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HELIX™, a recycled raw material manufactured and sold by PET REFINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., (President and Representative Director: Daigo Iga; hereinafter "Pet Refine Technology") a group company of JEPLAN, INC. (President and Representative Director: Masaki Takao; hereinafter "JEPLAN"), has been adopted for the new container of “The Time R Aqua”, a medicated lotion developed by IPSA (President and Representative Director: Jun Oda; hereinafter "IPSA") Corporation, and sales of the product began in January 2025.
BHET*1 recycled material "HELIX" manufactured by PET Refine Technology, has been adopted as the bottle container material for "The Time R Aqua" medicated lotion, for which IPSA has announced a renewal of the packaging material. The recycled raw material "HELIX" used for the bottle is recycled by breaking down used PET bottles and other raw materials to the molecular level and removing impurities such as pigments and metals using proprietary PET chemical recycling technology. This recycled raw material has the same quality as petroleum-derived PET resin and is used by beverage and cosmetics manufacturers in a wide range of products, including PET bottles and cosmetic containers.
In the future, the JEPLAN Group will continue to work together with domestic and overseas partners to realize its mission of "bringing everything into circulation," and the group as a whole will strive to drive the circular economy forward.
*1 BHET: An intermediate raw material in the production of PET resin. A type of monomer used as a raw material for polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
■ About "The Time R Aqua" medicated lotion
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Product Summary
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■ Overview of "HELIX™" (URL: https://helix.pet)
HELIX" is a recycled raw material produced mainly from used PET bottles and other materials using our proprietary PET chemical recycling technology. Since this recycled raw material has the same quality as petroleum-derived PET resin, it can be used as a material for PET bottles and cosmetic containers, contributing to the reduction of CO₂ emissions in the recycling process compared to petroleum-derived production *2.
The brand name "HELIX" means "spiral" in English and represents the fact that it can be recycled over and over again like a spiral.
The "HELIX" brand website introduces examples of the introduction of the "IPSA THE TIME R AQUA" and other PET bottles and cosmetic containers that have been adopted. (https://helix.pet/blogs/case-study)
*2 JEPLAN Sustainability: https://www.jeplan.co.jp/sustainability/
【The original press release is in Japanese】
【JEPLANプレスリリース】ペットリファインテクノロジーが製造する再生原料「HELIX™」、イプサの薬用化粧水「ザ・タイムR アクア」の新容器に採用.PDF