Toray develops sugar from biomass waste to produce resin and fiber

Toray is partnering with DM Mitsui Sugar Corporation to make sugar from inedible biomass for the production of fibers, resins and films. Biomass includes leftover bagasse, pulpy residue from sugarcane processing, and pulp from pressing cassava in starch factories. Combining the technology with another that Toray is developing to make monomers from sugar would contribute…