Kuraray Kuraflex Co., Ltd. announces that its Kuraflex Counter Cloth, a nonwoven kitchen wipe for hygiene control, has been certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as conforming with the FSC certification system, an international certification system associated with forest management.

As part of its initiatives aimed at addressing environmental concerns, Kuraray Kuraflex manufactures the aforementioned product from rayon, an FSC-certified raw material. Thus, Kuraflex Counter Cloth has become an FSC certified product.

To date, Kuraray Kuraflex has been engaged in the manufacture and sale of counter cloth to support the improvement of hygiene control practices in the food industry. Now, Kuraray Kuraflex is determined to simultaneously contribute to the preservation of the forest environment.

Kuraflex Counter Cloth bearing the FSC certified logomark on its package will be made available on the market from autumn 2020 onward.