Green tinted specs-Teijin’s BIOFRONT to be used in designer eyeglasses

Japan-based Boston Club, a designer eyeglass company will use Teijin’s heat resistant plastic BIOFRONT in its JAPONISM range.

Boston Club is active globally, producing a range of designer eyewear; however most of their business is located in Japan. The bioplastic glasses will go on sale in May and they expect 2000 pairs of the glasses to be sold each year. The BIOFRONT bioplastic is polylactic acid (PLA) based, though its performance has been greatly improved on standard PLA. It is produced from biobased feedstock and durable; it is resistant to sunlight bleaching or bacterial degradation, making it a good choice for use in glasses. In fact, BIOFRONT is more resistant to discoloration from cosmetics than acetate, the petrochemical based plastic most often used in glasses. BIOFRONT also has mild antibacterial properties which can help prevent skin rashes sometimes caused by glasses.

The glasses will be manufactured by Teijin and distributed by Boston Club. Teijin partnered with Tanaka Foresight in 2009, the plastics company which supplies 60% of all plastic parts for glasses in Japan and developed bioplastic frames for spectacles.