Toyobo develops new wadding material

Toyobo develops new wadding material

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken June 3, 2014, shows wadding material named "Grain Geran" for clothes and bedclothes developed jointly by Toyobo STS Co., a Toyobo Co. subsidiary, and Kyoto-based ARAI Co. The material is hoped to be a boon to the making of clothes and bedclothes given skyrocketing prices of feathers due to a supply shortage caused by an outbreak of avian flu.

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  • ILEA001200437
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  • 2014/6/03 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
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  • 2014 Kyodo News
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  • 240 dpi
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  • 347.16(KB)*
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