05/16
2024
<2023 Green Impact Report> Excellent Enterprise——Kingwills™
05/16
"In 2022, Asia Green Fund participated in the Series A financing of Kingwills™. Through in-house R&D, Kingwills™ developed a water resistant material, Flashspun Hypak™, which combines the advantages of paper, fabric and film. The flash-spun material developed by Kingwills™ is a showcase of ingenuity by indigenous startups in technology research, product development and manufacturing engineering. By the end of 2023, the total produc tion capacity reached 15,000 tons per annum. In terms of green impact, as a water-resistant material, Flashspun Hypak™ demonstrated significant energy-saving benefits, which brings emission-reduction. It is extensively applied across five major application scenarios: medical packaging, building energy saving, safety protection, industrial innovation, and creative living, with more than a hundred specific application scenarios."
Five Internal Circulation Systems and Net-Zero Factory
From its inception, Kingwills™ has instilled green concept and environmental protection into its corporate culture. From research and development to manufacturing, every step of product production adheres to the net-zero principle. Through five major internal circulation systems, Kingwills™ strives to achieve efficient and comprehensive energy recovery and recycling and aims to build a net-zero factory.
Five Internal Circulation Systems and Net-Zero Factory
From its inception, Kingwills™ has instilled green concept and environmental protection into its corporate culture. From research and development to manufacturing, every step of product production adheres to the net-zero principle. Through five major internal circulation systems, Kingwills™ strives to achieve efficient and comprehensive energy recovery and recycling and aims to build a net-zero factory.
Waste Material Recycling
Kunglun™ Hypak™ product is made 100% from polyethylene, making it fully recyclable. The waste materials, such as trimmings produced during the manufacturing process, are also recycled and reused in production, resulting in virtually no solid waste emissions.
Solvent Recycling
During the flash spinning process, solvents are required. The control of solvents involves not only substantial costs but also environmentally sustainable technologies. The company's R&D team employed a combination of technologies to develop a system for solvent recovery, capture, and solvent regeneration and purification. This system efficiently achieves the recycling of solvents, reducing pollutant emissions.
Heat Energy Recycling
Cascading utilization energy involves consideration of varying levels of energy demand at the factory design stage. High-grade heat sources are initially provided to high-grade equipment before being utilized by equipment with lower-grade heating demands, ensuring that all heat is efficiently utilized. Additionally, the factory has energy-saving devices designed at multiple locations to effectively utilize waste heat, achieving internal heat energy recycling.
Water Recycling
The factory's steam condensate, after heat utilization, is used as makeup water for the cooling tower and then circulated back for cooling tower usage. Process water is treated through an internal processing system for recycling, reducing the factory's wastewater discharge.
Green Energy Recycling
Relying on Zhongfu Energy and Oriental Yuhong, the company utilizes Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems to replace traditional roofs, constructing green workshops with waterproofing, insulation, and ventilation. The construction of solar power stations enables the workshop to save energy, effectively reduce harmful gas emissions, and generate an annual electricity output of up to 700,000 kilowatt-hours. This translates to saving over 1000 tons of standard coal and reducing over 3000 tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions annually. Furthermore, it helps reduce over 30 tons of atmospheric pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides each year.
Kunglun™ Hypak™ product is made 100% from polyethylene, making it fully recyclable. The waste materials, such as trimmings produced during the manufacturing process, are also recycled and reused in production, resulting in virtually no solid waste emissions.
Solvent Recycling
During the flash spinning process, solvents are required. The control of solvents involves not only substantial costs but also environmentally sustainable technologies. The company's R&D team employed a combination of technologies to develop a system for solvent recovery, capture, and solvent regeneration and purification. This system efficiently achieves the recycling of solvents, reducing pollutant emissions.
Heat Energy Recycling
Cascading utilization energy involves consideration of varying levels of energy demand at the factory design stage. High-grade heat sources are initially provided to high-grade equipment before being utilized by equipment with lower-grade heating demands, ensuring that all heat is efficiently utilized. Additionally, the factory has energy-saving devices designed at multiple locations to effectively utilize waste heat, achieving internal heat energy recycling.
Water Recycling
The factory's steam condensate, after heat utilization, is used as makeup water for the cooling tower and then circulated back for cooling tower usage. Process water is treated through an internal processing system for recycling, reducing the factory's wastewater discharge.
Green Energy Recycling
Relying on Zhongfu Energy and Oriental Yuhong, the company utilizes Building-Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) systems to replace traditional roofs, constructing green workshops with waterproofing, insulation, and ventilation. The construction of solar power stations enables the workshop to save energy, effectively reduce harmful gas emissions, and generate an annual electricity output of up to 700,000 kilowatt-hours. This translates to saving over 1000 tons of standard coal and reducing over 3000 tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions annually. Furthermore, it helps reduce over 30 tons of atmospheric pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides each year.
As a leading Chinese producer of flash-spun materials, Kingwills™' Nantong factory achieved large-scale production in 2022 and currently operates three production lines with an annual production capacity of 15,000 tons. Additionally, the factory has successfully obtained certifications such as the ISO 14001 for environmental management and ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety management. Furthermore, Kingwills™ successfully obtained the Global Recycled Standard (GRS) certificate in March 2024. The GRS certification not only demonstrates that KingwillsTM meets international authoritative standards in various aspects such as the source of raw materials, production processes, product quality, and environmental impact, but also reflects the company's active commitment to practicing sustainable development principles.
Adhering to Independent Innovation and Enriching Product Application Scenarios
Flash-spun super materials are recognized for their unique properties such as waterproof, breathability, lightweight, high strength, resistance to bacteria and high cleanliness. They find extensive applications across various sectors such as medical, agriculture, construction, industrial, and daily consumer scenarios. For over 60 years, only one Fortune 500 company in the U.S. had the technology and capabilities for large-scale production of such materials, making them highly sought-after globally. Kingwills™ has persevered through almost a decade of rigorous independent R&D endeavors and made technological breakthrough of its own. By achieving in-house innovation across technology, processes, and equipment, the company successfully disrupted the dominance by the traditional monopoly in this technological domain.
The introduction of Kunglun™ Hypak™ not only filled market gaps and replaced mid-to-high-end materials in emerging sectors but also further expanded its application scope.
In the construction sector, Kunglun™ Hypak™ is used as a crucial water-resistant breathable film in building enclosures. Compared to traditional fiber-based building insulation materials, it effectively guards against external moisture from intrusion. Even if water vapor enters the enclosure system, the product's breathability allows for the moist breath away in vapor form, significantly prolonging the lifespan of the insulation layer. Moreover, Kunglun™ Hypak™ products have exceptional mechanical and anti-aging properties, ensuring they have a similar lifespan to the buildings.
In accordance with the country's requirements for green buildings, Kingwills™ is actively conducting research on product carbon footprint. Through collaboration with the China Academy of Building Research, the full life cycle carbon footprint of Kunlun™ Hypak™ from production to use is currently being calculated. Through this research, Kingwills™ hopes to further promote the development of green buildings in the country.
In the medical field, Kunglun™ Hypak™ achieves high-performance antiviral and antibacterial properties as a single material, providing biochemical barrier effects. It can be widely used in medical protective and high-value medical equipment sterilization packaging areas. For medical protective clothing, its unique flash-spinning process imparts a fine fiber mesh structure that effectively blocks various viruses while maintaining excellent breathability and moisture permeability, significantly enhancing the comfort of medical personnel. For medical equipment packaging, in addition to its excellent waterproof, antivirus, and breathable properties, Kunglun™ Hypak™ can works with various sterilization methods, offering comprehensive protection throughout the production, transportation, and usage of medical equipment.