivered by the end of December 2024 to the main stadium “Nippon Steel Kohan SGL Stadium Amagasaki” in the Hanshin Tigers farm’s new home base “Zero Carbon Baseball Park” which is scheduled to open in March 2025. , I will inform you.
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recycling-oriented society,” which is one of KOKUYO’s material issues. As a special feature, Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the official eco-partner of Hanshin Koshien Stadium, has created a cushioning material made from polyester vertical non-woven fabric with 20% fiber recycled from polyester beer cups collected at Koshien Stadium. It is a special specification placed on the back of “Centura”. The back of the main unit is green (standard color), and the seat is made of our standard urethane, and the back is made of cushioning material containing the aforementioned recycled beer cup recycled fibers, providing a unique sense of stability and comfort. I will. 2. Delivery details This time, at the Zero Carbon Baseball Park, which is scheduled to open in March 2025, we will be supplying a variety of our stadium chair products to the seats (approximately 3,600 seats) of the main baseball stadium, Nippon Steel Steel SGL Stadium Amagasaki, as well as the 1.3 base and It was also adopted for the audience seats (approx. 50 seats) at Oda Minami Park Baseball Stadium and the 1.3 base dugout. Among them, a special specification product of the newly developed “Centura” was adopted for the area in front of the back net (approx. 150 seats) of “Nippon Steel SGL Stadium Amagasaki”, and the area was named “KOKUYO Premium Seat”. We will be sponsoring Lights. 3. Product details The back of the specially developed Centura product is made of a 15mm thick vertical non-woven fiber cushion made from 20% recycled beer cup fiber, 30% recycled PET bottle fiber, and 50% polyester. .
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/48998/944/48998-944-0e385d3ba0092edfd636f3b40455424f-519×389.jpg Cushion containing recycled beer cup recycled fiber used on the back of the “Centura” special edition product “Centura” is our unique stadium chair that we started selling in January 2020.It has a compact form with little depth, yet provides a sense of stability and comfort. There are also 17 color variations, allowing you to create a variety of colors in your stadium. Product site:
https://www.kokuyo-furniture.co.jp/products/office/centura/
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“contributing to a recycling-oriented society,” and “contributing to a society coexisting with nature.” We have set ambitious challenge goals for 2030 and committed goals for each medium-term management plan in 2024. KOKUYO sustainability site:
https://www.kokuyo.co.jp/sustainability/ (2) About Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd.’s polyester vertical nonwoven fabric A special
high-performance nonwoven fabric with a vertical structure made of polyester fiber. Unlike regular non-woven fabrics, the fibers are aligned vertically, making it a lightweight material with high resilience, excellent heat insulation and sound absorption properties. Its cushioning properties make it suitable for use in mattresses and train seats, and its sound-absorbing properties and light weight make it used in automobile sound-absorbing materials. (3) About Hanshin Tigers Farm home base “Zero Carbon Baseball Park” From March 2025, the Hanshin Tigers’ farm facility (currently Naruohama, Nishinomiya City) will be relocated to Odanami Park in Amagasaki City and will open as the “Zero Carbon Baseball Park.” The facility will include Nippon Steel Steel SGL Stadium Amagasaki, a Tigers practice field, an indoor practice field, and a player dormitory/clubhouse, as well as Oda Minami Park Baseball Stadium, where you can enjoy baseball while closely watching the players hard at work in games and practices. There will also be a plaza where you can relax, and an excursion course where you can go for a walk or run. Furthermore, we are implementing environmentally friendly initiatives such as
“decarbonization” through the introduction of solar power generation and storage batteries, the use of waste power generation, and thorough energy conservation, as well as the collection and recycling of plastic bottles and cups, and the use of rainwater and well water. A unique and attractive park that will contribute to a decarbonized and recycling-oriented society will open in 2025.
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